The producer price numbers on Wednesday and the productivity number on Friday are the most important events we have ahead of the Fed meeting. There's still some uncertainty in the market about what the Fed will do and those numbers will be key to figuring that out.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES The biggest reactor to the productivity numbers will be the Fed. Productivity has been the safety va... FREDERIC DICKSON The numbers confirm the perspective that the market has already priced in -- that the Fed will move ... MARIA FIORINI RAMIREZ We've been very encouraged by the action today; even after the economic numbers came out, we've seen... HEDI REYNOLDS There are two key challenges to the U.S. market: one is Fed policy -- and it's still our concern tha... GARY DUGAN The market is looking for numbers that will add to the information set regarding what the Fed might ... ELLIOT PLATT I'm in the middle of the road, it seems vague of unclear way, of where I'm going but no matter what ... HLONIM They stand uncertainly underneath immense skies, and everything about them is drowned. JACK KEROUAC I heard the Denver and Rio Grande locomotives howling off in to the mountains. I wanted to pursue my... JACK KEROUAC I read my copy of On the Road and dug the scenery whizzing past. On the Road is a semi-autobiographi... CORY DOCTOROW I think the productivity numbers you saw this morning lessen the fears in the marketplace about the ... FRANCIS GANNON Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward. ZENA WYNN If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If inflation were to slow down some more, that would put off the date of any further tightening. But... HENRY WILLMORE If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS Don't sacrifice the present and attempt to achieve the impossible- to completely correct the past...... ASSEGID HABTEWOLD The market is going to sort of tread water until we hear the results of the (Fed) meeting and what t... DAVID JOY We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL The big hurdles next week are the Fed meeting Tuesday and the jobs report Friday. The market reactio... DONALD SELKIN Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r... MANDY HALE Your most precious memories will focus on those you loved, those who loved you, and what you did tog... JAMES C. DOBSON But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended. ELIZABETH PETERS But when have I ever needed saving? "Are you a Wendy?" I whisper to myself, scanning the low ro... TRACY WARD If we hadn't heard from Greenspan last week that the Fed is still worried about an uneven recovery, ... GARY THAYER This number is a one-month number. I would really be hesitant to make a trend out of this. If you st... BRIAN WESBURY Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON The price of success is hard work, dedication and determination to the endeavour which he loves utmo... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Markets are confident that the Fed will raise rates another 25 basis points at the Federal Open Mark... ANN OWEN Economic growth has surpassed virtually everyone's expectations, ... hanging your hat on one number ... MIKE RYAN In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It was because they were two parts of a whole. He did not belong to her. And she did not belong to h... RENEE AHDIEH Cease with the displays of false modesty. The entire palace knows about it." A feeling of warmt... RENEE AHDIEH Do you know why I adore roses?" Shahrzad untied the knot of his tikka sash with deliberate slowness.... RENEE AHDIEH Where were you?" Shahrzad tried to control the tremor in her voice. "Not where I should have b... RENEE AHDIEH As always. As ever. As a rose to the sun. RENEE AHDIEH This is the latest sign that the economy is slowing down, and because these are labor numbers, they'... BERNARD BAUMOHL Everyone knew the Fed was going to come in and do something sooner or later, ... We're no longer spe... JOHN MANLEY Despite the decline in headline producer price pressures, the risks of deflation have clearly vanish... BRIAN WESBURY The warm sound of her laughter stole through Khalid's skin, heating the coldest reaches of his soul. RENEE AHDIEH The major trend in the market over the last couple of weeks has been uncertainty. Uncertainty about ... FRANCIS GANNON Investors are focusing on the new home sales figures after housing starts were so strong. Strong num... MICHIYOSHI KATO A further significant upward shift in rate expectations seems unlikely in the near term given the cu... JENS NORDVIG The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself. MANDY HALE She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO There is, I am sensible, an age at which every individual of you would choose to stop; and you will ... JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU But thing in the past are like plate that’s shattered to pieces. You can never put it back togethe... HARUKI MURAKAMI The whole town had instantly gone to bed; the only noise now was barking dogs. How could I ever slee... JACK KEROUAC I ate apple pie and ice cream—it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger, the... JACK KEROUAC Somewhere along the line, the pearl would be handed to me. JACK KEROUAC You've never really trusted him, though you don't understand why. Something about the fact that he's... N.K. JEMISIN The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH A weak housing starts report, a contained [producer-price index] report, and finally the minutes fro... GREG JENSEN until we do what has not yet been done, what has not been done shall remain undone ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH As people read the economic numbers, they know the Fed is still there. GEORGE GONCALVES We should start to see better numbers in the May data. If we don't see improvement, it would be much... HENRY WILLMORE The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense. JIM HARRISON [Overall, following the statement,] the market is fairly clear that the Fed will keep raising rates ... JEFF KLEINTOP These [jobless] numbers confirm everything that came out in the Fed statement. Things are going to g... ANTHONY CHAN Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, wi... THE BOOK OF THE DEAD When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t... THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON One thing God has been showing me is that I'm not called to save the world, just to point those He p... J.R. RIM The idea that's been gaining currency in the market is the Fed pause theory, meaning that the Fed ra... JOSH STILES Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT I don't spend a lot of time asking "WHY?" Instead I focus on what I should do now or how I should re... JEFF DIXON-THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM The young gentlemen who came calling seemed especially puzzling. They sat in their velvet shirts and... PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP Then there is the other secret. There isn't any symbolysm [sic]. The sea is the sea. The old man is ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Mothers yielding Bibles, contemplating smearing the blood of lamb chops over her doorway. Anything t... ANTONIA PERDU We just don't have the numbers on what those sales taxes will be, ... I don't know how we could calc... MIKE SIMPSON Follow the river and you will find the sea FRENCH PROVERB The river seeking for the seaConfronts the dam and precipice,Yet knows it cannot fail or miss;You wi... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX The power to stop your beneficiaries from quarreling over the content of your will when you are gone... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Many corpses will be floating in the sea, THAKSIN SHINAWATRA Given that the economic data will be strong, people will wonder why the Fed is not moving, which cou... LARA RHAME Next week's producer price index or consumer price index could tip the Fed in favor of a June hike i... ANTHONY CHAN Time that is spent dwelling on the past will surely continue in your present moment - and the future... MICHELLE CRUZ-ROSADO These are important numbers, particularly the one on employment costs. There's some concern about ri... ADAM BLANKMAN The jobs numbers are going to be meaningless for the next few months. You'll have Katrina as a big a... BRIAN STINE The jobs numbers are going to be meaningless for the next few months. You'll have Katrina as a big a... BRIAN STINE Forever is a long long time and time has a way of changing things WALT DISNEY COMPANY When we put LIVE backwards it spells EVIL, interesting how one word can have two totally opposing me... GARY F EVANS... I love you." she whispered into the rough wool of his sweater. L.J. SMITH And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three,... MONTY PYTHON I make mistakes. That's what I do. I speak without thinking, I act without knowing. I d... CANDACE BUSHNELL The employment numbers easily give the Fed reason to pause, but it doesn't necessarily mean they are... ALAN BLINDER Here was one with an air of high nobility such as Aragorn at times revealed, less high perhaps, yet ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. DAVID OGILVY The change in the balance of risks keeps the market focused on conditions in the corporate bond mark... GEMMA WRIGHT Avoid the temptation to force a moment so you won’t miss the one with your name on it. GINA GREENLEE Without question, the Red Ryder BB gun is the most important gun in the history of American weaponry... TED NUGENT I think sometimes there is no right thing. ROSAMUND HODGE We would hope that all of them have been replaced. But based on the numbers, that's probably not the... CAPTAIN PAUL MCDONOUGH Had we taken the picture a couple of years before that it would have been all male, so women are com... MIKE COOK SPACES... BREAKS...TO CONTEMPLATE THINGS... TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT... STEPHANIE PERKINS
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