Jim Glassman
Jim Glassman
James Kenneth Glassmanis the founding executive director of the George W. Bush Institute, a public policy development institution focused on creating independent, non-partisan solutions to America's most pressing public policy problems through the principles that guided President George W. Bush and his wife Laura in public life. The George W. Bush Institute is based within the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas...
fourth looks picking spending
It looks to us like after a slowdown in the fourth quarter, spending is picking up in the first.
economy rates rise
If rates rise it's because the economy is getting better.
cautious chance economy energy fairly process reason sector slowing
There's a 50-50 chance that they pause. I think the economy was already in the process of slowing and the dislocations to the energy sector will be fairly significant. There's reason to be cautious and play it by ear.
broad economic impression
You get the impression we're pretty sanguine about the broad economic outlook.
connecting hear housing people
When I hear (about a housing bubble) I get the sense that people aren't connecting the dots.