Brian Fabbri Quotes

"All guns seemed to be firing at the same time for the economy in the third quarter."

"Rapid economic growth in the first quarter will not deter (the Fed) from their intended pause in tightening policy after another hike in the May meeting."

"There's a refreshing degree of consistency. The number of new jobs is consistent with the rest of the economic data that shows that the economy is moving along quite strongly."

"There is no doubt that the street was expecting the worst and they were prepared for the worst. Once the numbers came out a rally ensued and it trickled over to the equity market... The domestic economy is just honey."

"Sentiment is finally beginning to show that consumers are getting a little bit unnerved about higher gasoline prices."

"The message of solid growth and inflation at the top end of the comfort zone may mean that the Fed is keeping all its options open, but that more tightening 'may' be required, and that the data will decide."

"Business confidence is very low, and thus they're maintaining as cautious an approach as possible to their activity, whether that's hiring, building inventory or anything else."

"Declines in the real estate activity will probably spill over into consumer confidence and eventually lead to slower spending."

"Christmas spending this season is likely to outperform most analysts middling expectations."

"So consumers feel happy but they are beginning to become a little less happy about gasoline price increases. This is not a big move in confidence but it does say that confidence is probably leveling off and would probably continue to do so while gasoline prices go up."