Mark Vitner Quotes


You could even interpret the minutes to read that economic growth has already slowed to its long-run potential and that the federal funds rate is already at a neutral level. The Fed's commentary describes an economy that is nearing or already in the early stages of a soft landing. - Mark Vitner


You can't get a strong economy if everybody's against business. It's awfully hard to create jobs if everybody's anti-business. - Mark Vitner


Yesterday there was a little bit of a fear that maybe the housing market is not slowing down much and that the Fed has to do a little bit more, and today it takes some of that fear back out. They are really close to being done. - Mark Vitner


With so many folks sensing that interest rates were rising, we probably had some sales pulled from April into March. - Mark Vitner


While goods producers continue to have little to no pricing power, we still believe the odds of outright deflation remain fairly low. - Mark Vitner


While core finished goods are still relatively tame, there are signs that price increases are accelerating further back in the production pipeline... Typically the Fed continues tightening until this series tops out. But with prices up only modestly, they will likely continue to make only modest adjustments. - Mark Vitner


When the federal government increases the budget deficit it increases interest rates on everybody, so it is like a tax increase on borrowing. What that means is that mortgages will be more expensive. - Mark Vitner


When combined with the run-up in employee health-care costs... the inability to raise selling prices is the single most important reason that job growth has been lagging so much during this recovery. - Mark Vitner


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