Anthony Chan
Anthony Chan
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The impact of higher energy prices is starting to bite corporate America. It's either going to raise costs or lower demand.
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My suspicion is that the dollar will remain relatively strong because, even if the ECB starts lowering rates, they've got a lot of catching up to do, ... The prognosis for the dollar remains cautiously optimistic.
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Real new home sale prices and existing-home sale prices have been rising very sharply. When that starts to give way and we don't have the equity market picking up where housing left off, that's another reason the economic expansion will be gradual.
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Exports increased by such a small amount, it's not enough to tell me the inventory problem is going to go away. We need world economic growth to start picking up.
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I think we'll see a clear acceleration of refund payments as we get closer to the April deadline, when the checks really start to flow. People tend to procrastinate.
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The labor market seems to be improving, but still at such slow pace, it's probably too early to start celebrating.
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If housing is starting to weaken and manufacturing is not turning around, obviously it spells trouble for the economy.
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More rate cuts may not be forthcoming, but the Fed is also not likely to start raising rates as quickly as financial markets expect.
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Now, with the economic recovery appearing to be somewhat in place and the central bank not lowering rates, we see people trying to get in at the gates before rates start to rise.
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Inflationary pressures are starting to percolate --and the Federal Reserve is going to react to this.
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Rates might be low, but people are starting to realize that rates will go up. Remember you've got to get a mortgage down the line, maybe six months out when the home is complete. People are preparing for it.
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There's a very good likelihood we'll see the sector come back as rebuilding takes place and the economy starts to react to the huge stimulus in the pipeline.
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A declining deficit may be signaling a slight loss of economic growth momentum.
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This economic recovery is a lot more fragile than most of us thought.