152 Quotes by Mark Vitner

It's always a question in getting the cost right and delivering the product at the right time.

It's pretty early to have a good idea of what damage there is in the region. It is the damage to the energy infrastructure that is important to the national economy.

There is no operating manual that says what a neutral fed funds rate is, but the Fed knows that it's higher than 3 percent,

Consumers are fairly worried about the economy. ... I think the holiday season is going to be ho-hum,

The No. 1 reason new orders and production are falling is that inventories have risen in recent months as consumer spending has slowed, ... Such a buildup was acceptable when economic growth was accelerating. Now that growth is cooling off, businesses will need to curb stockpiles.

We're going to have plenty of weak economic reports over the coming months. If they respond to every one, they'll get down to zero percent interest rates pretty damn quick.

The number one problem continues to be a lack of job and income growth.

We're just now realizing how badly off the economy was in the second quarter, ... The wider trade gap, along with the weakness we saw in the business inventory numbers that came out this week and weaker construction spending, will probably result in a second-quarter revised GDP number that will be zero or even slightly negative. It will be an eye-opening number, but it's no more worrisome than what we've seen.

it's somewhat surprising how resilient the economy has been, despite higher energy prices.