Even though the pace of starts may continue to edge lower on an underlying basis, we look for about a 6% gain in January.

Since we believe that the underlying state of the labor market is quite healthy, we would expect any negative weather- related impact on the February data to be recouped in March.

forced to lower their underlying fares to compete.

They work hard and will continue to work hard even though they were just formed this summer,

The economy has shown tremendous resilience in the face of energy prices so far. But this latest spike will have a noticeable effect in the next couple of months.

While the dissent came as a surprise, we certainly wouldn't read it as evidence of any sort of a significant split on the FOMC.