...step in and raise interest rates because of what is happening in Asia," said Cynthia Latta, senior economist at DRI-McGraw Hill Inc. Inflation as measured by consumer prices rose just 1.7 percent last year, the best showing in 11 yea rs. The...

...anything that looks like an acceleration of inflation will cause them to move," said David Wyss, economist at DRI-McGraw Hill Inc. Sung Won Sohn, chief economist at Norwest in Minneapolis, said he believed the Fed will push rates up by a quarter-point...

...but he doesn't think all the problems of the world are over," said David Wyss, chief financial economist at DRI-McGraw Hill Inc. If Greenspan does succeed in keeping inflation at bay and the current economic expansion lasts until 2000, setting...

...he was disappointed that the remarks were not interpreted in their full context. David Wyss, chief economist at DRI-McGraw Hill Inc., said he expected the Fed, which has not raised rates in two years, will probably make three small quarter-point...

...words. "We have an ideal situation right now as far as the market is concerned," said David Wyss, economist at DRI-McGraw Hill Inc. in Lexington, Mass. "We have a pattern of slow, but steady growth, low inflation and declining interest rates...

...currencies that their goods are going to be available here at fire-sale prices," Cynthia Latta, economist at DRI-McGraw Hill Inc., said. So far this year, the trade deficit is running at an annual rate of $114 billion, even worse than...

...Things look pretty good right now. The question is how long will that last," said David Wyss, chief economist at DRI-McGraw Hill Inc. Stocks and bonds, which had been rising before the Fed's decision was announced, quickly gave up some of their...

...Corp. in Minneapolis. The real answer may lie somewhere in the middle, said Roger Brinner, chief economist at DRI-McGraw Hill Inc. Big growth in computers could result in a delayed payoff that will soon start showing up, but not to the extent...

...miscues. "Inflation still remains the most likely threat to end this expansion," said David Wyss, an economist at DRI-McGraw Hill Inc. "The danger is that the Fed will not tighten soon enough and inflation will gradually begin to rise - just as...

...percent in the third. "The numbers have been amazingly strong," said David Wyss, chief financial economist at DRI-McGraw Hill Inc. in Lexington, Mass. "When you have growth this fast, the worry becomes is the economy growing too fast for...