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It erodes the relative interest-rate support for the dollar.

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Even if the Fed got very concerned about these headwinds - business investment, consumer confidence, stock market frailty - they'd be asking themselves if cutting another 25 basis points one-quarter percentage point would do any good whatsoever. That I seriously question.

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We are still seeing some slack in the labor market, in several different places.

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I don't see the scope for the ECB to match the Fed in terms of raising rates and this will continue to support the dollar. The ECB tends to lag the Fed and even if they hike, the yield differentials are still favorable to the dollar.

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They could have done more to communicate well with Wall Street. The new people will be much more savvy, more public-relations oriented.

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On balance it's dollar negative data.

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Today's report was a case of familiar culprits -- apparel prices continue to put downward pressure on inflation, and housing and medical care continue to put upward pressure on inflation.

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The underlying state of the economy is on weak footing, and we're going to need further stimulus to keep the recovery on track.

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The global perception is the U.S. has the most to lose if there's a war in Iraq. That's made the rest of the world averse to U.S. assets. Foreign investors are looking home again.

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For the Fed, productivity is the antidote to inflation, and that's still very strong. It's inconceivable that the Fed would tighten in four out of its next five meetings.

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Whether you're going into business for yourself or not, you're still looking at a very anemic job market.

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Europeans' cries are falling on deaf ears. Their wish that the euro not bear the burden of readjustment will not make it into the G7 statement.

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If you look at the segments of the economy where we do have deflation, particularly in the goods industry - and particularly in durable goods, such as automobiles and heavy machinery - that's where most of the layoffs have been concentrated. That's where you see the connection of disinflation to overall economic growth.

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The 'new economy' was a new beast to some extent, and the Fed was too lenient in terms of letting consumer exuberance get ahead of itself. They should have been moderating growth in 1997 and '98.

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This is a solid (GDP) release and should support the dollar's gains from earlier this morning.

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With MA activity picking up, productivity growth will stay robust, and that means continued new efficiencies, and a lot of that will overshadow new job creation.

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What this means is that business leaders are not convinced that strong sales numbers will be maintained on or at the same level.

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On balance, it is a modestly dollar negative set of data. Retail sales growth was a little weaker than markets had expected, with a downward revision to the ex-auto sector.

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We had a massive jump in the Conference Board measure of consumer sentiment last month, and everybody will be looking for confirmation of that improvement in the Michigan survey.

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It's always been very important to listen to CEOs. When you've got guys that run companies nervous about demand, they put off investing.

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As the economy gets more and more dependent on housing being the key driver of growth, the economy becomes more and more vulnerable to that sector slowing down.

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In a typical recession, you see people...consolidate their domestic balance sheets. Instead, spending has been as robust as before, and that's hurt domestic balance sheets. We're really at a point where the consumer is squeezing water out of a stone. It doesn't provide the ground for a robust recovery.

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People choose to consume based on expected earnings. The unemployment data should take some of the froth off of a couple of really strong recent data reports.

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What the current deficit does is make the dollar vulnerable. It means we could see a vicious cycle, where a declining dollar makes U.S. assets less attractive to foreign investors, which weakens our assets further, which puts further pressure on the dollar.

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You can really think of productivity as magic fairy dust to sprinkle over growth to allow growth without inflation. That's really the way the Fed sees it.

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