102 Quotes by Stephen Stanley

The factory sector appears to have begun the year on a solid note, no doubt bolstered by the surge in new orders seen at the end of last year.

We have been quite skeptical throughout January because data tend to be erratic around the holidays and the turn of the year.

This report is huge in the big picture, ... With the election over and this good news on jobs we could at last see an unleashing of animal spirits in the economy.

When both exports and imports are surging, that is generally a sign that the economy is in very good shape. These figures strike me as yet another sign that activity entering 2006 was on a solid footing, not about to slow down substantially, as the consensus believes.

We think the economy will grow stronger for longer than the market and the Fed do. We look for substantial further tightening to be required.

The question now is what impact the hurricane has on the economy and for how long.

While housing demand will probably continue to moderate from the torrid pace seen in the last few years, housing starts should remain well-supported in the coming months, as builders' backlogs remain near record levels and rebuilding along the Gulf Coast will eventually boost activity.

When the economy's weak, there's always a potential competitor who will undercut you on price, but when everybody's doing decent business, there's not as much urgency on the pricing front. When consumers are mostly employed and their incomes are going up, they're more inclined to accept some price increases.

We've had this pattern of strong month, weak month lately. May numbers were weaker and the expectation is for June numbers to be stronger.