21 Quotes by Brian Fabbri

Rapid economic growth in the first quarter will not deter (the Fed) from their intended pause in tightening policy after another hike in the May meeting.

Production should be up, and it should be up fairly strongly,

Declines in the real estate activity will probably spill over into consumer confidence and eventually lead to slower spending.

There's a refreshing degree of consistency. The number of new jobs is consistent with the rest of the economic data that shows that the economy is moving along quite strongly.

It's not the dollar that's weakened a great deal, but rather the perception in the financial markets that the yen is strengthening a great deal, ... So it's a yen problem.

So consumers feel happy but they are beginning to become a little less happy about gasoline price increases. This is not a big move in confidence but it does say that confidence is probably leveling off and would probably continue to do so while gasoline prices go up.

The message of solid growth and inflation at the top end of the comfort zone may mean that the Fed is keeping all its options open, but that more tightening 'may' be required, and that the data will decide.

Christmas spending this season is likely to outperform most analysts middling expectations.

This is almost the best of all possible worlds, where labor is making money, and yet corporations have been able to offset that with productivity, and keep it themselves in terms of profits. It reminds everyone of the important contributions technology has been making to increased productivity in tight labor markets.