In Lowell, Indiana, there was a four-hour hostage standoff in a bank. The bank customers were made to line up and stand still for hours . . . just like in a regular visit.

I was in line at the bank for an hour and have been waiting for gas for 30 minutes. If it's anything like they say its going to be, we don't want to be anywhere close to the city.

I was in line at the bank for an hour and have been waiting for gas for 30 minutes. If it's anything like they say it's going to be, we don't want to be anywhere close to the city.

The goal with hostages is to gradually lower expectations; in nonhostage crises, it's to lower emotions.

Certainly, the tone of the Inflation Report did not hint at such a pronounced division within the central bank, but rather one where the majority is content to overlook shortfalls in economic activity in an environment where inflation is tracking close to target and expected to continue doing so over the forecast horizon.

I saw a bank that said '24 Hour Banking', but I don't have that much time.