Consumers aren't knocking the cover off the ball. Their confidence isn't a grand slam, but they aren't striking out, either.

The argument is that Venezuela is not willing or they're not going to be able to (comply with the cuts). Here it is eight, nine days later and they're already backing out. We knew it wasn't going to last, but this is a little on the ridiculous side.

If they didn't pause after Katrina, they are not going to pause in the next few months.

You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing.

Restoring consumer confidence becomes more than just a matter of economic stimulus. A renewal in confidence may also require the restoration of a sense of personal safety among large parts of the population.

I am getting more confidence on grass and I know now that I can play serve and volley,