If Katrina was simply a devastation of the area, we could have weathered it, ... Because of these ripple effects, Katrina is having a nationwide impact.

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You're going to see very soft numbers for employment and significant ripple effects from housing.

The US absorbs exports from across the world. So there will be ripple effects, as well as the indirect impact of the oil price.

Can you raise the question of whether the retail industry is finally on the mend? Given the picture that's developing here, tentatively at least you can say, yeah. Certainly we can make more upbeat comments on the holiday season.

Wow, wow, wow, ... We saw widespread gains across categories last month. Looking at the ex-auto component, the (favorable) comparisons are reaching back all the way to March 2000, prior to the slowdown at the peak of the economic recovery.