William Sullivan
William Sullivan
glow inflation month negative
We're basking in the glow of negative inflation in the month of November.
funds grips
We are also in the grips of liquidations by hedge funds and a lot of dealers don't want to see big exposures,
activity gets moderation pace quarter seeing third
We're seeing some moderation in the pace of manufacturing activity as the third quarter gets under way.
easier prices push
makes it a little easier to push prices around.
benign consumers context declining doubt energy food good level news performance retail wash wholesale
The benign performance at the wholesale level may not necessarily wash through at the retail level. But there is no doubt that there is good news for U.S. consumers in the context of declining food and energy prices.
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I heard like a 'pop-pop noise and all of a sudden about three seconds later, the ticket counters were telling us to either hit the deck or they grabbed us and pulled us into the back room.
coming economy healing process quickly suggested
The index suggested that the healing process in the economy is coming on much more quickly than envisioned.
diminished economy evidence knew pressures price statistics
We knew the economy slowed down, and there was evidence from some of the monthly price statistics that inflationary pressures diminished during the period.
calls level margin people
There are a lot of people who are tremendously overextended and we're now getting down to a level to where these margin calls are massive, ... The calls are going out right now.