John Silvia
John Silvia
experience reality
The reality is someone new is going to have to take over the job, and that new person is never going to have as much experience as Greenspan,
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People have adjusted faster than we expected to the way they use credit. This could be a signal that Christmas sales may be weaker than expected.
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They are all pretty well-known. They have all played in Washington circles.
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You could have dismissed it six months ago as a one-time hit,
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This is really the first post-NAFTA, post-WTO economic recovery we've ever had in this country. Because of the globalization of the labor market, the relationship between economic growth and employment is different this time than it has been in the past.
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We're expecting housing to be flat in the second quarter and a drag on economic growth in the third quarter and fourth quarter.
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There are varying degrees of pain, but I don't think there are going to be many sectors that are not going to be impacted,
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The outlook accounting for Katrina suggests growth will slow in both the third and fourth quarter due to slower consumer spending.