Ethan Harris Quotes

With inflation trending up, we believe the Fed will want to stay on the tight side of neutral for an extended period.

- Ethan Harris

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Inflation | Trending | Stay | Tight | Neutral |

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This is one of the very-easy-to-interpret reports. In this one, everything lined up like the planets. - Ethan Harris

I think we know corporate profit growth can't stay at the rate we've seen in recent quarters. They (employers) have been squeezing the work force pretty aggressively, squeezing productivity out of workers and holding the line on wages. It's a matter of how much corporate profits slow down. - Ethan Harris

Imagine you're a bank. The corporate sector isn't interested in borrowing, so you can't lend to it. So where do you go? Well, mortgages. They pay a reasonable rate. They're seen as a safe investment. Load up on mortgage-backed securities. - Ethan Harris