48 Quotes by Lynn Reaser

We have basically an optimal present economic situation, with solid growth and benign inflation.

On the import side, the strength is from a rebuilding of inventories from companies and a general expansion of the U.S. economy. Petroleum imports increased, adding to the import bills.

But we do believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Businesses are regaining confidence to the point where they are now actively hiring new workers.

If a company is mute, they (investors) often sell because of the uncertainty. Go back and start looking at fundamentals.

He is keeping his options open, but he also is suggesting that we may not see a straight-line path for interest rates. I think he is trying to knock down the notion that the Fed could come to a stop and that the story will end there.

He's arguing that the limit may be starting to be reached as foreign investors avoid an over concentration of their portfolios' in dollars, but that the impact would likely not be traumatic.

I think they might leave it in one more time, but they are certainly moving to the point where they will need to modify or remove that language.

Overall inflation remains quite benign. Companies selling to consumers and businesses have limited pricing power.