In January I placed the likelihood of a Federal Reserve Rate hike in May at less than 10 percent. I now set the probability of at least a 25 basis point, or quarter percent, increase at 90 percent when the Fed meets again on May 10.
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Related The speech quietly signaled a 25-basis-point (quarter percentage point) rate hike in February, and w... CONRAD DEQUADROS We believe you will not have to pay more than the current rate structure proposes - which is, for 50... GRAY DAVIS At present there is a probability of just under 70 percent of the Fed raising interest rates to 5.0 ... GAVIN FRIEND We think the Fed will continue cutting rates, although less aggressively. We are expecting another [... BRUCE STEINBERG The Fed fund futures are rallying higher and are factoring in a 75 percent chance of a 25 basis poin... BILL HORNBARGER I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot, ... I think you're looking at a first quarter that's ... DAVID ROSENBERG I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot. I think you're looking at a first quarter that's goin... DAVID ROSENBERG I think we're going to see a rate increase at the end of March and another one at the end of May to ... EUGENIO ALEMAN Sugar-free gum is growing at 10-12 percent against a U.S. gum category growing at 7 percent, and som... JIM CALI A rate increase at the March meeting is a done deal. We expect the yield on the 10-year to reach 4.7... GARY POLLACK 90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world. COLIN POWELL At that point, North America will represent less than 20 percent of world capacity, down from 25 per... CARLOS GOMES It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a percentage point... ENRIQUE ALVAREZ Security increases costs by 10-25 percent, so we're not getting our value for money. Security was fa... BILL MCCOY Security increases costs by 10-25 percent, so we're not getting our value for money. Security was fa... BILL MCCOY Medicare is growing at a rate of 8.5 percent per year, the federal budget at 5.2 percent and the gro... GAIL WILENSKY There's a big difference when you're making 10 (percent) and the industry's at 8 (percent), and when... JEFF SMULYAN So our figure puts it at 10 percent with a program in place, and less than one percent have a double... BILL MCCLOSKEY Drivers will see anywhere from a 10 percent to 25 percent increase in their premium depending on age... JOE BRYANT Security increases costs by 10 to 25 percent, so we're not getting our value for money. Security was... BILL MCCOY (I)n Washington Mutual, you're getting in there at less than 10 times this year's earnings estimate.... CHARLES LEMONIDES It's the 90/10 rule. You get 90 percent of the work done in 10 percent of the time, and it's that fi... ANDREA WHITE We're at less than 10 percent done with this ... planning when you consider the buses and the people... DON DAY The odds clearly favor the Bank of Canada raising the overnight rate by a quarter point on May 24 to... CRAIG ALEXANDER The industrialization of China alone would increase by 90 percent the concentration of CO2 in our at... JOHN OLVER We're at less than 10 percent done with this trans (sic) planning when you consider the buses and th... DON DAY A big chest, a big mouth, 90 percent memory, 10 percent intelligence, lots of hard work, and somethi... ENRICO CARUSO A billion dollars in annual savings translates to a 10-point improvement in our margins. We did bett... JEFF HENLEY Less than 10 percent of the people actually file a claim, JAMES DUNN It's 90 percent boredom and 10 percent sheer terror. JOHN CASEY Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. THOMAS ALVA EDISON A wise man puts aside 10 percent of the money he gets - and 90 percent of the free advice HARRY KARNS At least 25 percent of the crew had a venereal infection at any given time, LORRAINE MCCONAGHY The profit outlook is especially good for makers of electronic components. Sales will rise by at lea... ATSUSHI OSA Batavia is targeting at least 85 percent to 90 percent this year. ANTON SITUMEANG The Fed will welcome this report as it suggests that slower economic growth will be extended into th... STEVEN WOOD I expect it will cut my truck sales 30 percent. Next January my diesel sales will be 10 percent, the... BARRY LEHMER I would say the vast majority, probably 70 percent (want a) companion; 10 percent guard dog; 10 perc... ED NICKS It's 90 percent mental, and 10 percent physical. It's not hard to lie on the sled. ROBBIE LYON The current fed fund rate of 4.50 percent seems to be serving as a floor for the 10-year yield. HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA I think this puts the odds of a rate increase at their June 29-30 meeting at about 50 percent. DAVID KELLY Who's your daddy? There's not much basis for the figure of 10 percent or even 10 to 20 percent non-p... KERMYT ANDERSON We expect a hike of 25 basis points and probably 50 basis pints, ... Any smaller rate hike or no rat... CARL WEINBERG We expect a hike of 25 basis points and probably 50 basis pints. Any smaller rate hike or no rate hi... CARL WEINBERG I'm hoping based on the publicity they have been getting at least 40 percent turn out, but I don't k... AGNES GARVIN I am a writer who has a policy to allocate 90 percent of my time for research and the remaining 10 p... ANDREA HIRATA The probability of a large and damaging earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area in the next 30 year... DAVID SCHWARTZ Buyers are nervous that they're buying at the top of the market. Most offers now are coming in under... AARON ZAPATA Depending on the industry you're in 10 percent to 80 percent of employees can migrate to a Linux des... DAVID PATRICK Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state, local and federal level. Pr... MITT ROMNEY You have to create your own luck. At 2-0 the match is over. With a Beckham penalty it is 90 percent ... FABIEN BARTHEZ With people convinced the Fed will go again in March, fed funds will be up at 4.75 percent. So why b... FRANK HSU The front end of the curve tried to rally a little bit and there was a trade down in the belly of th... DOMINIC KONSTAM We believe that this tax rate, at 20 percent, is a significant increase in tax and may lead us to no... RICHARD OWEN This 90/10 rule holds true in almost anything financial. Take the game of golf, for example. Ten per... ROBERT KIYOSAKI Our forecast has been about 20 percent, but looking at it now 10 percent would be quite reasonable. IAN WARDEN We expect maybe 50 basis points of Fed fund increases between now and December. The market is pricin... LARRY JONES I reason that as long as I'm smiling 90 percent of the time, I can handle the setbacks that occu... PAYAL KADAKIA This year, Batavia is targeting at least an 85 percent to 90 percent load factor. ANTON SITUMEANG The rate of (mental) decline was reduced by 10 percent to 13 percent per year among persons who cons... CLARE MORRIS It's an equal playing field now. You'll only be responsible for your percentage of the liability. Wh... CAROL DOVER When 25 percent of the population believe the President should be impeached and 51 percent of the po... HARRY REASONER Looking forward into the fourth quarter, at this point we are not highly optimistic that there will ... KAREN HAUS Our previous view ascribed a 50 percent to 60 percent probability to a Delta Chapter 11 filing. We n... MICHAEL LINENBERG Search is brewing at a much faster rate than display advertising. The display piece of Internet adve... CEO FREDERICKS Search is brewing at a much faster rate than display advertising. The display piece of Internet adve... CEO STEVEN FREDERICKS Most people don't focus on the first 10 percent or 80 percent, but rather the last 10 percent that d... BILL CORDES Adult obesity and overweight statistics have increased by about 50 percent since the Dietary Goals w... LARRY MCCLEARY Going back to the early '90s, the mill ground 90 percent durum and 10 percent hard red spring wheat.... VANCE TAYLOR The Fed is going to finish at about 5 percent, or certainly pause at 5 percent. RICHARD GRACE Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune. IGOR STRAVINSKY Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental. DOUG PLANK For every 10 access points in one mile, the accident rate goes up 10 percent. JOE BLUBAUGH If you've paid at least 90 percent of your current tax liability by April 15 or 100 percent of the p... CINDY FRAILING People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it'... BILL WELD We are expecting a 6 percent increase in homes sold in 2005 over the number sold in 2004. And that m... GREG DYER When we give away at least 10 percent of everything that we earn, in essence we perform an act of pu... CELSO CUKIERKORN This is the highest inflation rate we've seen in over three years and much higher than 0.3 percent i... EMMANUEL FERRY I think we're seeing already the start of a relief rally. Investors are fairly confident, or gaining... BOB DICKEY It's going to be difficult to stimulate the real economy in the U.S. at a faster rate than 2 per... BILL GROSS The wording suggests that at least as far as indoor is concerned we will not see profits growing by ... HENRIK SCHULTZ We will continue to drive for at least 10 to 12 percent annual earnings growth. CHARLES O. HOLLIDAY I expect the revenues to increase enormously over the next three to five years -- maybe at a pace of... MANISH SHAH Employers expect less hiring activity than in the first quarter when 30 percent of the companies int... JOSEPH TUERFF I would guess that the percent of women practicing law in Athens is smaller than the percent in law ... BETH FERRIER We expect the replacement rate to be at 75 percent in 2006 and at 100 percent in 2010. CARLOS MORALES I had expected a market correction of an almost 10 percent fall sometime between January and March. HITOSHI YAMAMOTO We generally see exposure of less than 10 percent of earnings if a strike lasted an entire quarter, ... ED WOLFE Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it. IRVING BERLIN Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it. IRVING BERLIN The survey findings are sobering, even if we adjust for the fact that public concerns may have been ... TOM STINSON I haven't been to a clinic this year that wasn't down at least 10 to 25 percent, principally because... DICK RUNDLE There was very strong demand -- off the charts -- from the indirect bid -- about 65 percent, bigger ... CHRIS RUPKEY The likelihood of stumbling is much higher if [like Nokia] you have 80 or 85 percent of earnings com... PER LINDBERG We are on a more steady growth rate. We are not like California and Florida, where homes right now a... AMY CLARK I have proposed to lower the appraisal cap from 10 percent to three percent on all residential prope... DAN PATRICK At least 90 percent of registered voters will not vote. There's probably only going to be a 10 perce... BRAD MCCLELLAN After almost 50 years in which federal spending averaged about 20 percent of GDP, Joe Sestak and Nan... PAT TOOMEY At least some in the purchaser community, who have been paying 20 percent and 25 percent increases i... MARC P. VOLAVKA Most carriers increase the replacement cost of dwelling annually based on guidelines. In some parts ... DAVID BAUER
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No other state in the nation stands to derive as much of an economic stimulus from the opening of th... ERNIE GOSS Transportation firms reported continuing economic weakness. While 2006 is likely to be a positive ye... ERNIE GOSS The construction industry and transportation sector in Kansas have pushed 2005 growth into the very ... ERNIE GOSS Manufacturing job losses in the second half of 2005 pushed Arkansas' overall job growth for the four... ERNIE GOSS The Mid-America regional economy began 2005 like a lion, but higher interest rates and elevated ener... ERNIE GOSS For 2006, Minnesota's big economic stories will be problems related to the continuing cutbacks in th... ERNIE GOSS Iowa's leisure and hospitality industry and manufacturing, both durable and nondurable, ended 2005 o... ERNIE GOSS There's every reason to have some concern there. ERNIE GOSS The Mountain States region experienced growth significantly higher than the rest of the nation. The ... ERNIE GOSS The rate at which our Asian trading partners open their borders to U.S. beef will be an important fa... ERNIE GOSS I love as you come into Paris, you've got the Arch de Triomphe and all that crazy traffic. Then ... LUKE GOSS I need to be agile because I do all my own stunts. LUKE GOSS When I look in the mirror, I never see a handsome chap or the person people think I am. LUKE GOSS Oh, and I [Amy] may also have told him that I quite fancied Dr Smith [The Doctor]. Which in the 1780... JAMES GOSS Danny Trejo is so bloody cool, I mean, he can just stand there and look cool. LUKE GOSS Now... Just run.' [said the Doctor.] One of the things you learn very quickly around the Doctor... JAMES GOSS Part of me, I'm torn on this event because I'm so excited for Dillon. I know as a golfer what it mea... PAT GOSS I'm a gamer. I play PlayStation all the time. LUKE GOSS My work has taken a quantum leap in the complexity of what I can do. Enhanced creativity comes along... 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We would hope to spread the word to the bigger fi... BRENDAN GOSS The homes will close in 2007, and a temporary connection north and south will meet village standards... BRAD GOSS We suspect we will have buyers who love this town, who grew up in this area or want to come back to ... BRAD GOSS We think what we?re proposing makes sense in terms of the surrounding zoning. BRAD GOSS Ah, well, when you explain it like that, it seems obvious," said Mudge. "Of course, it always seems ... THEODORA GOSS He's got something that [agency heads] don't have, and that is immediate access to the president if ... PORTER GOSS Prices have gone up this summer, instead of declining as they typically have done during the warmer ... DAVID GOSS It looked as bad as it looked shortly after the spill. DON GOSS It's very disturbing to hear these things this far into this process. DON GOSS They're probably going to look more like Yahoo. It's funny, because for the longest time, Yahoo want... 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JAMES GOSS Dysfunctional organizations do not take down or eliminate the most dangerous proliferators in the wo... PORTER GOSS Intelligence-related issues have become the fodder of partisan food fights and turf power skirmishes... PORTER GOSS They very definitely would like to find out all our secrets so they could copy them and take advanta... PORTER GOSS The jobs I'm being asked to do, the five hats that I wear, are too much for this mortal. I'm a littl... PORTER GOSS This has nothing to do whatsoever with treatment of prisoners ... I'm not interested in any of that. PORTER GOSS Every day is a new day for the intelligence people. I would say that we are probably a couple of yea... PORTER GOSS Things are going a lot better than the press has been reporting on virtually all fronts. We're going... PORTER GOSS we are a superpower, but we're not an aggressive superpower. PORTER GOSS This conference report illustrates how working together can benefit all Americans, both taxpayers an... PORTER GOSS Our intelligence -- the reason we have it in many forms around the world is to protect Americans at ... PORTER GOSS How did it come about that highly sensitive technical information was given to the Chinese? Why did ... PORTER GOSS My understanding is that the last, absolute inventory that was taken -- that surely established wher... PORTER GOSS There is a leadership problem at the highest levels of the Clinton-Gore administration about focusin... PORTER GOSS The fact that he is now aboard and announcing and saying, 'Gee we have a problem with terrorism,' is... PORTER GOSS We will be a fact-driven, witness-driven review inquiry, ... We will not be driven by outside pressu... PORTER GOSS asks for an investigation of those leaks, with particular concern that if there is any inappropriate... PORTER GOSS We are going to be in places people can't even imagine, PORTER GOSS The CIA credo is that the U.S. must always have the place of primacy among our interests, PORTER GOSS reaffirms our role as the lead for human intelligence. PORTER GOSS This is just extremely important and it's going to lead to other very successful activities very sho... PORTER GOSS We can totally disrupt. We've had great success at this already, but this gives us obviously more fo... PORTER GOSS the suspicion that maybe people are covering it up. PORTER GOSS The bottom line is, I want you to continue to do what you do best - provide our country with close-i... PORTER GOSS Their capture alone would not be enough to eliminate the terror threat to the U.S., PORTER GOSS The only thing that this uproar does is give aid and comfort to the enemy and I don't think there's ... PORTER GOSS They'll be there on our behalf doing what we've been doing for the last several days, meeting with C... DON GOSS There's an army of CN vehicles here with equipment to fix their track, and yet we're fending on our ... DON GOSS The trains are rolling and there's virtually nothing happening as far as cleanup. They're telling us... DON GOSS People are obviously pretty upset, DON GOSS In reality it's still a bleak, bad news story, but we're making progress. DON GOSS I think we need some legal advice and some environmental advice, DON GOSS I am thrilled and humbled to be on the award list as well in such distinguished company. DICK GOSS Liberty Union gave us a close call. Our kids responded to the challenge. DICK GOSS Read a lot. But read as a writer, to see how other writers are doing it. And make your knowledge of ... THEODORA GOSS Learn as much as you can. Take every opportunity to learn about writing, whether it’s through clas... THEODORA GOSS If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writ... THEODORA GOSS Accept criticism. If you do not offer your work for criticism and accept that criticism, meaning giv... THEODORA GOSS Write all the time. I believe in writing every day, at least a thousand words a day. We have a stran... THEODORA GOSS How are you, Rory?' [the Doctor] asked. I [Rory]... answered him. 'It's been odd being you.' JAMES GOSS The casting process wasn't so much about them being a character, which is the normal way. The charac... FRED GOSS But it's also a bottomless pit for story ideas. FRED GOSS Where I come from and where Nick comes from, there are a lot of divorces. People are giving it a sec... FRED GOSS The dialogue is all made up on the fly, but it's not all made up by the actors. There are a few writ... FRED GOSS We wanted to try to see if we could take something as traditionally structured as a half-hour TV com... FRED GOSS It's set in a suburb of Cincinnati. But we're actually shooting at Sunset and Gower (in Hollywood). FRED GOSS We wanted a half-hour comedy that was not joke-driven in the traditional sense. You're laughing beca... FRED GOSS It's not about industry people, and it's not a scenario where you go, 'Who the hell are these people... FRED GOSS The restriction with a lot of the other companies (like AOL-Time Warner) might have involved cross o... JAMES GOSS They had talked about that possibility. Between publishing and broadcasting and interactive, that pr... JAMES GOSS I think sometimes it's difficult to run something by committee; the management of both companies are... JAMES GOSS I think AOL Time Warner is worth a lot more than it's trading for, JAMES GOSS Usually you have some perspective on things. But what seemed acceptable at the time, what seemed lik... JAMES GOSS Big media companies do generally provide a balance and some diversification that provides greater st... JAMES GOSS The big media players will ultimately have higher stock prices but it's getting out from all these c... 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JAMES GOSS I thought he had blown the motor when I saw the smoke, ... He was turning it real hard. HELEN GOSS Winning tonight was big, I think that secured our championship a bit, ... Unless I come out and brea... HELEN GOSS My sister (Diane) is out here from South Carolina, so that makes this nice, HELEN GOSS I'm 42, the same age as this track, ... You can't get too much better than this. HELEN GOSS I will tell you, too, that every fairy tale has a moral. The moral of my story may be that love is a... THEODORA GOSS The landscape is what people see first when entering the campus and see last when leaving. The impac... MARSHALL GOSS They simply destroy us out here. MARSHALL GOSS As long as no one eats them. MARSHALL GOSS Rory, Rory, Rory - was it your idea to get The Sea to cure me?' [said the Doctor.] 'Yes,' said ... JAMES GOSS The Doctor puffed out some air and looked down to the sea. 'A very charming man. I should be more ca... JAMES GOSS It's Smith, actually.' Dr Smith smiled, bowing. 'I've remembered that my name is Smith. Almost defin... JAMES GOSS Every big city has its little communities, but they don't have the quaint, small-town charm, MICHAEL GOSS We make them feel welcome, ... Here, they have a mountain they can call their own. MICHAEL GOSS This is the best golf community in the United States. PAT GOSS I made sure I was always in the splits when they happened but when I was in them I wasn't doing too ... MATT GOSS I'm not a frat partier. I'm not worried about drinking myself to death. I don't know who does that. MATT GOSS I'm not a frat partier, ... I'm not worried about drinking myself to death. I don't know who does th... MATT GOSS A raw chicken, covered in wrapping paper... from this fan who always insisted on giving us food MATT GOSS I would like this to be a new day. I would hope now that we can focus on doing the people's busi... ERNIE FLETCHER Mondays are a good day to make statements, not Friday. ERNIE ELS From a good lie in the middle of a fairway bunker, I'll make the same swing as I do from an aver... ERNIE ELS You have to know how to read your lie and take a calculated risk when you hit out of the rough. ERNIE ELS About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over. The motors seemed to grind rather than r... ERNIE PYLE I think if you checked the attendance records of all the announcers, you'd find a lot better rec... ERNIE HARWELL What happens with any announcer when he comes into an area, if he stays four or five years and does ... ERNIE HARWELL Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for s... ERNIE HARWELL The game's the thing. That's why people tune in. They don't tune in to hear an announcer... ERNIE HARWELL The best thing anyone can do is be himself. Everyone was made different by God, and that's the w... ERNIE HARWELL In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens. ERNIE HARWELL The American soldier is quick in adapting himself to a new mode of living. Outfits which have been h... ERNIE PYLE All the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers behind the lines in Africa - we w... ERNIE PYLE If you can hit your 3- and 5-woods with confidence from the fairway, par 5s become birdie opportunit... ERNIE ELS When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career. ERNIE HARWELL A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball. ERNIE HARWELL I think God always has the best for us. ERNIE HARWELL Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing ... ERNIE HARWELL Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it. ERNIE HARWELL There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago.... ERNIE HARWELL Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment ... ERNIE HARWELL In my almost 92 years on this earth, the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey. ERNIE HARWELL That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my w... ERNIE HARWELL Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill... ERNIE HARWELL I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love... ERNIE HARWELL But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially ... ERNIE HARWELL Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to pla... ERNIE HARWELL Everybody we meet has an influence on us and an impact - good or bad. And I think that's why we ... ERNIE HARWELL I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and witho... ERNIE HARWELL I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio... ERNIE HARWELL I look on life as a joyous adventure. ERNIE HARWELL Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the mo... ERNIE HARWELL It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello ... ERNIE HARWELL Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazz... ERNIE HARWELL It is just a crazy life as a sportsman. My daughter, Sam, wants to go into tennis, and I tell her, &... ERNIE ELS Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right tim... ERNIE PYLE Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symboliz... ERNIE HARWELL In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The c... ERNIE HARWELL Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a cert... ERNIE PYLE The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck ... ERNIE ISLEY The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Lit... ERNIE PYLE Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the... ERNIE HARWELL I've really been sick with this cold, but I think I might have kept the columns going anyhow exc... ERNIE PYLE Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the dark shadows of buildi... ERNIE PYLE Contours on the second half of a long putt have more impact on how the ball rolls because it's g... ERNIE ELS Television: a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done. ERNIE KOVACS Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonism... ERNIE KOVACS Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done. ERNIE KOVACS It will be all the disappointments that attract everyone's attention. They will get the headlines, b... ERNIE ANKRIM There have not been any big blips in inflation (so far this year). ERNIE ANKRIM There have not been any big blips in inflation (so far this year), ERNIE ANKRIM What the Fed is telling us here is that they are not of the mind to put so much tightness on the eco... ERNIE ANKRIM The fear that the Fed will continue well into 2006 has been dramatically reduced, and that's why equ... ERNIE ANKRIM The housing report today and other numbers from last week indicate more strength in this economy tha... ERNIE ANKRIM I'm not exactly convinced that this market is overly bullish. ERNIE ANKRIM Economic strength poses a possible risk that the Fed might find it necessary to increase interest ra... ERNIE ANKRIM