9 Quotes by Steven Cochrane

If this was a normal hurricane in Florida, you'd have construction people in pickup trucks heading south right now to help clean up and rebuild. Instead you have the governor saying to stay away.

This report bodes well for Chester County. The U.S. and local economies are on a tear again.

The risk is for a moderate downward revision.

This is an interesting report. The economy is strong enough to bring more job-seekers into the market, but not necessarily because there are that many more new jobs.

This could be bad news for employers, who may have to pay out more to attract the people they want to hire.

The middle of last year was really weak because of the uncertainty about energy prices and (then) the hurricane hit. But once we got beyond the uncertainty, firms were hiring.

In the Mid-Atlantic region the economy has been stable and there's not a lot of oversupply of housing.

In the next couple of years children of the baby boomers will be looking for rentals.

These are fairly well-paying jobs, and they're the kinds of jobs that are created when other services are doing well. It's a good sign for the economy that sector is contributing to growth. That tells me the economy is on its feet.