I don't think starts will be as strong in '06 as they were in the last few years. I don't think sales will be as strong, but I still think the economy will do well.

I just don't think you can pick a handful of commodities ... and reach a conclusion about inflation.

In light of the lags between policy actions and their effects, a view of the economy's future performance is critical to decision-making.

You don't want to just focus so narrowly on housing prices that you think that is going to be determinative of everything you can conceive of.

At the end of the day, is it really going to matter for an economy of our size?

At the end of the day, I think the economy really isn't fragile at all.

When you own aircraft outright, you spend a lot more time managing a plane and not conducting your business.

What I find very amusing is they're still using machines that have not been proven in any court of law. That they are actually reliable in measuring speed.

We have to ... put more emphasis on the incoming data and the anecdotes we get from the business community and other audiences and try to put together a coherent assessment of the economy.

I think the economic outlook is reasonably positive.