“We should continue that process as long as we have the view that the underlying economy is pretty robust...and the inflation risks are skewed to the upside,”
William Poole
“This is a robust economy and we don't see any indications of any material slowdown.”
David George
“The Japanese economy will enjoy robust growth through 2006 led by the global economic boom.”
Yoshimasa Maruyama
“In our view, Lucent's problems in optical reflect poor execution, but do not signal a slowdown in the underlying industry spending in optical.”
Walter Piecyk
“The manufacturing sector's acute underlying weaknesses reinforce our view that the Government must act firmly and rapidly to remove the threat of further tax increases on business,”
David Kern
“The manufacturing sector's acute underlying weaknesses reinforce our view that we will need further interest rate cuts later in the year,”
“The services-oriented sector of the economy is still looking fairly robust, averaging a 3.9 percent increase year-on-year. This is above the trend rate of inflation so that is upward pressure for the retail price index.”
Claudio Piron
