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Companies are doing well, but aren't passing their wealth on to employees. Consumer spending is under strain. When you add oil prices to that, disposable incomes are falling.


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Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ...
FRANKLIN MORTON There is further weakness ahead for consumers. House prices are falling, home construction is soft, ...
JARROD KERR First, rising prices decrease consumers' disposable incomes.
ANGELA VEITCH We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT At the end of the day, with oil touching $70 a barrel, that is not good for the consumer. When we ar...
ALAN RIFKIN Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON Every negative development in the oil price slams the energy stocks. Oil companies are increasingly ...
JAN LEROY Inflation, on the surface, does not appear to be a concern, but it's obvious that prices for some it...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN Inflation, on the surface, does not appear to be a concern, but it's obvious that prices for some it...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN If crude oil prices hit $60 a barrel, that's going to stir up old fears of higher energy prices and ...
ANDRE BAKHOS Shell is profiting from the current high oil prices, but we are all paying the price. Oil companies ...
CRAIG BENNETT You've had not only a steady rise in actual oil and gas prices, but you have had a steady rise in th...
GEOFF KIEBURTZ The heaviest weight on the shoulders of investors shying away from the sector is the rise in oil pri...
BOB STRAUS The oil companies are making great gains in this environment of high prices, but consumers are payin...
ATHAN MANUEL The oil companies are making great gains in this environment of high prices, but consumers are payin...
ATHAN MANUEL Increasing home prices and the ability of consumers to cash out their growing home equity has been a...
DENNIS JACOBE The increase in oil prices is going to be problematic to the consumer as well as higher home heating...
ANN HURLEY In general, the economy is proving to be resilient to energy and gas price pressure. It's on a growt...
MICHAEL ENGLUND Sauces or peppers that arent hot, are like books that dont entretain (or vice versa).
JAIME TENORIO VALENZUELA It was not great, just good. The consumer spent a little better than many expected. Consumer confide...
DAN POOLE Probably the most critical impact of higher energy prices is their ability to weaken consumer spendi...
GAIL FOSLER You have lower oil prices, you have a healthy employment situation and you have a consumer that is s...
GORDON FOWLER Increases in personal disposable income boosted consumer spending and that in turn contributed to th...
MAGAN MISTRY The oil companies are making great gains in this environment of high prices, but consumers are payin...
ATHAN MANUEL Commodities currencies including the Canadian dollar are doing very well today as gold and oil price...
GREG ANDERSON People are increasingly concerned, given what Wal-Mart said, that higher gas prices are going to hur...
ALAN RIFKIN If you have a couple of (refineries) that get shut down, it would be a cause for concern. But the oi...
CHARLES ROTBLUT We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Knowing that the oil sands projects are capital-intensive, companies are signaling that oil prices w...
BRUCE LANNI We will see a differentiation between chip companies that are exposed to pure IT spending and those ...
JAYE MORENCY There are fears in the market that the supply from Iran could be reduced. This is obviously positive...
MARKUS ILG consumer spending has not been dented by the hurricane-inspired rise in gasoline prices and fears of...
CHRIS RUPKEY Spain's strong consumer spending is backed not only by job creation but also by a significant rise i...
CARMEN NUZZO Oil and natural gas prices, as well as heating oil costs, are much higher than they were a year ago,...
ED MARAN These losses may reflect the fact that consumers facing higher energy prices and falling real [infla...
JARED BERNSTEIN Companies appear to have turned cautious because of the possibility of spikes in crude oil prices, w...
KENJI ARATA [Defense companies are doing well, but] is this war profiteering? ... You have to look at it on a ca...
KEITH ASHDOWN Many (companies) in fact believe that (employees) are less effective in their jobs when 'dressed dow...
KHALID AZIZ Consumption is up considerably and that trend is not going to reverse itself. Higher oil prices are ...
DAN VERU The oil issue is continuing. It has a huge effect on market sentiment and on consumer spending.
DONALD SELKIN It appears that the threshold has been reached where consumers are feeling the pinch of higher gas p...
RON PAUL It is an honorable calling that you have chosen. Some of you will soon be defending poor, helpless i...
ART BUCHWALD Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE These lead to tighter credit conditions and falling stock prices as their collateral assets are liqu...
CARL B. WEINBERG And these are all companies that can potentially add value immediately because they have good instal...
BRIAN BABINEAU If we do get a housing slowdown, job growth is there to support a relatively decent pace of consumer...
JAY FELDMAN Samsung SDI's margins are under pressure despite growing shipments because plasma panel prices are f...
JEFF KIM If gas prices are just holding steady and not increasing, and if incomes are rising, your gas bill i...
STEVEN WIETING It's fairly safe to say that the trade deficit may have peaked now that oil prices are falling and t...
BERNARD BAUMOHL Consumer spending is likely to ease off slightly as some saturation starts to set in, real income gr...
DENNIS DYKES I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word...
JOHN NELSON DARBY The most surprising aspect of the earnings release was management's more conservative outlook for th...
EMME KOZLOFF We haven't had a single year of falling consumer spending since 1938. There's no boom or bust in con...
STEVEN WIETING The rises in import prices will likely speed up the process of companies' passing on such rises to d...
TAKUJI AIDA We're looking at companies which are taking advantage of high energy prices, and we've been buying e...
MARKUS STEINBEIS The focus this year will be on how effective companies are at cutting costs as oil prices will conti...
ALAN RICHARDSON Under the circumstances of the current high oil prices, whether the newly purchased planes can bring...
LI LEI The market place is competitive, ... We are not really certain how oil prices are going to affect th...
GEORGE HELLER Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates ...
FAROOQ KATHWARI As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued con...
FAROOQ KATHWARI Back in February, when we projected $55 oil, oil prices were falling. We projected a weaker price ov...
GREG ALBRECHT And when you add to that gas prices and home-heating prices that are going through the ceiling this ...
JOE GAYLORD What that says is that even though crude oil prices are at near-record highs, gasoline prices are mu...
DAVID HACKETT This is something organizations can offer to their employees who are saying they are really hurting ...
JEN JORGENSEN I expect the integrated oil sector to help support the market if it goes down. Aside from the fact t...
BRUCE LANNI when im mad i usually punch a wall but that doesnt work so when your mad you dont need to punch a wa...
DALLY SALAD Demand is down heavily, ... Now that consumers are being convinced little by little that high oil pr...
CARLOS GHOSN Oil prices are effectively a tax and we want a low-tax global economy. I am happier with lower price...
EDWARD MENASHY When home prices are so much higher than median incomes, it makes for an unhealthy economy.
BRADLEY HUNTER Would you really buy a computer early if computing prices are falling? ... You'll probably have a bi...
BILL DUDLEY I think there's a sense that with oil prices as high as they are, that's carrying over to the consum...
JOE SUNDERMAN [The report indicates] consumer spending is gearing back, ... It is very much in line with sagging i...
DOUGLAS PORTER Oil continues to dominate trade, with crude at or near the highs. Worries remain about how high pric...
JOE SUNDERMAN Our blood is on the market and stock prices are falling.
BRANDON KELLUM As growth gathers momentum, companies are regaining some of their lost pricing power. This increases...
LUIGI SPERANZA We've had a pull-back in gold and oil prices, and surprise surprise, oil and gold companies are off,...
JULIE BROUGH Don't waste your tremendous voice writing messages in the sand.
LORIN MORGAN-RICHARDS Distant disasters shouldn't have any effect on us here, but unfortunately they do. It is like the tr...
LARRY RICHARDSON The concern now is that there will be a backlash against big oil companies who do not seem to be doi...
ARTHUR SMITH The concern now is that there will be a backlash against big oil companies who do not seem to be doi...
ARTHUR SMITH Consumers are beginning to feel the impact of higher oil prices in their pockets. Less confidence me...
LARRY PERUZZI Oil was the biggest concern in terms of U.S. consumer spending.
HIROSHI CHANO We believe that consumer spending is going to bear the brunt of higher energy prices that we have se...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO King's comments are consistent with rates remaining on hold for the foreseeable future. House prices...
AMIT KARA We aren't talking about people with great disposable incomes.
ALFREDO GUTIERREZ I think the White House is very frustrated. There's been good data on gross domestic product, employ...
CESAR CONDA When you have countries that have a lot of minerals and diamonds and oil and are in business with co...
CLAIRE DENIS Energy issues are stronger on higher oil prices.
HIDEYUKI SUZUKI Some industries will benefit from the anticipated strength in domestic spending and the planned acce...
DENNIS DYKES It is one of the wealthiest areas in the world, with lots of disposable income and a lot of people w...
GORDON WANGERS For the yen it's much to do with oil prices. High oil prices are an unambiguous negative for all Asi...
DAVID MANN The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE ISM prices paid came a bit higher than expected and that stoked some inflationary concerns. I am bea...
MICHAEL MALONE We don't think it's something new ... Prices are falling faster than expected. The strength of growt...
DANIEL KIM We add value to what (students) are doing. It's not just passing over the bar of 75 percent of our s...
DEBORA BINKLEY What you are getting is a knee-jerk reaction to the drop in oil prices.
JIM AWAD The paradigm of our current situation remains: the consumer prices also on imported goods stay high ...
CHIEF JUSTUS GAROëB There has been a definite softening. Oil prices are starting to hit the middle-income consumer. It's...
DAVID ABELLA Oil companies that are in Bolivia will no longer have the freedom to set prices and export volumes. ...
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JACQUES COUSTEAU A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the c...
JACQUES BARZUN We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what...
JACQUES COUSTEAU A good relationship is like fireworks: loud, explosive, and liable to maim you if you hold on too lo...
JEPH JACQUES 'Light fuse and get away' may work for a Roman candle, but not so much for the wrath of a woman scor...
JEPH JACQUES If only corporal punishment cured low self-esteem.
JEPH JACQUES Your whole life people tell you to do what you love. But if you gotta do something else to pay the b...
JEPH JACQUES You ought to expect better of people. It encourages you to be a better person yourself.
JEPH JACQUES The quickest way to a man's heart really is through his stomach, because then you don't have to chop...
JEPH JACQUES You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentra...
JEPH JACQUES Spontaneous kindness is to hipsters as high beams are to deer.
JEPH JACQUES There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster ...
JEPH JACQUES To know one's self, one must go all the way to horror.
JACQUES BOSSUET The worst derangement of the spirit is to believe things because we want them to be so, not because ...
JACQUES BOSSUET But psychoanalysis has taught that the dead—a dead parent, for example—can be more alive for us, m...
JACQUES DERRIDA That's what college is for - getting as many bad decisions as possible out of the way before you're ...
JEPH JACQUES Bachelor's degrees make pretty good placemats if you get 'em laminated.
JEPH JACQUES Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
JACQUES DELILLE The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so.
JACQUES BARZUN Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
JACQUES BARZUN The poet knows himself only on the condition that things resound in him, and that in him, at a singl...
JACQUES MARITAIN Our world today is in need of peace, tolerance and brotherhood. The values of the Olympic Games can ...
JACQUES ROGGE He touched my life. He told me you have to work hard but you also have to work smart. He said you no...
RAY JACQUES