Diane Swonk
Diane Swonk
begin boil concerned cycle fed flames pot time turn
We are at a time in the cycle when you don't need to just turn down the flames on the fire, you have a pot that is already boiling. What the Fed is concerned about is that even as you begin to turn down the flames that pot will still boil over.
frankly hitting percent pressures productive start until wage
We're more productive than we were in the 90s and frankly we didn't start hitting wage pressures in the 90s until about a 4-3/4 percent unemployment rate.
bad indicator people secure whether
very bad indicator on whether or not people feel secure about their jobs.
fed seen softer stay tone
We have seen a softer tone in their write-ups. I think there is a real sense that the Fed is going to stay on the sidelines.