Strong December durable goods and the upward revision to November show that perhaps there isn't enough monetary restraint after all.

The durable goods report for December was extremely strong. The headline rise of 1.3 percent was decent, but some of the underlying statistics were even more impressive.

Novembermemeliyin beni, My sweet November..
Hep Decemberdeyim waiting for you..

If the Fed were going to pause in response to Katrina, it probably would be in November and December,

Although we are on the road for much of November, December and part of January, if we can pick up some early road wins it will certainly help to have home-court advantage down the stretch, especially having five league games at home and traveling for just three in February and March. With the strength of every team in our league, there is no letting down and every game has to be treated with a championship effort.

Our sales dropped $3,400 in November, $7,600 in December, $10,000 in January, $27,000 in February and $27,000 in March. None of my other locations have seen a drop in business - they are each averaging 2 percent growth.