It probably doesn't mean we don't see another rate increase, but it suggests that the Fed is not behind the curve and inflation is not getting out of control.

If we hadn't heard from Greenspan last week that the Fed is still worried about an uneven recovery, we might be more upset about these numbers. But Greenspan is concerned that these retail sales numbers could falter later on so these numbers probably won't have that great an impact.

Along with the rise in non-fuel import prices, this suggests the weaker dollar is taking competitive pressure off of businesses, giving them the extra pricing power they didn't have a couple of years ago.

Simply because the Fed is maintaining an accommodative monetary policy position doesn't mean they keep the fed funds rate at one percent indefinitely,

Overwhelmingly, there's probably not a lot of presence, or not as much as we'd like.

It would probably increase the number of deer killed, but I'm not sure I'm for or against it.