117 Quotes by Gary Thayer

It suggests the drag on the economy from the trade deficit in the third quarter will not be as great and could help revise up third-quarter GDP a bit,

It suggests our manufacturers are adjusting to a new environment and will continue to grow, ... I think we have (already) seen the worst for manufacturing.

It's not really troubling. It's the first decline since September. Probably more important is the trend that's in place, which is upward. You would probably need to see three or more declines in the leading index to signal a problem.

It still shows a pretty healthy economy at this point. The manufacturing side of things and business spending will be good this year.

It just looks like manufacturing in the Midwest cooled off a bit in January, but remained healthy.

It looks like these numbers are consistent with a small decline in fourth quarter GDP,

It looks like the economy is still quite healthy and the Fed is probably following the appropriate course. The economy doesn't need low interest rates.

It looks like the economy is stabilizing after the hurricane-related stresses and we're heading into the holidays with an upturn in confidence that is encouraging and bodes well for the good consumer spending over the next month or so.

It looks like real spending was quite healthy for the start of the third quarter.