Kevin Flanagan
Kevin Flanagan
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There is unequivocal strength in this report. We're seeing a rebound in the backlog of orders, and evidence that the manufacturing sector has turned the corner.
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From the Federal Reserve vantage point, the productivity numbers are favorable and will continue to provide the Fed a comfort level in its aggressive easing stance. There's no mistaking we're closer to the end of that cycle, but numbers like this will help to alleviate these anxieties.
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Nevertheless, fourth-quarter growth was far more than anybody was looking for, and it is something that's going to keep the (Federal Reserve) on notice that growth is eclipsing their expectations by a visible amount.
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You would think the bond market would sell off.
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These were probably people whose family never picked up the ashes.
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The lion's share of those bookings have been taken off the sheets, ... It's only after Fed's move last week that we've noticed this improvement?
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The numbers in of themselves are sort of a push-and-pull. And the market, based on that, isn't doing a whole lot.
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The sentiment is not as enthusiastic as it was early this week. Investors are starting to realize that if the (economic) numbers continue to come in on the strong side, the Fed is going to tighten (credit) again.
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She's probably fitter than most Division I athletes.
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A lot of curve flattening trades had to be reversed.
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I think you're seeing an enthusiastic response by the bond market because there appears to be a slight deceleration in economic activity. In order to continue to improve we'll need to see further signs of that slowdown.
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Even with the Fed raising rates four times up to that point, the statistic revealed no significant pullback. The economy remains stubbornly resistant.
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It underscores the turmoil that the Russian economy is undergoing right now.
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(The Wyskivers) have been very unresponsive to the consumers and we just don't want (them) taking any more business that (they) can be unresponsive to.