234 Quotes by Mark Zandi

Given the crosscurrents in the economic inflation data, it will be difficult for him to be clear-cut.

Once skittish businesses are turning into confident businesses that are willing and able to hire. I think the job market will improve further in the course of the coming year.

Fundamentally, though, it stems from the fact that China will post a $250 billion surplus on its trade with the United States this year and there's simply no sign of that easing any time soon.

The new chairman will want to show his inflation-fighting mettle. Early on, Chairman Greenspan was on the aggressive side to establish his credentials.

Given the recent surge in energy prices and higher medical costs, many will not be made whole by the increase. The increase is backwards looking; it represents inflation over the last year. In the near term, inflation will be greater.

So far, it's weakening, not caving. But it's been a tricky policy to deflate housing, not crater it.

if the financial markets were reeling and the images from the Gulf were getting worse instead of better, if energy prices were rising instead of falling. But given the economic data and financial markets, there's no reason to make a symbolic move.

That's a healthy pickup. The pendulum, which had been fully in favor of employers, is swinging back in favor of employees. Employees are starting to gain traction.

If the Fed were going to pause in response to Katrina, it probably would be in November and December,