Robert DiClemente
Robert DiClemente
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It's obvious there's a lot of hand-to-mouth production going on, as businesses are still very wary about undertaking big projects or any sort of new activity for a variety of reasons, some intangible.
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The severity of the downturn still hinges on the fate of consumers.
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With labor markets eroding rapidly, external growth faltering badly, and domestic inflation low and falling, the Fed can afford to err on the side of accommodation.
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With higher inflation still a tangible threat, officials cannot rule out the possible need to move beyond neutral.
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The risk of spillover from the rising trend in energy prices will likely prompt the Fed to head off more lasting damage.
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The wealthiest households took the hardest hit from the equity slide over the past two years and had the largest debt exposure. Since these high-income households are in the best position to withstand deterioration in their financial positions, the shocks are likely to have a limited effect on overall consumer spending.
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People feel generally that we will see some equivalent forward-looking language that guides market expectations to expect action at least into the early part of next year.
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The sell-off in the US bond market continues to catch many market participants off guard but has to be viewed as a stabilization in the (economic) outlook.
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At each such turning point since 1960, industrial production has risen notably over the succeeding 12 months. This period is unlikely to be an exception.
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It's not just how does the Fed proceed without Greenspan, but what's the man going to do. Every question you ask with respect to the Greenspan Fed has this very unique feature, which is his role and his stature.
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In the aggregate, if everybody has pricing power, then we have a serious problem.
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I don't recall a period where we had this kind of a surge in energy prices and didn't have some kind of negative fall-out.
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This to me looks more like what retailers had said, that colder weather in May might have depressed sales in ways that are not really fundamental, ... Early anecdotal evidence for June shows a snap-back. It would be a big mistake to view this as a sign of a new wave of retrenchment.
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Under these conditions, policy makers will want to maintain a continued period of very low interest rates and highly accommodative financial conditions to propel aggregate demand well above the upper end of reasonable estimates of potential growth,