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“It looks as though core inflation is back, ... We have the core CPI now growing at an average monthly rate of roughly 0.3 percent thus far in 2004. That adds up to a rate hike happening sooner rather than later.”
John Lonski
“We have early indications that the tax rebates are having a lift on consumer spending, ... The sense is that the tax rebates, to the degree that they provide a lift to spending, will further the process of inventory depletion.”
“The U.S. economy is slumping,”
“Five years of having equity market growth of 25 percent a year seems to be a thing of the past, ... The law of long-term averages is reasserting itself.”
“The Fed's not finished,”
“The dollar's rise against the yen is more of a recovery against the dollar's oversold position against the yen,”
“Right now the market is in a bearish mood, ... Sometimes it's good to be reminded that the market is not always rational.”
“The credit market right now is bracing for some bad news, ... Yields should continue heading higher until the U.S. economy slackens appreciably.”
“This largely explains why the credit market shrugged the number off, ... And the LEI up three-tenths (of a percentage point) shows the economy isn't in danger of slowing anytime soon.”
“It gives the Federal Reserve more leeway to cut rates, ... But I don't believe that a BOJ rate cut means that a Fed rate cut impends.”
