Tony Crescenzi
Tony Crescenzi
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The CPI is correct in measuring consumer prices, ... But it's not correct in measuring the cost of living.
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The productivity advance will also serve as a powerful backstop for the U.S. dollar, as it creates an environment that is good for the rates of return on U.S. assets, especially compared to other countries where both productivity growth and economic growth are lower than in the U.S.,
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There are many causes of both today's weakness and of the bond market's weakening in general,
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His testimony is apt to be consistent with the notion that the Fed is still in a tightening mode and inflation is rearing its head,
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The buck has yet to stop at Summers as too many officials have abandoned the former 'one-voice' policy and thrown in their harmful two-cents, ... Summers must assert a 'one-voice' policy to stop the dollar from falling further.
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The signals coming from the bond market are significant and suggest that the anxieties in the markets are likely to dissipate,
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The selling is modest and the market still has resilience to it.
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Greenspan's speech puts an exclamation point on the market's notion that the Fed will eventually have to cut rates in response to the rapid deceleration in the economy,
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I would venture to forecast that if the upcoming payroll report were to post a decline in the vicinity of 200,000 or so, the Fed might lower interest rates as early as this Friday.
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The Fed is hanging onto its long-term view. Some will say this is just excessive optimism.
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There seem to be all the elements of a good auction -- the bid-to-cover ratio was solid, the yield was as expected and yields are not rising.
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If oil prices fall, it will help to stimulate economic activity -- the profit outlook will be better and also lower oil would bring down costs, making stocks the better asset class.
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The Fed has been very, very clear, and that's going to keep the market under pressure.
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The distinction (of the phone survey) is important, ... Because it suggests that the ABC/ Money poll is more current and may have captured more of the impact of the recent stock market decline than did the Conference Board's.