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All these statistics reflect the full force of the hurricanes on the broader economy and we will probably have another month of ugly statistics.

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Bush will paint Kerry as being a tax-and-spend liberal and Kerry will paint bush as only providing tax cuts for the rich.

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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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It does indicate that the second quarter was a disappointing quarter, ... Growth slowed sharply. Consumers became more cautious and our trade deficit ballooned. The economy was weighed down by higher energy prices.

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I think what we are seeing with the bond yields is a byproduct of globalization. That being said, I think it is something to watch and to understand better. But I am not overly concerned.

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Consumers will see higher prices on coffee beverages and even chocolate if the raw supplies get backed up at the ports. In agricultural products, prices of cereals and breads could decline. If we can't export the wheat and grain, then the excess supply will have to be consumed domestically, pushing down prices.

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It depends on your time frame. For the next few months, it's decidedly a negative event. But in a year or so, the effects will likely have faded.

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It undermines growth at the same time that it fans inflation.

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It will cost you some money in fees. But in 2007, when the market is at its worst and your mortgage is resetting and you're looking for a lender to refinance you out, you just may not find one.

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Trade is far and away the largest weight on the U.S. economy at present. This is a risky time.

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If we get a string of bad data on inflation, the Fed will probably have to tighten for a bit longer.

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Labor will start demanding bigger pay increases and will get them.

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Some 20 percent of the nation's refining capacity seems to be right in Rita's path. If that gets disrupted at all, then gasoline, jet fuel, natural gas and home heating oil will surge higher.

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It would take time for that to occur and during this period of adjustment -- some things might not get done -- maybe some crops won't be picked or some hotel rooms won't get cleaned.

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It's always a bit difficult to read the economic data in the winter, just because activity is thinner, and the vagaries of weather are more pronounced. So it's not unusual to see, although this is an extraordinary amount of volatility.

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Ultimately, if you err on the side of being dovish it will only come with more pain from slower growth. The hit to growth would be more substantial from higher inflation than from interest rate hikes.

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This suggests that the economy has largely shrugged off the ill effects of the hurricanes. Christmas will turn out better than expected.

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This should be a year where the tech market stabilizes but I don't see job growth until 2004.

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We are a very low-cost area in a very high-cost region. Housing values have risen here, but not nearly as much as in other parts of the country.

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Consumer spending growth will moderate, but it won't impede the current pace of economic expansion.

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It is going to be a tough winter for many seniors. Not only will they face higher Medicare premiums, but record gasoline prices and higher home heating bills as 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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It's less likely that the Fed will pause in its tightening. A neutral rate is certainly at least 4 percent and probably a little higher. That's where we're headed.

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As the memory of the tech bust fades, we seem to be getting better and better job growth.

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Most likely the higher prices will slow growth, ... But there is the growing threat that we get a combination of slower growth and higher inflation.

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