Gary Thayer
Gary Thayer
appears concerned cooling existing holding homes housing market
It appears that the market for existing homes is holding up better than the market for new home sales. We are still concerned about the housing market cooling off.
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We were anticipating that we could see a little bit of an improvement in October because the rebuilding after the hurricanes appears to have started and energy prices have stabilized, but it appears that it will take a little longer for consumers to feel better about things.
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It's a good decline in prices for a change. It appears the big drop in energy prices during November has brought the overall inflation rate down considerably.
close peak
I think we're close to a peak in the unemployment rate. The upswings in manufacturing and non-manufacturing show we're close to it now.
close peak
I think we're close to a peak in the unemployment rate, ... The upswings in manufacturing and non-manufacturing show we're close to it now.
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I think what he's concerned about is that the economy is on a good, healthy trajectory and if we do see some upward pressure on inflation somewhere down the road that that could cause the economy to heat up a bit.
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We got good news on inflation. People anticipate that with inflation still very low, the Fed will stay on hold for awhile.
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Overall, confidence is still at a healthy level, up from where it was a year ago, but we did pull back a bit from the three-year high that we saw in June.
buying consumers
It does show consumers are in a buying mood,
consumers employment happening negative possibly situation taking
It is encouraging that consumers are taking the negative things that are happening recently. Possibly the employment situation is outweighing other concerns.
orders weakness
Manufacturing is expanding, but not as broadly as in November. There was weakness in new orders and employment.
australian crude demand early looking oil peaked time zealand
Looking back, it is understandable why the Australian and New Zealand currencies peaked in early 2005. That was about the same time that the demand for crude oil also started to moderate.
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The Philadelphia Fed business outlook index is still above zero in January, pointing to expansion, but the expansion is not quite as broad.
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The PPI numbers generally have been running higher than the CPI numbers, showing that the higher production costs are not being passed on.