Mark Zandi
Mark Zandi
Mark Zandi is chief economist of Moody's Analytics, where he directs economic research. He is co-founder of Economy.com, which was acquired by Moody's Analytics in 2005. Prior to founding Economy.com, Zandi was a regional economist at Chase Econometrics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEconomist
CountryUnited States of America
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Once skittish businesses are turning into confident businesses that are willing and able to hire. I think the job market will improve further in the course of the coming year.
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The job market is getting tight enough that employees will regain some negotiating power and some modest improvement in wage growth next year.
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Reintroducing a little uncertainty in the bond market would be desirable. Long-term rates are too low,
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The housing market has shown amazing resiliency. I believe the market is peaking, but it is at an incredibly high level of activity.
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I would attach a reasonably high probability that there will be a problem in the housing or finance markets that will test the next Fed chairman.
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The housing market is fading fast and the prospect is it will weaken further as rates move higher.
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If the job market doesn't kick into higher gear soon, consumers will lose confidence and rein in their spending, and the economy will in all likelihood fall back into recession unless we're very lucky.
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This indicates that the job market is holding together pretty well,
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The job market is as good as it's been since 2000. Unemployment is 4.7 percent, and it is falling. Job growth is sturdy, and it is increasingly broad-based and across regions and occupations. In fact, this will be the first year that wage growth will begin to accelerate. It should be a good year for American students.
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That's right where the Fed would like to see it, ... It would take a good year of that level of monthly growth before the job market tightens to the degree where inflation concerns would become more paramount.
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The tech job market was flat on its back throughout most of the decade. It's now back on its feet. I expect it to break into a jog this year.
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He said housing has turned increasingly speculative, and a correction in the market is coming, ... But he also said that the correction won't affect the great bulk of homeowners.
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This is going to keep energy markets on a razor's edge for the rest of the year,
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It's similar to asking a big part of the labor force to leave. In today's economy where the job market is at capacity, asking people to leave means the economy will not grow as fast. In fact, there could be a very difficult adjustment over the first three to four years when this process is in full swing.