Word: stocking
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...gathered in late May in Manhattan to assess a rapidly changing business outlook. For the first time in at least two years, members concurred, not all economic systems are go. Imbalances are showing up, notably a worsening labor shortage and excessive consumer spending; signs of renewed inflation are real; stock markets have turned turbulent, to say the least. Allen Sinai, chief global economist of Primark Decision Economics, long contended that rising productivity in the new economy enables the U.S. to enjoy noninflationary increases in production much greater than once imagined. He now concedes that this picture has been temporarily pushed...
...with headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., expects a "fairly abrupt" slowing in the second half of the year to below 3%, which will hold gross-domestic-product growth for the year to 5%. Ed Yardeni, chief economist of Deutsche Bank, agrees, largely because he believes the skyrocketing rise of stock prices in late 1999 and early this year "most likely did contribute to boosting car sales and housing-related sales." With the NASDAQ index by late May down roughly a third from its March peak, he says, "within the next couple of months we'll find weaker car sales, weaker...
American analysts further point out that foreign direct investment at least does not wash in and out with the economic tides; once turned into bricks, mortar and machinery, it stays put. Portfolio--that is, stock and bond--investment is more volatile. But Lawrence Kudlow, chief economist of CNBC.com points out that the 37% nose dive in the NASDAQ index from its March 10 high to its May 23 low did not appear to scare away much foreign investment--at least not enough to make any difference in the dollar's price. "I was holding my breath on that one," says...
...lightweight division. Normally a conservative marketeer, in August 1997 the man who would beat Hillary plunked down $2,300 on a bushel of options in Long Island brokerage Quick & Reilly, whose executives have donated $35,000 to Lazio's campaigns. Less than two weeks later, takeover rumors swirled, the stock popped, and Lazio cashed in for $16,000. Denials all around on whether anything fishy was going on. By the way, Lazio is on both the House Banking and Commerce committees...
...incentives to encourage private savings. I've long argued for that. Earlier this year, I said I would be proposing such incentives. The new budget surplus estimates make it possible to have a very meaningful incentive for private savings and private investment. I've always encouraged investments in the stock market, investments in private savings accounts, but they should come on top of the foundation of Social Security. That's why I call it Social Security Plus. The difference is, that Governor Bush proposes to drain $1 trillion out of the Social Security trust fund, which makes this plan Social...