Kevin Flanagan
Kevin Flanagan
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The sentiment is not as enthusiastic as it was early this week. Investors are starting to realize that if the (economic) numbers continue to come in on the strong side, the Fed is going to tighten (credit) again.
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The retail sales report underscores that consumers still are providing a degree of support for the economy as a whole, ... It's somewhat encouraging to see that spending for big-ticket items remains on a positive swing.
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The Fed statement is a neutral to slightly friendly development, ... The fact that they maintained neutral directive helps, but doesn't mean they can't tighten again.
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The Fed may pause even if the risks aren't balanced. He is trying to tell you that we will still pause even if the numbers come in as they have so far this year.
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Nevertheless, fourth-quarter growth was far more than anybody was looking for, and it is something that's going to keep the (Federal Reserve) on notice that growth is eclipsing their expectations by a visible amount.
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Anytime the Fed moves, you're going to get a knee-jerk selling reaction.
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It underscores the turmoil that the Russian economy is undergoing right now.
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We understand that ASR is a gathering of the tribe, and we wanted to make sure the issue was covered.
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We will be cooperating with the police in any way that we can. And as far as launching a concurrent investigation, I really don't know at this point. It is really too early to say.
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(The Wyskivers) have been very unresponsive to the consumers and we just don't want (them) taking any more business that (they) can be unresponsive to.
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This claims figure was not too much off expectations so as to elicit a big reaction.
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This appearance has taken on heightened significance as we try to find clarity on whether the Fed will stop tightening after May 10th (policy setting meeting) or not.
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Right now, we don't think any of this was done with any criminal intent. However, it looks to be a case of extremely bad practices.
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You would think the bond market would sell off.