If corporate profits do go down, it's highly likely that we could see the U.S. tumble into a recession.
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DAVID TICE Corporate profits will likely fall, but remain a large portion of GDP,
CONRAD DEQUADROS It could be an economic recovery and a profits recession.
DAVID BOWERS The big concern that the Street has with the Fed is if they continue to go at this pace, what does t...
BRIAN WILLIAMSON We're still in a profits recession.
DAVID SOWERBY We continue to see signs of economic growth coming out of Europe. If we see some signs of weakness (...
MAUREEN MCFARLAND My own concern is does the consumer give out and drag down the economy in 2006? The corporate sector...
JEFF HARTE If people ultimately get laid off, there are growing concerns that this could turn into a recession.
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DEBORA SPAR The companies that are getting hurt are the ones like Motorola .
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KEVIN HASSETT This raises the risk that we could turn over into a consumer-led recession sometime next year.
KURT J. WOLFGRUBER The September 11 attacks pushed the U.S. economy into a recession that will be mild both in depth an...
HARVEY ROSENBLUM When the markets struggled for a technical bounce in the morning, that was investors sending a messa...
HUGH JOHNSON Stocks are only getting cheaper and cheaper, and the U.S. economy is strong as are corporate profits...
CLAES AHREL I was bearish on U.S. equities earlier this year but have now turned positive. Stocks are only getti...
CLAES AHREL Corporate profits are what drive the stock market. On the economic front, we have been seeing a slow...
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GARY F EVANS... I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
ABBY COHEN I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
ABBY JOSEPH COHEN I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
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EVAN DAVIS There is no longer a shadow of doubt that the U.S. economy is downshifting rapidly; the only questio...
SHERRY COOPER We got into a recession because the global economy went into the recession and we're a big expor...
STEPHEN HARPER The possibility exists that they would get upset with us at some pint and sell dollars. And if they ...
CLYDE PRESTOWITZ infuse lightness into corporate dressing while still acknowledging that women won't go make board pr...
BARBARA HARRIS America's technology has turned in upon itself; its corporate form makes it the servant of profits, ...
ALICE EMBREE We could eventually lose so many acres that the U.S. could lose markets and its standing as a reliab...
DALE SCHULER The 2008 economic crisis and Great Recession forced widespread restructuring throughout the U.S. eco...
ROGER ALTMAN Consumers still do appear to be spending their (tax) rebate checks, but perhaps not as aggressively ...
JEFF KLEINTOP We decided two years ago, given the burgeoning and growing demand for U.S. corporate bonds, to tap i...
HOWARD ATKINS It all depends on whether we go down the unilateral path or the multilateral one. If the U.S. goes t...
PETER BOOCKVAR If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well.
AYAAN HIRSI ALI Over the next six months, we believe there will likely be confirmation that this recession is deeper...
ADAM MESURIER Over the next six months, we believe there will likely be confirmation that this recession is deeper...
ADAM LE MESURIER The 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession that followed have had devastating effects on the ...
ROGER ALTMAN Things will continue to deteriorate this year for earnings, ... Things are getting worse and they're...
CHARLES HILL The farther you go down south, the more likely it is you get into the big rain.
TOM SORRELLS Short of a significant decline in oil prices, we do not foresee a likely catalyst that would spur th...
FRANCOIS TRAHAN We've backed ourselves into a very dangerous situation. The economy is dependent on everyone consumi...
DEAN BAKER I'm struck, ... Originally I thought that in a recession we could get below 5 percent, but we're not...
ANTHONY CRESCENZI The housing sector has likely passed its peak. The boom is winding down. I expect continued softenin...
DAVID LEREAH We raise the prospect here that New Zealand has already fallen into a recession.
BRENT LAYTON We also see consumer confidence down a little bit. Houses are on the market a little longer. We're n...
BOB MOULTON When do you ever see anyone moving manufacturing into the U.S. anymore?
ALAN RAMSEY It seems like the U.S. markets are likely to see a sloppy start after Friday's sessions,
KHURAM CHAUDHRY When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make ...
MITCH DANIELS The only risk out there is that Alan Greenspan will go one step too far and put us in a recession, ....
FRANK CAPPIELLO It is hard to reconcile (massive corporate profits) when we all know the consumer is pushed to the b...
DIANNE FEINSTEIN The report is the latest sign that consumer confidence has been trending down, ... It adds to worrie...
PETER BOOCKVAR The report is the latest sign that consumer confidence has been trending down. It adds to worries in...
PETER BOOCKVAR Their systems could be so disrupted that they can't go on with business. They can't export, they can...
EDWARD YARDENI The U.S. economy appears to be slowing faster than we thought, people are eyeing a recession and, in...
CARLOS LEVORIN The U.S. economy appears to be slowing faster than we thought, people are eyeing a recession and, in...
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RALPH STEADMAN Initially, when they came out of the chute after the '91 recession, they hit a highly responsive cho...
DONALD TROTT I don't see any storm clouds on the economic horizon. We don't see any potential land mines or probl...
MARK VITNER The implicit message is that the U.S. dollar needs to go down.
CAMERON BAGRIE What's important here is that maybe a slowing U.S. economy directly translates into a lower dollar. ...
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KATE MOSS I could go on for hours about how outrageous this subsidy decision is. What we have here is a Nafta ...
HARRY CLARK The impact on the economy isn't really that big. The main impact is that of the higher costs on corp...
JUNICHI MAKINO At Guantanamo Bay, we could create a West Berlin, a free small city within the Communist nation that...
ELLIOTT ABRAMS I don't see anything that's unhealthy with Dell's strategy, ... The problem with the consumer busine...
KNOX FUQUA I wish the state would go ahead and seed the playoffs so that we wouldn't be meeting this early. We'...
JULIE MATHENY Valuations are getting stretched, especially in the technology sector. There may be some recovery in...
CHUCK CARLSON There is no debating that, under President Obama, corporate profits are at their highest levels in d...
JUAN WILLIAMS You can see into the future if you have a basic understanding of how people are likely to act.
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NIGEL LAWSON My bottom line is that if the U.S. government just stands on the autopilot, just on the current trim...
GRAHAM ALLISON Stocks are stuck in a hiatus between the performance of corporate profits and the hoped-for economic...
RICHARD CHAMPION We have done a better job on the boards lately. That was a concern we had coming into the season. I ...
DAVE SLIFER If we do scale down production, the lights won't go out.
DAVID OSBURN We do not see a significant positive catalyst in the near term, so we think the shares are likely to...
GREGORY SMITH Gains in corporate profits depend in large part on accelerating global economic growth.
BARRY RITHOLTZ We do urge people not to go into the water with open wounds. If you do and you don't clean them, an ...
JANICE OKUBO The markets are looking beyond corporate earnings and looking to industrial data and employment data...
BEN RUDD On net, we'll see some damage and a hit to corporate profits and proprietors' income, but that effec...
JOSEPH ABATE If it gets colder than expected then we could see interruptions and prices could go higher.
ANDREW MORRIS There was an auto industry correction and a high tech inventory correction, and if we can get throug...
JAMES ANNABLE We hear a lot of about the impending economic recession, but that does not imply an ad recession. In...
LOWRY MAYS Specifically, the U.S. holds strength. Its own context makes it a very competitive country, but I be...
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DONALD LYNN FROST U.S. multinationals are still spending most of their R&D dollars here in the U.S. -- about 90 percen...
GARY HUFBAUER Right now, [our] leading indicators clearly show that the U.S. economy is in a window of vulnerabili...
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