36 Quotes by Carl Tannenbaum

We've been able to achieve great things amid great challenges- including the stock market crash of 1987, the bursting of the stock bubble in 2000, two wars and the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Alan Greenspan might be thought of as our most valuable economic player.

There are a lot of cross currents out there ... but overall the report suggests the job market is still doing pretty well.

The pool of available labor is diminishing and worker efficiency is growing more slowly. This adds up to a higher level of pressure on wages, and, by inference, on inflation.

If they have to ring some inflation out of the system, the initial list of victims has to include housing markets. You have a risky period for consumers for the next six to eight months.

Frankly, I think that's healthy. Property has gotten so expensive, maybe people are getting a little bit of sticker shock.

If anything, we may be at risk for underestimating how well the economy will do this year.

We're nowhere near the same economy as we were in the 1970s. We're more service-based. We're much more energy efficient.

We've given the auto industry steroids, and we might be looking at a period of withdrawal as auto companies wean themselves from these stimulants,

Our guess is that long-term rates will begin to drift up later this year, albeit modestly.