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That suggests the economy has lost some of its steam.

Productivity, so far, has really enabled the economy to grow at a more rapid pace than normal without generating any kind of substantial increase in wage pressures.

I don't expect this economy to show any signs of slowing down. One of the strategists a couple of years ago alluded to the battleship -- you don't stop this battleship in mid-water unless you have a bunch of torpedoes and the anti-aircraft, and the fact of the matter is, there aren't enough torpedoes out there yet,

Everybody has to learn a little more economics than they want to learn, now that we're drawing more and more of a distinction between actual GDP and final domestic demand, which is GDP minus inventories. Inventories can surprise. It's hard to make a solid forecast about them, and the Fed said that. I think the market continues to overestimate Fed rate cuts.

It's profits that make the companies run and make the economy run.

This number shows that inflation is in a benign mode for the U.S. economy.

The higher level of energy prices is certainly affecting the psychology of consumers. But the underlying strength of the economy, and the continued increase in the relative strength of the underlying job market should prevent consumer spending from collapsing.

The economy was firing on almost all cylinders. It is continuing to show the resilience we've seen time and time again.

The economy remains very solid and it appears likely to expand at a pace of 4-1/2 percent to 5 percent in the second half of the year.