You want the consumer buoyant. Most consumers are not current-events oriented. When you get everybody involved in current events, when they usually are not, then people are not going to go out and buy things just for pleasure of it. Delos Smith
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![I'm glad the rest of the world thinks [Tuesday's data are] happy news, but I don't. Two of the indicators - interest-rate spread and money supply - are controlled by the Fed. If we'd used our own [sentiment index], the total index would be down. - Delos Smith Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=SSdtIGdsYWQgdGhlIHJlc3Qgb2YgdGhlIHdvcmxkIHRoaW5rcyBbVHVlc2RheSdzIGRhdGEgYXJlXSBoYXBweSBuZXdzLCBidXQgSSBkb24ndC4gVHdvIG9mIHRoZSBpbmRpY2F0b3JzIC0gaW50ZXJlc3QtcmF0ZSBzcHJlYWQgYW5kIG1vbmV5IHN1cHBseSAtIGFyZSBjb250cm9sbGVkIGJ5IHRoZSBGZWQuIElmIHdlJ2QgdXNlZCBvdXIgb3duIFtzZW50aW1lbnQgaW5kZXhdLCB0aGUgdG90YWwgaW5kZXggd291bGQgYmUgZG93bi4g&author=ICBEZWxvcyBTbWl0aCAgICA=&num=9 "I'm glad the rest of the world thinks [Tuesday's data are] happy news, but I don't. Two of the indicators - interest-rate spread and money supply - are controlled by the Fed. If we'd used our own [sentiment index], the total index would be down. - Delos Smith Quotes")
![In May of last year, it was 87.1. In fact, before September, the highest it got was 94. Here it is sitting at [about] 110. That's very encouraging and positive. It's telling us the consumer is comfortable and thinks the economy will continue to look a lot like it is at this moment, and that's not that bad. - Delos Smith Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=SW4gTWF5IG9mIGxhc3QgeWVhciwgaXQgd2FzIDg3LjEuIEluIGZhY3QsIGJlZm9yZSBTZXB0ZW1iZXIsIHRoZSBoaWdoZXN0IGl0IGdvdCB3YXMgOTQuIEhlcmUgaXQgaXMgc2l0dGluZyBhdCBbYWJvdXRdIDExMC4gVGhhdCdzIHZlcnkgZW5jb3VyYWdpbmcgYW5kIHBvc2l0aXZlLiBJdCdzIHRlbGxpbmcgdXMgdGhlIGNvbnN1bWVyIGlzIGNvbWZvcnRhYmxlIGFuZCB0aGlua3MgdGhlIGVjb25vbXkgd2lsbCBjb250aW51ZSB0byBsb29rIGEgbG90IGxpa2UgaXQgaXMgYXQgdGhpcyBtb21lbnQsIGFuZCB0aGF0J3Mgbm90IHRoYXQgYmFkLiA=&author=ICBEZWxvcyBTbWl0aCAgICA=&num=9 "In May of last year, it was 87.1. In fact, before September, the highest it got was 94. Here it is sitting at [about] 110. That's very encouraging and positive. It's telling us the consumer is comfortable and thinks the economy will continue to look a lot like it is at this moment, and that's not that bad. - Delos Smith Quotes")