Joshua Feinman
Joshua Feinman
Joshua "Josh" Feinmanis an American film and television actor with appearances in Men of Honor, Transformers, and Mr. Woodcock...
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They will convey more or less the same message -- that the economy is looking better, but nothing that would convey the notion that they're going to be moving rates any time soon.
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The administration is likely to push for more fiscal stimulus, and this makes it a little more clear-cut, because O'Neill had been hesitant about that.
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I think it's encouraging that three weeks in a row we've been below 400,000. I think it suggests the labor market may be strengthening a little bit.
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These numbers were worse than expected. But overall, the labor market is still deteriorating, but not at the rate it was after Sept. 11.
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Did firms have trouble making profits back in the 1950s and 1960s? ... No -- they were used to a low-inflation environment, and the cost side was used to that, and workers' expectations about wages were more attuned to that.
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Some of the other indicators are suggesting more strength than we see in payrolls. Whether that will be rectified with revisions, or simply with stronger numbers going forward, it's hard to say -- but I would anticipate that, at some point the payroll numbers, will be stronger.
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The personal income tax cut could be a boost of $50 billion to disposable income, and some of that could be felt when they actually change the tax withholding schedule, which could be in the spring or summer. Then there might be a little bit of rebate check, too. All of this might be a little more of short-term shot in the arm than the dividend tax cut.