27 Quotes by John Lonski

This could be interpreted as evidence of a still soft, sluggish economy.

This brings the possibility of steeper-than-anticipated gains in profits.

They're perhaps encouraged by the improved measures of corporate financial health. We've had relatively brisk growth by profitability ever since early 2002.

It makes sense to sell 30-year bonds now. This is an attractive opportunity to extend maturities.

The Fed will eventually move to a neutral stance, and I don't think we're there yet. When we start to see payrolls of 200,000 a month, I expect the yield on the 10-year note will hit 4.5 percent and the Fed will become less patient.

The underlying theme (in the Fed's statement) is the same but the Fed added the statement on the potential for higher inflation risks in order to reassure global investors that the Fed very much remains committed to pursuing price stability.

The troubling fact is that even if we take out the effect of the hurricane, we're still left with a lackluster increase in personal income for the month of August.

The economy is doing better, but where is profitability?

The market is really worried about events abroad and what may go on at home,