392 Quotes by Anthony Chan

There are a lot of good factors out there.

The significant number of headwinds such as rising energy prices and the prospects of rising short-term rates are taking their toll on the economy,

These numbers are suggesting that a future Federal Reserve tightening will be coming to a theater near you quite soon.

This puts to rest any question of whether or not we're going to have an explosive recovery. We're clearly not.

The terrible, devastating effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, when we see those things on TV, we know we don't feel as good about our country or even about ourselves.

Those are the numbers that confirmed in their minds that we were in recession.

These numbers are essentially telling us that retail sales were artificially boosted by zero-percent financing. These numbers are not going to do anything to discourage the Fed from thinking that the balance of risk in the economy is toward weakness.

This provides a big shot in the arm to the notion that geopolitical concerns were holding back the economy. Otherwise we wouldn't have seen such a big pop. This probably exaggerates how excited consumers will be after all is said and done, but it gets the direction right.

This is clearly a non-threatening report for investors and policy makers alike. Labor market conditions appear to be tepid enough to justify less rather than more Fed rate hikes while wage pressures did not spoil the party.