Sustained higher prices at the pump will act as a drag on GDP by obstructing consumption, yet inflation remains at comfortable levels for the Fed, which is expected to continue with its ultra-accommodative monetary stance.

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Some grain analysts say U.S. farmers need to plant an additional eight million acres this year to bring supplies back to more comfortable levels, but it is far from clear where so much land would come from.

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"We believe this is a positive sign as customers appear more comfortable with inventory levels heading into the holiday season, " Barton said in a client note.

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He's comfortable at the strategic and detail levels.

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When all employees feel comfortable it enables them to perform at their highest levels outside their ERG as well as outside the organization, including strategic relationships and CSR initiatives.

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You must be able to write coherent, organized code and be comfortable working on a complicated code-base with high levels of abstraction.

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Thus, we are comfortable is saying that one could use Elliott Wave analysis to anticipate key levels for this stock.

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At higher levels of management, however, the picture changes, with three-quarters of executives comfortable sharing their political views with colleagues, according to the American Management Association.

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