Mark Vitner Quotes

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

- Mark Vitner

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

This is the type of report we would expect to see, given the slowdown that we've already experienced in the economy... Companies don't have any pricing power, and if they don't have any pricing power, then inflation can't really be a threat. - Mark Vitner

Coming on the heels of stronger reports on retail sales and durable-goods orders, as well as a sharp drop in first-time claims for unemployment, this ... drop in consumer confidence was a cold slap in the face to all of those economists, including ourselves, that are looking for a second-half rebound. - Mark Vitner