28 Quotes by Michael Moran

It's extremely important. I think it's going to have an important bearing on what the Fed decides to do with its monetary policy.

The numbers suggest we're seeing a weak holiday shopping season. We could see a late surge, but the early portion of the month is looking slow.

It's very viable to build temporary facilities for things like cycling and swimming.

The Fed will be encouraged by this, and it dampens somewhat the probability of a Fed easing, ... but I would still look for another move in December.

The consumer sector has been on of the strongest in the economy, and that's the sector that (Federal Reserve chairman Alan) Greenspan worries about.

The consumer sector has been among the strongest in the economy and I think that's the area that (Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan and company are really worried about.

If you look at the momentum that the economy has had coming into the year 2000 and if you look at the very small effect that tightening has had so far on the economy I think there is a distinct possibility that we could see four tightening moves, all a quarter of a percentage point,

Capacity utilization was up one tenth and from an inflation perspective we still have ample capacity.

Housing is the most vulnerable sector of the economy at this time.