"Chris Low is a former professional ice hockey player. Low began his junior hockey career with the Swift Current Broncos, and played professional for a number of teams including the Oklahoma City Blazers, and the Colorado Eagles.

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With three negative reports in a row, it's ugly. What we are seeing is two things: it is the storms and a pre-existing condition that came with the end of auto discounting. Part suppliers and their raw materials suppliers benefited from auto sales incentives.

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Retail sales are expected to be down, but worry about Producer Price Index and Consumer Price Index releases Thursday and Friday could keep any bond market rally in check.

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Your typical economic recovery is a virtuous cycle of spending, job creation, investments and more spending. Each one fuels the other.

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We suspect that if the economy remains as soft as it has been lately, the Fed may very well decide a break is in order somewhere along the way.

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The Fed would only pause on the GM news if there were some indication that the news threatens the health of the economy as a whole or the health of the financial markets as a whole.

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What's striking is how much it looks like the statement from the last three meetings.

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The bottom line - despite the minus sign in front of the number, (payrolls) are a lot better than we thought.

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I would think that certainly some of the discretionary spending would drop. There will be those who think twice about driving at all.

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He does not want a rapid break in bond prices to snuff out the jobs recovery before it has a chance to catch hold.

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