We were expecting sales to remain in record territory today, not set new records, ... This really underscores the silver lining to clouds abroad.

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There's nothing to be gained by saying anything right now, ... there's a lot of uncertainty... over how long it will have to raise rates.

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The effect of the strike will be to short-circuit momentum in the U.S. economy, but we are well positioned to absorb it.

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Larry Summers is the economic conscience of Rubin. He is the economic half of that team. Rubin had market smarts and the political savvy; Larry Summers was, in many ways, the economic mastermind here.

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The DVD burner, plasma screen TVs, digital cameras are the hot picks.

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We weren't running our heaters very much this winter and this would have the effect of slowing down production.

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The question is not whether the consumer is slowing. From the Fed's perspective, it's whether the consumer is slowing down fast enough to keep inflation in check.

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What can the Fed do about WorldCom? This is not an interest rate problem. This is not something they should be involved with, ... I'm sorry, Wall Street, but you can't look to the Fed to save you when they don't have the tools to save you on this one.

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