Joel Naroff Quotes
When [Fed policy-makers] meet on Oct. 28, they will be looking at a broad-based economic expansion. Will they admit to that? ... They are going to have to face reality soon and become tilted toward growth and at least neutral on inflation. 
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They're faced with what is probably a moderation in growth, but a slow acceleration in inflation. The question is, where does inflation go from here? I think that will be the driving factor, because I don't think growth is going to stay this slow.
- Joel Naroff
The Fed will not shift its bias. Retail sales numbers for August, which they'll have in hand by the time of the meeting, will be pretty solid, so they will be facing essentially the same thing they've been facing for a while now -- the fundamentals are not that bad, but the stock market is.
- Joel Naroff