10 Quotes by Bruce Kasman

What we're seeing in the report is clear signs that manufacturing has turned. And I think it's turned pretty sharply.

Minutes from the December 13 FOMC meeting point to downside risk to our call that the funds rate target will reach 5 percent in May. Fed officials sound confident on growth, but more dovish on inflation.

There is no group arguing that the Fed has gone too far. There is a broad consensus that if the data shows rising operating rates, further moves will be needed.

Greenspan's shift to a 'don't criticize what you don't understand mode' signals that the low level of long-term interest rates will, by themselves, not be a factor pushing the Fed towards more tightening.

Japan is still a dawn that we're awaiting.

While recent hurricanes have not had lasting macroeconomic impacts, Katrina may prove to be the exception.

As destructive as past storms have been, they didn't leave an imprint on the U.S. business cycle,

It never really got consumers in the act.

There's very little chance of a Fed move here, but the debate on the economy is going to keep running.