392 Quotes by Anthony Chan

To the extent that consumer sentiment reacts to movements in the unemployment rate rather than the meager increase in non-farm payrolls, we have to take this ... report as delivering good news to the troops.

This big decline may seem a little on the aberrant side, and we have to be careful about it, but at least some of it has to be real.

For those people hoping for a light at the end of the tunnel, this report reveals the tunnel is still under construction.

Certainly, we see some encouragement. We see an economy that's still weak... but not falling off the cliff. The notion that we're not going to have a recession is confirmed by these numbers.

Yields at the auction came at levels that were not lethal to the stock market. Overall, it is somewhat encouraging for equities.

Given the signs of recovery in the manufacturing sector, that won't bring the economy to its knees, but it will ensure that this will be a moderate rather than robust recovery.

This action really reveals the Fed's excitement with the emerging signs of economic growth we're seeing.

Buyers are going to be in a sweet spot in about three to six months. The speculators who are still holding properties will be panicking by then as their carrying costs mount. It won't be a bloodbath, but that's when prices should be at their lowest.

This is an economy coming back, but it's going to be a moderate recovery. But we should not despair, since a balanced recovery has the best chance of turning into a longer-lasting recovery.