17 Quotes by Stephen Slifer

Whether the Fed is going to tighten or not is really going to be determined, I think, by the flow of data we get between now and Aug. 24,

I don't know what the guy is going to say tomorrow, but like everyone else I am going to be listening closely, ... I tend to think that this (CPI) number should have quieted down a lot of the sentiment about the likelihood or the need for a Fed tightening move.

If those numbers come in as expected, you can pretty much bet on a seeing a major rally in the markets. The expectations will be that, so long as wages are tame, the Fed will bide their time and leave rates alone.

Were in the camp that says this is very much ado about nothing. I really do think the markets have overreacted to the prospect of higher rates.

Were in the camp that says this is very much ado about nothing, ... I really do think the markets have overreacted to the prospect of higher rates.

What we worry about is that some of the decline in the stock market can spill over and begin to erode confidence. If the stock market takes out Sept. 21 lows, people are going to worry that something's wrong -- I can see the headlines -- and I wonder what that will do to people.

Greenspan is trying to be cautious by tapping the brakes ever so lightly, which I think will mean another quarter-point increase soon. This thing has so much momentum that, even though we've raised the speed limit, we're still going a little too fast.

The problem is not what's going on now; things are wonderful -- it's what could potentially happen in the future that the Fed and Greenspan are protecting us from. The economy is chugging along at a pace that's really exceeding the speed limit and that could cause some damage in the long run.

Whether it's 7 percent or 7.3 percent the point remains the same: Growth is really strong and what's obviously an issue is how long this going to continue and what are we going to see going forward for the first few quarters of 2000.