No two periods are ever identical, and we don't expect cars to sprout fins, but we do think that there's a good chance that many of the favorable economic trends of the 1950s will re-emerge in the years immediately ahead. -Gerald Cohen

 

No two periods are ever identical, and we don't expect cars to sprout fins, but we do think that there's a good chance that many of the favorable economic trends of the 1950s will re-emerge in the years immediately ahead.


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No two periods are ever identical, and we don't expect cars to sprout fins, but we do think that there's a good chance that many of the favorable economic trends of the 1950s will re-emerge in the years immediately ahead.

Gerald Cohen
259

But whether payrolls come in at minus 10,000 or plus 10,000, it won't tell you that much.

Gerald Cohen
198
We're talking about the difference between a little below and a little above, but the number is consistent with the view that we're going to see payrolls flat to lower in August. -Gerald Cohen
194

It's consistent with the view that things are not good now, but there's the potential for a pickup. The only question is what the magnitude of the pickup is going to be, and we're not as sanguine as [Greenspan is] about that.

Gerald Cohen
172

That could cause the Fed to raise rates faster.

Gerald Cohen
172
If prices are rising in response to a pickup in global demand, that's a good sign for the economy. Though it does impart a drag on the economy, you don't feel it as much. -Gerald Cohen
117

Wouldn't it be nice to see a repeat of that?

Gerald Cohen
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