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Dreaming Of A Bright Economy

Slow rise in payrolls and the prospect of higher rates dim the merriment

By John Labate | Updated on January 01, 2004

It’s been a long time since economists dared to consider former Federal Reserve chief William McChesney Martin’s deathless phrase that it is the Fed’s job to “take away the punchbowl just as the party gets going.” But with Wall Street surging and both business and consumer confidence on the mend, the question at the moment is not if interest rates will rise in 2004, but when. Some believe the first hike could arrive as soon as May, especially should the economy continue to sizzle.

After several years’ worth of setbacks and false starts, the economy is showing clear signs of robust growth, helped at least in the short term by a series of presidential-sized tax cuts. How much oomph is left to carry growth into the next several quarters remains to be seen.

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