Wayne Ayers Quotes

At labor market turning points, the household survey does better because it picks up self-employed workers and others not reflected in the business survey. But I'm still not convinced the labor market is quite as strong as the household data say it is.

- Wayne Ayers

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From the Fed's point of view we've had head-fakes before -- I think they want to see a more stable environment for financial markets before they call it a day. I don't expect that's going to happen overnight. We will see a sustainable slowdown, but it may not happen right away. - Wayne Ayers

You can't read too much into any one number, but it's a sharp rebound from the lows of October. Given that and a few other things, the bond market's more recent expectation is that the Fed, if it's not finished, is close to being finished. - Wayne Ayers

We are not going to see the strong increases in productivity that we've become accustomed to and I think we're at that point now and that's the message in these numbers. - Wayne Ayers