146 Quotes by Ethan Harris

This kind of adds to the sense of a rookie in the institution. They are going to have to learn the ropes for a while before they are going to be influential.

This is why people talk about radical moves down in the dollar. They just can't see an improvement of the trade balance happening any other way.

They're adding to the intellectual firepower of the board of governors in terms of regulatory and financial markets issues, but initially they won't be important players in the monetary policy front.

There's definitely going to be nervousness around the event and a kind of inertia. My wife has already asked me not to come into work that day.

At every stage in the past three years, employment has disappointed relative to overall activity. It's a chronic issue, and there's been a tendency for economists to hope this will finally be the month when improvement occurs. But I have no reason to believe it will.

It suggests moderate growth in the year ahead, but I don't think there's much risk of a 'double-dip' recession.

It's true there's been a shift of income distribution, with a lot of income gains accruing to upper income individuals. The labor market is paying a bigger and bigger premium for being well educated, ... At the other end of the distribution, if you look at Joe Six-Pack, you've seen a big decline in big paying, low skill jobs in manufacturing.

The number itself wasn't very surprising, ... (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan) Greenspan's comments last week that the trade gap might start getting smaller raised attention and some hopes. But I didn't agree with him about that.

It's the toughest weight class in the state, by far. Everyone here is so tough. There are just some studs in this weight class, so it's going to be the best man who comes through with the title.