You're going to see very soft numbers for employment and significant ripple effects from housing.

Greenspan's comments ... [seemed] to suggest that the risks are weighted toward continued weakness in the economy, but these numbers raise questions about that conclusion. Still, I'm not certain the Fed governors would be willing to disagree with their boss.

If Katrina was simply a devastation of the area, we could have weathered it, ... Because of these ripple effects, Katrina is having a nationwide impact.

The numbers indicate that his support is very soft and people don't know a lot about him.

The US absorbs exports from across the world. So there will be ripple effects, as well as the indirect impact of the oil price.

November's numbers confirm that housing activity has peaked and is now slowing.