39 Quotes by David Powell

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    When you take the revisions into account, the retail sales is actually exactly as expected and the current account is actually a little bit better, so there's not too much to grab on to.

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    Ultimately, any loss of child care could potentially be a crisis. We're always seeing a demand for it, especially with the economy being a factor in both parents needing to work.

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    We're seeing some last-minute dollar strength, but there's really nothing much to it considering we're completely dead in terms of economic releases.

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    My feeling is that while there may be a mention of (a stronger Canadian dollar), it's not going to be a focal point of the statement because they are less concerned now about Canadian dollar appreciation than they were a year ago. The economy has had time to adjust and get used to a stronger Canadian dollar.

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    My feeling is that it's going to hint at much more aggressive monetary policy moving forward given the hawkish nature of Tuesday's statement.

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    Peter Lehmann saved the growers, and Robert O'Callaghan stood in front of the bulldozers waiting to pull out the old vines. To keep the growers in business, Lehmann bought their fruit, made it into wine, and told the growers they would be paid when the wines were sold. It might have taken him three years, but the growers got paid.

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    But between Yellen and the minutes, there seemed to be a bit of confirmation that indeed that would stop at 5 percent, and the market's just readjusting that right now.

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    I think it was a day of market psychology taking over and looking at those crude prices, because there was nothing else to pay attention to.

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