Robert Diclemente Quotes


You've got this awkward confluence of a Fed that's getting nearer and nearer to some critical level of rates and an inflation forecast that has been more in doubt or more in play than it has been for some time. - Robert DiClemente



With surging productivity keeping alive chances of further disinflation, even another Fed rate cut cannot be ruled out. - Robert DiClemente



With labor markets eroding rapidly, external growth faltering badly, and domestic inflation low and falling, the Fed can afford to err on the side of accommodation. - Robert DiClemente



With higher inflation still a tangible threat, officials cannot rule out the possible need to move beyond neutral. - Robert DiClemente



While financial markets are focused on all the gloom ... they risk missing the incipient turnaround in corporate profits... Based on the latest GDP figures, corporate earnings probably bottomed in the third quarter. Firms are making the necessary adjustments to restore profitability by reining in their costs, especially labor compensation. - Robert DiClemente



Under these conditions, policy-makers will want to maintain a continued period of very low interest rates and highly accommodative financial conditions to propel aggregate demand well above the upper end of reasonable estimates of potential growth. - Robert DiClemente