28 Quotes by Kevin Logan

The stimulus to spending will probably be small because a lot of people that get dividends are already well-off, and any additional retained income they'll have may not change their spending patterns much -- they may just save more.

Prices played a big role here. A lot of the increase was due to higher energy prices, particularly for oil.

Prior to the war, the stock market was at its lowest because people were pricing in a more intense military conflict, which hasn't happened, ... The market has decided that these events weren't nearly as damaging as they might have been to the global economy.

So this is more up to date as far as the situation in the housing market is concerned. It is a better indication that housing sales are beginning to slow.

The uptrend seen for the past year or so in housing seems to be intact.

They've changed their risk assessment; that's a subtle shift, but it is a shift. If you believe that inflation pressures will mount, they're closer to, rather than further from, a policy move.

You can't look at these numbers and say things are going to be booming going forward.

There's a little bit of relief that the Fed wasn't more aggressive.

They haven't changed (their bias). The weakness in corporate profits is a problem, and investment continues to decline.