Dana Johnson
Dana Johnson
Dana Johnsonis an American writer and Associate Professor at the University of Southern California. Honors include the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, and being named a nominee for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Her writing has appeared in Callaloo, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere...
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If he's true to that perspective, I think we're going to find that monetary policy looks an awful lot like it did under Greenspan for the next several years.
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I think the concern that was motivating the Fed (to lower interest rates ) is that it's going to shift to more Western hemisphere trade partners. I think the risk is it's going to broaden and deepen.
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It had little trains and teddy bears on it, ... It was cute.
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Knowing what I know right now, I think the Fed will probably tighten again,
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The doctor asked if I'm ready, ... I said yeah.
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There's no question the Michigan economy and Detroit metro economy have been lagging because of continued exposure to the auto sector.
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That probably overstates the impact, just think of the army of people pouring into that region, and you see people spreading out across the country and getting jobs; it won't continue, I don't think those bottlenecks and shortages will continue. The broader concern is we have crude oil over $60 a barrel, which is the price even before Katrina was named, and that will have long-term effects on the economy, and I think that's a distinction that should be made.
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The next two years are going to be a real watershed for them. They absolutely must demonstrate they can stabilize their market share, because cost-cutting is not enough.
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I guess I'm not surprised the unions are unhappy with the adjustments they are being asked to make, and I am not surprised they banded together to try to get a better deal,
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I wouldn't guess it will look real great.
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I'm working hard to sell this town. Just try to picture it without the tree.
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It was a very disappointing report. It clearly pushes the timing of a Fed tightening further into the future. We're now calling for a Fed rate hike in the fourth quarter of 2004 instead of in August.
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It's certainly a concerning reading. Most of what we are seeing there is the impact of higher natural gas and other energy prices.
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I'm glad I got to know him a little even if he wasn't aware I was around, ... He went out with a whole lot of love.