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


True, the fuel for faster recovery is amassing. But that prospect does not materially alter chances that inflation will also remain well anchored. - Robert DiClemente


This to me looks more like what retailers had said, that colder weather in May might have depressed sales in ways that are not really fundamental... Early anecdotal evidence for June shows a snap-back. It would be a big mistake to view this as a sign of a new wave of retrenchment. - Robert DiClemente


The wealthiest households took the hardest hit from the equity slide over the past two years and had the largest debt exposure. Since these high-income households are in the best position to withstand deterioration in their financial positions, the shocks are likely to have a limited effect on overall consumer spending. - Robert DiClemente


The severity of the downturn still hinges on the fate of consumers. - Robert DiClemente


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