27 Quotes by Charles Lieberman

As productivity slows, wage costs tend to rise -- one has an inverse relation to the other.

That's actually good news. It means we're carrying less inventory and the production process is adjusting.

The Fed is not going to be troubled by a small miss (in the CPI). I don't think it's that big an issue, ... They're concerned that a falling stock market could hurt consumers sufficiently to curtail spending. That could be a problem.

Inflation, on the surface, does not appear to be a concern, but it's obvious that prices for some items are rising, ... It's inevitable that when people are armed with fatter paychecks and when companies are spending more to produce goods and services, prices are going to rise.

Inflation has been very soft for a number of years, and there's absolutely no reason to believe that's going to change any time in the near future.

Investors worried this morning when the oil inventory report was released, but the market is taking a second look and interpreting the data more carefully now.

But I think the underlying trend in terms of consumer spending and overall economic spending is actually up.

The economy is doing a lot better than people recognize and therefore, the Fed may have to hike rates more than they expect. The equity market is fighting the Fed.

The economy is still growing above trend as evident by erosion of the unemployment rate and the low level of unemployment claims.