Lakshman Achuthan

[Rising home values] are making people feel they don't need to save.

[Rising home values] are making people feel they don't need to save.

Right now, [our] leading indicators clearly show that the U.S. economy is in a window of vulnerability. This means that, read more

Right now, [our] leading indicators clearly show that the U.S. economy is in a window of vulnerability. This means that, depending on the course of oil prices and geopolitical events, the economy can be easily tipped into a new recession.

I don't think we're going to see jobs collapse or disappear. There is a bit of fear in the air read more

I don't think we're going to see jobs collapse or disappear. There is a bit of fear in the air with what's been going on with oil prices and the hurricane that there's going to be some kind of collapse. But I think this economy is resilient.

As the recovery takes hold, the vulnerability we have surrounding these issues will diminish and they won't be able to read more

As the recovery takes hold, the vulnerability we have surrounding these issues will diminish and they won't be able to impact the overall economy. And then investors will focus on the good news.

The continued weakness in a number of components of the index suggests that it's more than just high oil prices read more

The continued weakness in a number of components of the index suggests that it's more than just high oil prices that are ailing the economy.