Gary Thayer
Gary Thayer
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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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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.
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Growth is still at a healthy level. There is no major slowdown.
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Clearly today's numbers show that the economy is still healthy and that the Federal Reserve probably will still be concerned about inflation for at least a couple more months.
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It looks like the economy is still quite healthy and the Fed is probably following the appropriate course. The economy doesn't need low interest rates.
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It looks like real spending was quite healthy for the start of the third quarter.
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The employment component was just a tad lower than what we saw in November so it's still a healthy number.
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It still shows a pretty healthy economy at this point. The manufacturing side of things and business spending will be good this year.
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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 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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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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It does show consumers are in a buying mood,
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It is encouraging that consumers are taking the negative things that are happening recently. Possibly the employment situation is outweighing other concerns.
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Manufacturing is expanding, but not as broadly as in November. There was weakness in new orders and employment.