392 Quotes by Anthony Chan

A lot of players in the economy are realizing this is a sustainable expansion. That's a factor you must have in order to support increased hiring.

The jump was a bounce back from November.

He can't sound bullish and he can't sound bearish, ... He has walk a very fine line to justify maintaining this measured status quo.

While weather played a role in soft apparel sales, the high energy prices impacted overall sales. Net-net, the climate is likely to get better with improvements in the labor market.

They (Fed policy makers) know at any point of the time they may need to administer CPR to this economy.

The jump in payrolls this month shows that although the economy clearly went through a wider-than-expected soft patch, it does not appear as though the shortfall in growth was permanent,

There is a lot of pain, and if anything these statistics are understating the pain, ... At the same time the economy is showing some potential signs of improvement, you're not finding a lot of firms offering jobs.

Greenspan has to give reassurance that, if things deteriorate, the Fed is willing to act. But the underlying structure of the economy seems pretty good.

The key number was not the headline (overall CPI) number,