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STEVEN WOOD We're looking for a relatively good year in 2006, given that wages are up and the labor market is fa...
JOHN ANANIA![]()
It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is i...
HENRY GEORGE Inflation hawks may be eating crow today. Despite their fears of tight labor markets and a strong ec...
OSCAR GONZALEZ Even though the labor market is tight, the pickup we've seen in wages growth has been fairly modest ...
MALCOLM EDEY Especially in this tight labor market,
LYNN FRANCO An unexpected surge in wages would likely see the bank raising its inflation forecast and needing to...
TOM KENNY We're in a very tight labor market. It's a crunch.
KATHRYN SCHMIDT With a tight job market, you would expect to see wages rise, but they are lagging.
HART HODGES Unless you see substantially weaker growth and low core inflation, if energy prices remain high and ...
BILL MEEHAN Concerns over (higher energy prices) feeding into higher wages have so far not materialized, which h...
MICHAEL PENN With the economy operating at close to full capacity, it's important that the Fed be vigilant about ...
ALFRED BROADDUS A lot of the tech selling is over. And the considerable strength of the U.S. economy is intact, inte...
ARNIE OWEN With little excess capacity left in the labor market, we expect continued upward pressure on wages.
JOSEPH ABATE The driver market is the tightest it has been in 20 years. It's a major limitation to the amount of ...
BILL GRAVES This is great news on the inflation front. It will be very difficult for the economy to generate any...
DAVID GREENLAW We don't see inflation shooting up because of what has happened in the labor market. I have a fairly...
AMIT KARA The market is moderating its inflation expectations. It's a good time to get into U.S. Treasuries.
ALEX ROHNER It fits in with the picture that the labor market is turned, inflation has turned and in a few more ...
BILL CHENEY The risks are going up nationally, but they're mitigated by a strong labor market and strong economy...
MARK MILNER This points out that the labor market remains as tight as ever.
DOUGLAS PORTER We're seeing a little bit of upward pressure on inflation but it's not yet enough to spark a big con...
DAVID KEEBLE The pool of available labor is diminishing and worker efficiency is growing more slowly. This adds u...
CARL TANNENBAUM We are still seeing strength in the labor market with wages rising. We are waiting for further decli...
MASATSUGU YAMAMOTO Investors are recognizing the fundamentals are still terrific, ... Profits are sound, the economy is...
JOSEPH COHEN Fears about rapid wage inflation and growing skills shortages in India and other offshore markets ar...
JOE FERNANDES The labor market exhibited renewed strength, which suggests that manufacturers and service providers...
DAVID HENSLEY Millions of American workers, in all sectors of the labor market, have seen their jobs and wages und...
DAN STEIN The Bank of Canada remains on the warpath against inflation in an economy where recent job and produ...
AVERY SHENFELD Compared to the size of its economy and the fact that it is the biggest broadband market -- with 30 ...
JOE LIN We are moving toward an economy that is less and less productive, absolute rigidity in the labor mar...
ALBERTO FRANCESCHI Day labor is not a niche market. It's now entering different aspects of the national mainstream econ...
ABEL VALENZUELA Yet in this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled ...
BOB TAFT We should see some small increases in retail sales over coming months, but without a decent pickup i...
DOMINIC WHITE The bond market is still behind the inflation curve. The inflation story continues to chip away at o...
JACK ABLIN Government officials are still learning to trust the market mechanism. They are containing inflation...
ANDY XIE The economy is doing fine and the labor market is on the mend.
JOSEPH LAVORGNA built into the labor market.
KIRK JOHNSON Of all the economic statistics, the labor market best highlights the underlying strength of the Aust...
JOSEPH CAPURSO Inflation remains under control. We're concerned of inflationary pressures developing in the economy...
GUS FAUCHER There hasnt been a slot machine assigned yet. They have the cart before the horse on this,
JOHN CORNISH I think what we've seen over the last couple of months is an investor shift from being concerned abo...
JOHN ZIMMERMAN The U.K. tried to cool off the housing market and slow their economy a bit, and they're caught in a ...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH The acceleration of loan growth will add further fuel to the current growth momentum and we see upsi...
HONG LIANG I anticipate a continuation and acceleration of event risk in the credit market in 2006.
EDWARD MARRINAN![]()
When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the re...
LELAND STANFORD While we expect market conditions to remain challenging, we...anticipate an acceleration in business...
WILLIAM ALLAN I'd characterize the local economy as relatively strong over all. Commercial real estate, the securi...
JASON BRAM The stronger data virtually assure significant changes in the Fed's directive this week. The new dir...
JOE ABATE Maintaining inflation stability is the central responsibility of the central bank. But we don't want...
WILLIAM POOLE [Dell's] model of jumping into a market when it is at its fastest pace of expansion and establishing...
JOE GONZALES It would remove some production from an already tight market.
IAN SYNNOTT These headline figures are ... misleading as most of the acceleration in PPI inflation during Septem...
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON Last summer we had a really illiquid bond market because the market was nervous about weakness in th...
KATHLEEN GAFFNEY As the rate of gain in corporate profits slows, even though the economy is booming, productivity is ...
LESLIE ALPERSTEIN The big concern is future inflation and the Fed is viewing that through the labor market. Wage growt...
JEFFREY SAUT If the Fed is on the warpath with an eye to slowing the economy and trying to blunt inflation before...
CHARLES CRANE Up until recently, oil price hikes have offset disinflation. This time around, we're in a situation ...
ALAN RUSKIN Up until recently, oil price hikes have offset disinflation. This time around, we're in a situation ...
ALAN RUSKIN Really, ... what we're talking about here is the U.S. struggling to find its place in an economy whe...
JASON SCHULTZ The jobless claims drop shows good strength in the labor market at the end of the year. It shows tha...
GARY THAYER Inflation is just not a problem in this economy.
CLYDE PRESTOWITZ![]()
The pace of increases in labor compensation provides another possible indicator, albeit an imperfect...
JANET YELLEN All of the sudden, there was political support for the notion that inflation was not just a tax, but...
HARVEY ROSENBLUM![]()
[Looking at the overall economy,] the market is beginning to believe in 2 percent inflation, ... We ...
BILL GROSS today is over. thats what it seems but is alright i will see you in my dreams
CHRIS MACHADO I think (wages) will level off, but it will never be a minimum-wage market again.
GLEN HELTON Yields are moving higher in a response to an economy that is bouncing back. Inflation is still under...
GARY POLLACK This is almost the best of all possible worlds, where labor is making money, and yet corporations ha...
BRIAN FABBRI Inflation is still moderate but this is about the outlook, and an economy that's doing well bears al...
JANWILLEM ACKET![]()
Since the war I have stressed altogether five main objectives. The true union of Europe; the union o...
OSWALD MOSLEY The game isn't over yet, ... but clearly I would say the score is Northwest 1, [labor] nothing.
TERRY TRIPPLER The 1990s were an eye-opener. You had the strongest labor market in 30 years; all things being equal...
HARRY HOLZER![]()
It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in ab...
MURRAY ROTHBARD![]()
Ministers have received their wages, and some have their minds too much on their wages. They labor f...
ELLEN G. WHITE There's a joke in the fixed income world that the PPI and CPI excluding everything is zero. But you ...
BILL DAVISON Japan's labor market is showing a remarkable improvement recently and companies are eager to make ne...
AKIO MAKABE![]()
If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining...
DAVID KORTEN The big question is what will happen over the next few years, ... Wages and costs are going up in Ch...
JONATHAN ANDERSON I think the question the market is struggling with is whether we are concerned about inflation and t...
KEN TOWER![]()
We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive i...
BEN OKRI I would say that the reports we've had on the labor market over the past three months are more than ...
CONRAD DEQUADROS I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
ABBY COHEN I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
ABBY JOSEPH COHEN I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
JOSEPH COHEN![]()
From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to my mind ...
LELAND STANFORD![]()
A good description is a magician that can turn an ear into an eye
EDEN PHILLPOTTS That's the key. Nobody's planning on decreasing. It's an interesting market, definitely an employee ...
ANDY KATZ Jobs are growing just fast enough to absorb the new entrants into the labor market but no faster.
DAVID PENN The Federal Reserve is concerned with maintaining price stability and with employment and the econom...
MICHAEL SWANSON It's really amazing. Our economy is growing at over 4 percent real growth and in the midst of that w...
KATHLEEN CAMILLI JSU helps fuel the local economy by supplying an outstanding concentration of brainpower and experie...
WILLIAM MEEHAN The big disconnect in China is that despite how strong its economy has been, its stock market has la...
ARIJIT DUTTA![]()
Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 3...
ROBERT REICH Yields are the main factor driving flows. The key factor supporting the dollar is expectation of hig...
LENA KOMILEVA This is a market that is still in its infancy, but it has the potential to blossom into a staggering...
ALBERT PANG It's a great picture, it reduces unit labor cost growth, which improves the inflation outlook. Aweso...
IAN MORRIS Business appears increasingly concerned that further weakness is in prospect. The Reserve Bank is ve...
ALAN OSTER January purchasing managers' surveys signal that the impressive acceleration in manufacturing activi...
DAVID HENSLEY There's little heat in the economy. There's more chance of deflation than inflation.
DAVID KOMANSKY
STEVEN WOOD We're looking for a relatively good year in 2006, given that wages are up and the labor market is fa...
JOHN ANANIA
It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is i... HENRY GEORGE Inflation hawks may be eating crow today. Despite their fears of tight labor markets and a strong ec...
OSCAR GONZALEZ Even though the labor market is tight, the pickup we've seen in wages growth has been fairly modest ...
MALCOLM EDEY Especially in this tight labor market,
LYNN FRANCO An unexpected surge in wages would likely see the bank raising its inflation forecast and needing to...
TOM KENNY We're in a very tight labor market. It's a crunch.
KATHRYN SCHMIDT With a tight job market, you would expect to see wages rise, but they are lagging.
HART HODGES Unless you see substantially weaker growth and low core inflation, if energy prices remain high and ...
BILL MEEHAN Concerns over (higher energy prices) feeding into higher wages have so far not materialized, which h...
MICHAEL PENN With the economy operating at close to full capacity, it's important that the Fed be vigilant about ...
ALFRED BROADDUS A lot of the tech selling is over. And the considerable strength of the U.S. economy is intact, inte...
ARNIE OWEN With little excess capacity left in the labor market, we expect continued upward pressure on wages.
JOSEPH ABATE The driver market is the tightest it has been in 20 years. It's a major limitation to the amount of ...
BILL GRAVES This is great news on the inflation front. It will be very difficult for the economy to generate any...
DAVID GREENLAW We don't see inflation shooting up because of what has happened in the labor market. I have a fairly...
AMIT KARA The market is moderating its inflation expectations. It's a good time to get into U.S. Treasuries.
ALEX ROHNER It fits in with the picture that the labor market is turned, inflation has turned and in a few more ...
BILL CHENEY The risks are going up nationally, but they're mitigated by a strong labor market and strong economy...
MARK MILNER This points out that the labor market remains as tight as ever.
DOUGLAS PORTER We're seeing a little bit of upward pressure on inflation but it's not yet enough to spark a big con...
DAVID KEEBLE The pool of available labor is diminishing and worker efficiency is growing more slowly. This adds u...
CARL TANNENBAUM We are still seeing strength in the labor market with wages rising. We are waiting for further decli...
MASATSUGU YAMAMOTO Investors are recognizing the fundamentals are still terrific, ... Profits are sound, the economy is...
JOSEPH COHEN Fears about rapid wage inflation and growing skills shortages in India and other offshore markets ar...
JOE FERNANDES The labor market exhibited renewed strength, which suggests that manufacturers and service providers...
DAVID HENSLEY Millions of American workers, in all sectors of the labor market, have seen their jobs and wages und...
DAN STEIN The Bank of Canada remains on the warpath against inflation in an economy where recent job and produ...
AVERY SHENFELD Compared to the size of its economy and the fact that it is the biggest broadband market -- with 30 ...
JOE LIN We are moving toward an economy that is less and less productive, absolute rigidity in the labor mar...
ALBERTO FRANCESCHI Day labor is not a niche market. It's now entering different aspects of the national mainstream econ...
ABEL VALENZUELA Yet in this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled ...
BOB TAFT We should see some small increases in retail sales over coming months, but without a decent pickup i...
DOMINIC WHITE The bond market is still behind the inflation curve. The inflation story continues to chip away at o...
JACK ABLIN Government officials are still learning to trust the market mechanism. They are containing inflation...
ANDY XIE The economy is doing fine and the labor market is on the mend.
JOSEPH LAVORGNA built into the labor market.
KIRK JOHNSON Of all the economic statistics, the labor market best highlights the underlying strength of the Aust...
JOSEPH CAPURSO Inflation remains under control. We're concerned of inflationary pressures developing in the economy...
GUS FAUCHER There hasnt been a slot machine assigned yet. They have the cart before the horse on this,
JOHN CORNISH I think what we've seen over the last couple of months is an investor shift from being concerned abo...
JOHN ZIMMERMAN The U.K. tried to cool off the housing market and slow their economy a bit, and they're caught in a ...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH The acceleration of loan growth will add further fuel to the current growth momentum and we see upsi...
HONG LIANG I anticipate a continuation and acceleration of event risk in the credit market in 2006.
EDWARD MARRINAN
When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the re... LELAND STANFORD While we expect market conditions to remain challenging, we...anticipate an acceleration in business...
WILLIAM ALLAN I'd characterize the local economy as relatively strong over all. Commercial real estate, the securi...
JASON BRAM The stronger data virtually assure significant changes in the Fed's directive this week. The new dir...
JOE ABATE Maintaining inflation stability is the central responsibility of the central bank. But we don't want...
WILLIAM POOLE [Dell's] model of jumping into a market when it is at its fastest pace of expansion and establishing...
JOE GONZALES It would remove some production from an already tight market.
IAN SYNNOTT These headline figures are ... misleading as most of the acceleration in PPI inflation during Septem...
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON Last summer we had a really illiquid bond market because the market was nervous about weakness in th...
KATHLEEN GAFFNEY As the rate of gain in corporate profits slows, even though the economy is booming, productivity is ...
LESLIE ALPERSTEIN The big concern is future inflation and the Fed is viewing that through the labor market. Wage growt...
JEFFREY SAUT If the Fed is on the warpath with an eye to slowing the economy and trying to blunt inflation before...
CHARLES CRANE Up until recently, oil price hikes have offset disinflation. This time around, we're in a situation ...
ALAN RUSKIN Up until recently, oil price hikes have offset disinflation. This time around, we're in a situation ...
ALAN RUSKIN Really, ... what we're talking about here is the U.S. struggling to find its place in an economy whe...
JASON SCHULTZ The jobless claims drop shows good strength in the labor market at the end of the year. It shows tha...
GARY THAYER Inflation is just not a problem in this economy.
CLYDE PRESTOWITZ
The pace of increases in labor compensation provides another possible indicator, albeit an imperfect... JANET YELLEN All of the sudden, there was political support for the notion that inflation was not just a tax, but...
HARVEY ROSENBLUM
[Looking at the overall economy,] the market is beginning to believe in 2 percent inflation, ... We ... BILL GROSS today is over. thats what it seems but is alright i will see you in my dreams
CHRIS MACHADO I think (wages) will level off, but it will never be a minimum-wage market again.
GLEN HELTON Yields are moving higher in a response to an economy that is bouncing back. Inflation is still under...
GARY POLLACK This is almost the best of all possible worlds, where labor is making money, and yet corporations ha...
BRIAN FABBRI Inflation is still moderate but this is about the outlook, and an economy that's doing well bears al...
JANWILLEM ACKET
Since the war I have stressed altogether five main objectives. The true union of Europe; the union o... OSWALD MOSLEY The game isn't over yet, ... but clearly I would say the score is Northwest 1, [labor] nothing.
TERRY TRIPPLER The 1990s were an eye-opener. You had the strongest labor market in 30 years; all things being equal...
HARRY HOLZER
It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in ab... MURRAY ROTHBARD
Ministers have received their wages, and some have their minds too much on their wages. They labor f... ELLEN G. WHITE There's a joke in the fixed income world that the PPI and CPI excluding everything is zero. But you ...
BILL DAVISON Japan's labor market is showing a remarkable improvement recently and companies are eager to make ne...
AKIO MAKABE
If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining... DAVID KORTEN The big question is what will happen over the next few years, ... Wages and costs are going up in Ch...
JONATHAN ANDERSON I think the question the market is struggling with is whether we are concerned about inflation and t...
KEN TOWER
We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive i... BEN OKRI I would say that the reports we've had on the labor market over the past three months are more than ...
CONRAD DEQUADROS I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
ABBY COHEN I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
ABBY JOSEPH COHEN I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
JOSEPH COHEN
From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to my mind ... LELAND STANFORD
A good description is a magician that can turn an ear into an eye EDEN PHILLPOTTS That's the key. Nobody's planning on decreasing. It's an interesting market, definitely an employee ...
ANDY KATZ Jobs are growing just fast enough to absorb the new entrants into the labor market but no faster.
DAVID PENN The Federal Reserve is concerned with maintaining price stability and with employment and the econom...
MICHAEL SWANSON It's really amazing. Our economy is growing at over 4 percent real growth and in the midst of that w...
KATHLEEN CAMILLI JSU helps fuel the local economy by supplying an outstanding concentration of brainpower and experie...
WILLIAM MEEHAN The big disconnect in China is that despite how strong its economy has been, its stock market has la...
ARIJIT DUTTA
Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 3... ROBERT REICH Yields are the main factor driving flows. The key factor supporting the dollar is expectation of hig...
LENA KOMILEVA This is a market that is still in its infancy, but it has the potential to blossom into a staggering...
ALBERT PANG It's a great picture, it reduces unit labor cost growth, which improves the inflation outlook. Aweso...
IAN MORRIS Business appears increasingly concerned that further weakness is in prospect. The Reserve Bank is ve...
ALAN OSTER January purchasing managers' surveys signal that the impressive acceleration in manufacturing activi...
DAVID HENSLEY There's little heat in the economy. There's more chance of deflation than inflation.
DAVID KOMANSKY
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