Quotes by Patrick Fearon

“The housing starts figure coming in down 5.6 percent was weaker than expected and seems consistent with our thesis that the housing sector is moderating. The big decline in housing permits reinforces that idea.”

“Whether you look at the core personal consumption expenditure index on a monthly basis or a year over year basis, the inflation trend is basically steady Eddie.”

“If the core rate doesnt get out of hand and growth comes in moderate, at some point fairly soon the Fed could decide ... to stop raising rates.”

“The good news is that this is much more moderate than we had seen in September and August and it brings the annual inflation rate down to 4.3 percent.”

“There is certainly more going on than just hurricanes and a resulting spike in gasoline prices, ... could weigh on peoples attitudes.”

“It could mean that those people dont show up in the jobless numbers until relatively late, so its an evolving situations in terms of understanding the impact on the labor market.”

“Were getting close to the weekly level of new claims that was typical of the months leading up to the late-summer hurricanes and the spike in energy prices.”

“There was decent strength across the retail sector. These numbers are consistent with an economy growing at a comfortable rate, a pace that would allow the Fed to continue to raise interest rates in a measured fashion.”

“Its an encouraging sign, but of course we have a long way to go before you would say that the consumer is very optimistic.”

“The survey for the final reading would have taken place over the past 10 days or so, when market volatility was particularly high, ... Because of that, the final reading very well could have come in below the preliminary reading. The fact it came in higher shows a certain amount of resilience in the consumer sector.”