If the economy recovers quickly, the 10-year rate could be 5.2 percent even earlier than what they’re projecting, and it could be 6 percent in the coming years.

If you are looking at the health of the corporate sector, this report is very positive. That sector is not going to slow down even if interest rates keep going up.

From that perspective, Miller looks like a good chairman. But he was basically fired.

India cannot be inhuman to send back people who are persecuted or whose lives are in danger in their own countries. Currently, it’s a cumbersome, ad-hoc process which does not expeditiously verify the status of...

The only problem would be if Bush picked someone who is a crony or doesn’t have experience.

All the data is pointing to a lot of momentum, and if (the Fed) wants to slow down the economy, why stop in May?

New Orleans is an economic disaster. This tragedy is so unprecedented people could be out of work for three, six, nine months or longer.

If consumer confidence holds steady, and consumers spend the money from tax cuts, and once business see a clear sign of a rebound in sales, then around September or October, they’re going to budget and...

It will depend more on the phase of the business cycle and the credibility of the institution, namely the central bank, and the person.

When the economy is running below potential, I don’t mind deficits at all.

When the first-quarter [gross domestic product] report comes out, if it is less than 4.5 percent to 5 percent, they are done [with rate increases]. If it is way above 4.5 percent, then expect more.

People are looking towards their remarks about how the economy is doing, and I think they will be more specific on that. The Fed will probably tailor its remarks to build the expectation that it...

Right now, the worms are just an irritant, but there are a lot of weird things happening — worms, bomb blasts [in Baghdad and Jerusalem] — that are not good for the morale of executives....

This is the best news that Georgia has heard in a long time.

You can’t convince a CEO there won’t be another war, especially when we’ve had two in the past two years. It’s not a conducive environment for investment.

I was thinking that we’ll have a rate hike in March and again in May. This (employment report) increases the probability of May.