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This is broadly consistent with economy-wide estimates of regulatory costs that I completed recently with Mark Crain of George Mason University ("The Impact of Regulatory Costs on Small Firms").
"The beige book's anecdotal evidence remained consistent with an economy characterized by sluggish growth to mild recession," he wrote.
Essentially, it suggests that Mr. Obama's narrow lead in the polls is broadly consistent with the economy's lukewarm performance.
Discussing a federal law that requires states to run medical programs "consistent with efficiency, economy and quality of care," Chief Justice Roberts sounded exasperated.
Jay Bryson, global economist at First Union Bank, remarked that "it's all consistent with an economy that's teetering on the brink of a recession, if not headed into one".
The average figure for the past three months is about 146,000, which is consistent with an economy expanding at a modest rate perhaps 2.0-2.5 per cent on an annualized basis.
"Both the rigidity of the renminbi and the reacceleration of reserve accumulation are serious concerns which should be corrected to help ensure a stronger, more balanced global economy consistent with the G-20 framework," the report said.
"The point at which interest rates may begin to rise is moving closer with the performance of the economy, consistent growth above trend, a firming in domestic costs, counterbalanced somewhat by disinflation imported from abroad," Carney told the Treasury committee.
"The moving average for claims is consistent with an economy that has slowed a bit from what we saw in the previous three quarters," said David W. Berson, chief economist for the Federal National Mortgage Association.
