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CHARLES LIEBERMAN Construction spending remains strong due to continued economic growth.
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DEREK BOK We suspect economic activity over much of 2006 will be held back by sluggish consumer spending and t...
HOWARD ARCHER We will see a change in the drivers of economic growth with capital spending taking a lead. There is...
CARL RICCADONNA I think that you're seeing acceleration in economic activity, in terms of consumer spending and real...
BILL DUDLEY For 2006, prospects for economic growth and the automotive industry are positive. Most economists ar...
ANFAVEA PRESIDENT ROGELIO GOLFARB We fully expect sentiment to drop sharply, putting in place the conditions for much softer consumer ...
IAN SHEPHERDSON But the industry has to have a healthy economic environment, and if that environment is not there, a...
DAVID COBB What we have here is a dangerous mix of fast-growing debt and fast-rising unemployment that could qu...
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BRIAN JAQUET Higher claims suggest slower job gains, which should dampen income growth, consumer spending, and ov...
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HANS OLSEN The momentum we saw coming into the second quarter has all but disappeared as businesses continue to...
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ALAN GAYLE Increases in personal disposable income boosted consumer spending and that in turn contributed to th...
MAGAN MISTRY The cooling U.S. housing sector should apply a dampener to consumer spending as 2005-2006 unfolds, b...
SHERRY COOPER Weaker consumer spending backs the case for interest rates on hold.
TOM KENNY We've had good economic stability in the UK and steady growth, and much of this is down to that deci...
VINCENT CABLE The one risk I worry about is a slowdown in residential construction, and if that means a slowdown i...
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CEES BRUGGEMANS The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises con...
CHOI CHANG HOON Japan's consumer spending is pretty firm, and it's expected to pick up momentum further in the next ...
TAKUJI AIDA As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued con...
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HARRY CURTIS The rise in power prices was much greater than any kind of demand growth could have produced.
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DOUGLAS PORTER The outcome was pretty much in line with what the market had expected, and failed to brush off worri...
MASAHARU SAKUDO The outcome was pretty much in line with what the market had expected, and failed to brush off worri...
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ALAN PURINTUN You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the presen...
HANS BLIX It is still manageable in terms of the contracts we have to fulfill, but if it goes on for more time...
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SARAH DARER LITTMAN We continue to believe that solid household income growth will sustain decent - but not spectacular ...
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PETER SPENCER
PATRICK FEARON It is going to make economists slightly revise down first-quarter GDP, which they already did with t...
CHRISTOPHER LOW The worry is if we have a normally cold winter and reasonably steady economic growth, you could exit...
EVAN SMITH But I think the underlying trend in terms of consumer spending and overall economic spending is actu...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN Construction spending remains strong due to continued economic growth.
DON JAMES This was a disappointing number relative to expectations and certainly consistent with the idea that...
CHRIS PROBYN Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON Unions drag down business, growth is slower, and right-to-work laws weaken the unions. So when the u...
LEE COPPOCK
Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have... DEREK BOK We suspect economic activity over much of 2006 will be held back by sluggish consumer spending and t...
HOWARD ARCHER We will see a change in the drivers of economic growth with capital spending taking a lead. There is...
CARL RICCADONNA I think that you're seeing acceleration in economic activity, in terms of consumer spending and real...
BILL DUDLEY For 2006, prospects for economic growth and the automotive industry are positive. Most economists ar...
ANFAVEA PRESIDENT ROGELIO GOLFARB We fully expect sentiment to drop sharply, putting in place the conditions for much softer consumer ...
IAN SHEPHERDSON But the industry has to have a healthy economic environment, and if that environment is not there, a...
DAVID COBB What we have here is a dangerous mix of fast-growing debt and fast-rising unemployment that could qu...
JOHN LONSKI Ordinarily it would have been surprising that consumer sentiment did not increase for a fourth conse...
BILL EVANS Enterprise [products and applications] come to a forefront [for vendors] in slowing economic time, w...
BRIAN JAQUET Higher claims suggest slower job gains, which should dampen income growth, consumer spending, and ov...
STEVEN WOOD If we do get a housing slowdown, job growth is there to support a relatively decent pace of consumer...
JAY FELDMAN In reality, it won't matter as much because other elements like spending and consumer sentiment look...
HANS OLSEN The momentum we saw coming into the second quarter has all but disappeared as businesses continue to...
LOREN LOVERDE Given the continued improvement in labor and wage conditions of late and the likelihood that that wi...
OSAMU KATANO You can't have this kind of slowing in job growth coupled with rising energy prices and not see some...
ALAN GAYLE Increases in personal disposable income boosted consumer spending and that in turn contributed to th...
MAGAN MISTRY The cooling U.S. housing sector should apply a dampener to consumer spending as 2005-2006 unfolds, b...
SHERRY COOPER Weaker consumer spending backs the case for interest rates on hold.
TOM KENNY We've had good economic stability in the UK and steady growth, and much of this is down to that deci...
VINCENT CABLE The one risk I worry about is a slowdown in residential construction, and if that means a slowdown i...
HOWARD ROTH The rise in consumer confidence in general indicates that consumers' willingness to spend additional...
CEES BRUGGEMANS The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises con...
CHOI CHANG HOON Japan's consumer spending is pretty firm, and it's expected to pick up momentum further in the next ...
TAKUJI AIDA As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued con...
FAROOQ KATHWARI Oil was the biggest concern in terms of U.S. consumer spending.
HIROSHI CHANO As we continue to monitor the changing economic environment, including housing-related metrics, empl...
ROBERT NIBLOCK There was a limit to how much a government could reduce its spending, but a Labour government would ...
JOSEPH MUSCAT Do I agree with everything the governor does? No. But break down the things he has accomplished with...
GORDON FISCHER Consumers will have to curb their spending eventually, which would help to cool economic growth.
BOB DOLL We're at the point where financial markets could impact economic growth, in which case the bounce we...
GERT DE MESURE
There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies; the second your family. S... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN If you're not prepared, that could happen. If you are prepared and you have means in place to identi...
BRIAN SCOTT Fiscal decentralisation does not lead to higher economic growth because economic growth is much more...
LARS FELD There is so much momentum in consumer spending and business investment that economic growth in the t...
DICK GREEN They have so much potential. I worry that they don't know how good they could be. That scares me.
BOB MAYER
If you have a private firm and you spend a ton of money to pay employees, but what you produce is a ... ROBERT HIGGS
Technology investment drove growth in the 1990s, both directly and by fueling a rising stock market ... ALEX BERENSON The oil issue is continuing. It has a huge effect on market sentiment and on consumer spending.
DONALD SELKIN
If you could bring to me a majority of people to say that we're going to have $10 of spending cu... JEB BUSH
Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of nat... JON MEACHAM Most people don't know that the Middle East has one of the highest growth in consumer spending in th...
FADI FARRA
In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: ... EVAN DAVIS Even when I was very depressed, I could hold on to something. It seems that I have always had that s...
MICHAEL SCHENKER
Why do you have to develop? If economic growth rises from 5% to 10%, is happiness going to double? W... MASANOBU FUKUOKA
We wouldn't have done it if we didn't think we could have fun with it. ETHAN COEN Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
SHANE OLIVER If you went to weekends, you wouldn't have to worry about repaying grants, and you could save some o...
BRIAN BLAIR
Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privile... NOAM CHOMSKY Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privile...
AVRAM CHOMSKY American consumer spending has been the economic driver.
DANIEL RAY We have maintained our focus on group profitability... While we continue to be cautious about consum...
KATE SWANN You have lower oil prices, you have a healthy employment situation and you have a consumer that is s...
GORDON FOWLER Retail sales are expected to be down, but worry about Producer Price Index and Consumer Price Index ...
CHRIS LOW
Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new... MICHAEL BLOOMBERG Economists are expecting a gradual slowdown in economic growth paired with a slowdown in inflation. ...
JACK ABLIN The slide in stocks is a positive for bonds. Further stocks declines will damp individuals' sentimen...
YOSHIHIRO GAKE If countries that want to participate in the 'knowledge economy' come in with a low score, they migh...
ENRICO GIOVANNINI
Our lives!!! We have just all of a sudden discovered that here we are with something called life see... SUNDAY ADELAJA I think that what we have to understand now is that interest rates had been rising for a year and a ...
LOUIS HOLLAND
A further rise [in fuel prices] could cut materially into private spending and thus damp the rate of... ALAN GREENSPAN
U.S. economic activity continues to expand, led by solid growth in household spending. But business ... JANET YELLEN Through November [2002], we believed that discretionary consumer spending growth of 3 percent was ad...
HARRY CURTIS The rise in power prices was much greater than any kind of demand growth could have produced.
DANIELE SEITZ [The report indicates] consumer spending is gearing back, ... It is very much in line with sagging i...
DOUGLAS PORTER The outcome was pretty much in line with what the market had expected, and failed to brush off worri...
MASAHARU SAKUDO The outcome was pretty much in line with what the market had expected, and failed to brush off worri...
MASAHARU SAKUDO This confirms my pessimistic scenario of a 0.9 percent growth for 2004 and consumer spending recover...
EMMANUEL FERRY I am getting the sneaking suspicion that there is an inventory situation going on here, which means ...
JOE LAVORGNA
If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with ... JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES
Sometimes in New York, you're walking down the street and you realize there's a girl walking... SLOANE CROSLEY So while some special factors may be boosting spending, the overall trend of spending is well out of...
ROBERT BRUSCA When we sit down with a consumer we see so many instances where they have items in their budget that...
MICHAEL MCAULIFFE This says that things in Japan are on pretty solid ground and economic growth is picking up. We coul...
ERIC DARWELL
You have been in every way all that anyone could be.… If anybody could have saved me it would hav... JENNIFER NIVEN
You have been in every way all that anyone could be... If anybody could have saved me it would have ... JENNIFER NIVEN The prospects for a rate cut have certainly increased. You have weaker inflation and in addition the...
GEORGE BUCKLEY Oil could complicate domestic politics in countries with too much of it - there is a reason economis...
CHRYSTIA FREELAND I never felt like that before. Maybe it could be depression, like you get. I can understand how you ...
PHILIP K. DICK The current economic expansion of the last three to four years has been hugely geared to consumer sp...
ALAN PURINTUN You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the presen...
HANS BLIX It is still manageable in terms of the contracts we have to fulfill, but if it goes on for more time...
JUAN REBOLLEDO Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things ...
SARAH DARER LITTMAN We continue to believe that solid household income growth will sustain decent - but not spectacular ...
ADAM DONALDSON It (consumer sentiment) was a little higher than expected, but the stock market has come back, gasol...
MARK VITNER
When I think back on it, of course I got lucky and got great directors and good breaks but all that ... SHAH RUKH KHAN When you become a parent, it blows you open in ways that you never thought possible in terms of a le...
AUDRA MCDONALD
The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you ... CANDACE BUSHNELL
President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did...No president...Not me, not any of my... BILL CLINTON I knew that if I could put a table in a room with not much light and a couple of chairs, I could hav...
CHARLIE ROSE We are certainly not out of the woods yet. Growth is still well below par -- just hitting the euro-z...
PETER SPENCER
Nothing is a masterpiece - a real masterpiece - till it's about two hundred years old. A picture is ... 
Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul -- politics does the same thing for the body. 
Humore is an affirmation of man's dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls hi... 
Divorce is a game played by lawyers. 
I improve on misquotation. 
You may wear your virtues as a crown,
As you walk through life serenely,
And grace your simple... 
For little children everywhere
A joyous season still we make;
We bring our precious gifts to t... 
With hand on the spade and heart in the sky
Dress the ground and till it;
Turn in the little s... 
The fisher droppeth his net in the stream,
And a hundred streams are the same as one;
And the ... 
It is impossible to talk about slowing climate change without talking about reducing CO2 emissions. ... 
We have our factory, which is called a stage. We make a product, we color it, we title it and we shi... 
My father had never lost his temper with us, never beaten us, but we had for him that feeling often ... 
I know not which I love the most,
Nor which the comeliest shows,
The timid, bashful violet
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