The decline in inventory suggests that production will start to ramp up and should lead to a pick up in growth going forward.

A self-sustaining recovery depends on job growth. And I think we will get some going forward.

Goods prices are deflating and continue to deflate, but services prices are by no means deflating, ... Overall, prices continue to rise, so I'm not concerned about deflation.

Part of the program may include relief for states ... so the drag may not be as large from the state side, ... You definitely will see some drag from the states, offsetting the stimulus from the federal side, but it won't be enough to totally offset the federal side.

No two periods are ever identical, and we don't expect cars to sprout fins, but we do think that there's a good chance that many of the favorable economic trends of the 1950s will re-emerge in the years immediately ahead.

These numbers give you pause. The ISM and the fact that jobless claims continue to rise suggest there continues to be job loss.