23 Quotes by Mike Cloherty

If we get anything close to the 1.4 (percent) increase in the first-quarter, that will put the Fed back into play.

People are concerned about how smoothly today's auction will go.

That ex-auto number is really what's been pushing the market back today. That could force some more upward revisions to the third quarter GDP forecast.

I'm shocked by the Fed's move. It's hard for me to say it all makes sense.

That will be a big double-whammy, the one-two on Friday. It's not the day to take off work.

That weakness on the claims front is offsetting the durable impact.

Yeah, the rate held steady, but all the payroll stuff is extremely weak. To have 357,000 down and 108,000 down back to back is definitely a concern.

We'll get a big upward push from tobacco and from energy prices, and we'll see the same type of things when the CPI comes out next Tuesday.

With signs of things looking a little better, those expectations have diminished.