Stephen Slifer Quotes

Whether the Fed is going to tighten or not is really going to be determined, I think, by the flow of data we get between now and Aug. 24.

- Stephen Slifer

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It's important to stress that we do have some very good things going on in this economy, which Greenspan reiterated yesterday. What we should be thinking about is that this is a move that's designed to be a little bit preemptive to make sure that this rapid growth does not start resulting in higher inflation. - Stephen Slifer

It just really puts an intense focus on all of the economic indicators going forward. I suspect that the reaction to those numbers is going to be enhanced from what it used to be. - Stephen Slifer

Inflation is great. But if we're going into a slower growth period with inflation at those levels, it's going to slow down from here?I would think that consumers have more and more confidence that the Fed is doing its job. - Stephen Slifer