Scott Browne
Scott Browne
economy meat medicine plan potatoes problem
The problem with the economy right now is insufficient demand, not supply. The meat and potatoes of this plan is supply-side medicine for a demand-side problem.
hope hopefully others patience realize
I hope others look to him and say it can happen. Hopefully they realize patience is of virtue.
gut last
Before districts, I told them, 'This is the last chance, and we're going to gut it out.' And they were all in agreement.
drop officers
If our officers don't want them or don't see a need for them, then we'll just drop it.
funding matter
If it is a matter of funding we could find funding to do that. It's just too important.
billion exports likely million pounds
That's over 3 billion more pounds of meat. Exports are likely to go up only 600 million pounds this year.
capital fragile relatively seeing sharp sign spending suggest turnaround
It's a sign that things have bottomed out, but we're not seeing a sharp turnaround in capital spending just yet. So it's encouraging, but it doesn't suggest anything more than a relatively muted and fragile recovery.
capitalize chances half number opportunity patient took wait
They blasted us with a number of shots. I think they took a lot more chances in the first half ... We're a patient team. We like to wait for an opportunity and then capitalize on it.
city close complaints numerous past received
The city has received numerous complaints over the past year, probably close to 100.
deficit economy factors higher imply interest mean rates sluggish spending
All else being equal, deficit spending would imply higher interest rates. But so many other factors - especially the sluggish economy - mean interest rates are going to be low.
again calm early fed half june likely low markets ought quite raising rates second start stay telling trying
The markets are telling us the Fed is likely to start raising rates in early May and again at the end of June and probably more aggressively in the second half of the year. The Fed has been trying to calm those expectations. Rates ought to stay low for quite some time.
diverse economy
And it's a very diverse economy in Florida, not just tourism.
buy difficult goal possible warehouse
The goal of all of this was to make it as difficult as possible to buy at warehouse clubs.
business continuing given housing overall sector sensitive weakness
It's a continuing surprise, given weakness in other sectors of economy. Normally, the housing sector is very sensitive to the overall business cycle.