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ALAN RIFKIN We believe that consumer spending is going to bear the brunt of higher energy prices that we have se...
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ALAN GAYLE The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE Any bets on dollar weakness will be a bet that higher energy prices will divert consumer spending, w...
JEFF GLADSTEIN Consumer spending will weaken in the months ahead.
RICHARD CURTIN September sales were surprisingly resilient in the face of significantly higher gasoline prices. Whi...
EMME KOZLOFF Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON We're looking at companies which are taking advantage of high energy prices, and we've been buying e...
MARKUS STEINBEIS Increasing home prices and the ability of consumers to cash out their growing home equity has been a...
DENNIS JACOBE People are increasingly concerned, given what Wal-Mart said, that higher gas prices are going to hur...
ALAN RIFKIN consumer spending has not been dented by the hurricane-inspired rise in gasoline prices and fears of...
CHRIS RUPKEY Agriculture came in better and remittances continued to be good. These two factors reduced the impac...
JOEY CUYEGKENG Despite oft-mentioned concerns about higher energy and commodity prices, a lower growth rate for con...
DONALD A. NORMAN As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wa...
MICHAEL SOLOMON The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS The trend is for higher yields given the outlook for economic growth. Consumer prices will probably ...
HIDENORI SUEZAWA I continue to believe that the effects of higher gas prices on the consumer are overestimated. Most ...
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ANGUS CAMPBELL Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates ...
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It appears that the threshold has been reached where consumers are feeling the pinch of higher gas p...
RON PAUL such a modest increase [in unemployment] is unlikely to have any impact on consumer confidence or af...
PHILIP SHAW People will probably find it hard to buy bonds ahead of the consumer-prices report. A strong trend o...
KATSUTOSHI INADOME We do believe that the U.S. housing market is a bubble in the sense that its contribution to consume...
JAN HATZIUS Spain's strong consumer spending is backed not only by job creation but also by a significant rise i...
CARMEN NUZZO Our real big concern is that the combination of rising bond yields, sustained high energy prices and...
ABHIJIT CHAKRABORTTI Ultimately, it will be higher prices for the consumer.
CHARLES O. HOLLIDAY Gas prices have a significant impact on the consumer psyche,
KEN PERKINS These losses may reflect the fact that consumers facing higher energy prices and falling real [infla...
JARED BERNSTEIN The question is -- and this is why the market hasn't reacted too negatively to the durable goods rep...
TONY CRESCENZI Consumer spending is likely to ease off slightly as some saturation starts to set in, real income gr...
DENNIS DYKES Oil continues to dominate trade, with crude at or near the highs. Worries remain about how high pric...
JOE SUNDERMAN Consumption is up considerably and that trend is not going to reverse itself. Higher oil prices are ...
DAN VERU There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ...
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Higher energy prices are requiring industry and commerce to examine the costs and efficiency of ener...
GORDON BROWN The Fed is concerned that higher energy costs may give an adverse impact on growth rather than posin...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA Higher energy prices stemming from the hurricane season and fundamental energy supply shortages are ...
DAVID HUETHER Consumers report that the high gasoline prices are having a negative impact on their frequency of sh...
MICHAEL NIEMIRA We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT The increase in energy prices may impact the holiday season,
JOE WINTER Companies are doing well, but aren't passing their wealth on to employees. Consumer spending is unde...
JACQUES CAILLOUX Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longe...
MARTIN FELDSTEIN Gas prices have a significant impact on the consumer psyche. These lower prices should be a boon to ...
KEN PERKINS Energy issues are stronger on higher oil prices.
HIDEYUKI SUZUKI It is critical that media companies gain a greater understanding of technology and the impact it may...
KATHY STYPONIAS Higher energy prices have taken their toll of hopes for top-line growth. 'Cost-cutting' as a driver ...
DAVID BOWERS The heaviest weight on the shoulders of investors shying away from the sector is the rise in oil pri...
BOB STRAUS That's a prime example of where higher energy prices can rein in core [non-energy] inflation.
JOHN LONSKI rise in inflationary pressures caused by higher energy prices.
ALAN WILLIAMSON Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere...
ESMAEL ADIBI The consumer numbers look fairly strong, although at least some of that strength is likely to fade i...
MAURY HARRIS As far as energy prices and core consumer prices, so far it is all smoke and no fire. Rising energy ...
CHRIS RUPKEY We still expect economic activity to slow over the next several quarters as consumer spending slows ...
STEVEN WOOD In general, the economy is proving to be resilient to energy and gas price pressure. It's on a growt...
MICHAEL ENGLUND That's one of the reasons why consumers are not going on a spending spree, though they're keeping th...
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KARA SWISHER We can clearly see consumer prices starting to rise and investors are going to demand higher yields.
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Energy price volatility is taking its toll on consumer confidence, as is the prospect of higher [int...
JENNIFER LEE These are low consumer confidence numbers, more than likely affected by the hurricanes and high pric...
BARRY HYMAN Not surprisingly, many of the entities at risk of potential downgrades were in the consumer discreti...
DIANE VAZZA ISM prices paid came a bit higher than expected and that stoked some inflationary concerns. I am bea...
MICHAEL MALONE Since quarter end, market conditions for our primary products have continued to weaken resulting in ...
STEVE APPLETON![]()
There is no indication that the job market outside of the impacted Gulf Coast has skipped a beat. Th...
MARK ZANDI it's somewhat surprising how resilient the economy has been, despite higher energy prices.
MARK VITNER Stocks have been losing steam as a result of higher rates and higher energy prices. We could see a c...
CARL BIRKELBACH Businesses appear stronger than expected, reflecting the lower euro, but we're likely to see consume...
JAMES NIXON Energy is going to catch the attention of the market. It's probably a force that's not going to leav...
JOHN AUGUSTINE Higher claims suggest slower job gains, which should dampen income growth, consumer spending, and ov...
STEVEN WOOD With debt servicing ratios at record highs, house prices likely to remain soft and petrol prices str...
BILL EVANS There's no question that higher petroleum prices, be it diesel or gasoline or jet fuel, will have an...
CATHY HAY The business integration will help the company reduce the impact which higher crude oil prices have ...
LI GUOHONG Most people were kind of holding off because they thought energy prices would be going down. Now eve...
DAN WEBSTER The bottom line is this bill is likely to bring higher prices and no increase in energy supplies, wh...
JOE SPARANO The longer you see energy prices at these levels, the more likely it seeps into broader measures of ...
BILL DAVISON Today's report provides a signal, albeit noisy, that the long-awaited pass-through of higher costs t...
KENNETH BEAUCHEMIN The increase in oil prices is going to be problematic to the consumer as well as higher home heating...
ANN HURLEY It's the analogy of the straw and the camel's back. We keep loading the camel's back with straw and ...
RICHARD CRIPPS Higher oil increasingly will creep into the indicators. Today, it biased the trade gap higher and pu...
DREW MATUS Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises con...
CHOI CHANG HOON Concerns over (higher energy prices) feeding into higher wages have so far not materialized, which h...
MICHAEL PENN Higher fuel and energy prices have hit purchasing power, amid a high inflation rate.
JEFF ADAMS Those who think that energy prices are headed back into the $30's are dreaming. A $50-$60 trading ra...
DAVID KOTOK Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN What bothers people the most about corruption is not the fouling of the process but the impact on re...
JAMES CARVILLE This is coming in an environment where consumers are being challenged by higher interest rates and e...
CARL TANNENBAUM The problem is the combined effects of the disruptions from Katrina and Rita, plus the ripple effect...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH The economic outlook favors higher yields next year. The deflationary era has finally ended and a su...
MASUHISA KOBAYASHI You'd think higher energy would put a lid on stocks, but the market's going up. People seem to be mo...
BOB BASEL The negative impact of high international oil prices was big in August. We can still expect a recove...
IM NO JUNG The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE Every negative development in the oil price slams the energy stocks. Oil companies are increasingly ...
JAN LEROY Rising long rates threaten the bellwether housing industry as well as consumer spending. The higher ...
LARRY WACHTEL
DREW MATUS If crude oil prices hit $60 a barrel, that's going to stir up old fears of higher energy prices and ...
ANDRE BAKHOS The most surprising aspect of the earnings release was management's more conservative outlook for th...
EMME KOZLOFF Given the demographics of the targeted Pier 1 consumer, we believe higher gas prices could limit spe...
ALAN RIFKIN We believe that consumer spending is going to bear the brunt of higher energy prices that we have se...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO You can't have this kind of slowing in job growth coupled with rising energy prices and not see some...
ALAN GAYLE The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE Any bets on dollar weakness will be a bet that higher energy prices will divert consumer spending, w...
JEFF GLADSTEIN Consumer spending will weaken in the months ahead.
RICHARD CURTIN September sales were surprisingly resilient in the face of significantly higher gasoline prices. Whi...
EMME KOZLOFF Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON We're looking at companies which are taking advantage of high energy prices, and we've been buying e...
MARKUS STEINBEIS Increasing home prices and the ability of consumers to cash out their growing home equity has been a...
DENNIS JACOBE People are increasingly concerned, given what Wal-Mart said, that higher gas prices are going to hur...
ALAN RIFKIN consumer spending has not been dented by the hurricane-inspired rise in gasoline prices and fears of...
CHRIS RUPKEY Agriculture came in better and remittances continued to be good. These two factors reduced the impac...
JOEY CUYEGKENG Despite oft-mentioned concerns about higher energy and commodity prices, a lower growth rate for con...
DONALD A. NORMAN As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wa...
MICHAEL SOLOMON The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS The trend is for higher yields given the outlook for economic growth. Consumer prices will probably ...
HIDENORI SUEZAWA I continue to believe that the effects of higher gas prices on the consumer are overestimated. Most ...
RICHARD HASTINGS Consumers are beginning to feel the impact of higher oil prices in their pockets. Less confidence me...
LARRY PERUZZI With higher gasoline prices putting a dent in consumer spending and underlying inflation looking to ...
ANGUS CAMPBELL Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates ...
FAROOQ KATHWARI Japan is really the industrialized country most heavily dependent on oil imports, ... so the most di...
ASHRAF LAIDI
It appears that the threshold has been reached where consumers are feeling the pinch of higher gas p... RON PAUL such a modest increase [in unemployment] is unlikely to have any impact on consumer confidence or af...
PHILIP SHAW People will probably find it hard to buy bonds ahead of the consumer-prices report. A strong trend o...
KATSUTOSHI INADOME We do believe that the U.S. housing market is a bubble in the sense that its contribution to consume...
JAN HATZIUS Spain's strong consumer spending is backed not only by job creation but also by a significant rise i...
CARMEN NUZZO Our real big concern is that the combination of rising bond yields, sustained high energy prices and...
ABHIJIT CHAKRABORTTI Ultimately, it will be higher prices for the consumer.
CHARLES O. HOLLIDAY Gas prices have a significant impact on the consumer psyche,
KEN PERKINS These losses may reflect the fact that consumers facing higher energy prices and falling real [infla...
JARED BERNSTEIN The question is -- and this is why the market hasn't reacted too negatively to the durable goods rep...
TONY CRESCENZI Consumer spending is likely to ease off slightly as some saturation starts to set in, real income gr...
DENNIS DYKES Oil continues to dominate trade, with crude at or near the highs. Worries remain about how high pric...
JOE SUNDERMAN Consumption is up considerably and that trend is not going to reverse itself. Higher oil prices are ...
DAN VERU There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ...
FRANKLIN MORTON 10,000 is an assault on Everest and we're at the last base camp. The stronger consumer spending is, ...
DAVID JONES When commodity prices and energy prices weaken, technology stocks usually pick up the leadership and...
PAUL MENDELSOHN
Higher energy prices are requiring industry and commerce to examine the costs and efficiency of ener... GORDON BROWN The Fed is concerned that higher energy costs may give an adverse impact on growth rather than posin...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA Higher energy prices stemming from the hurricane season and fundamental energy supply shortages are ...
DAVID HUETHER Consumers report that the high gasoline prices are having a negative impact on their frequency of sh...
MICHAEL NIEMIRA We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT The increase in energy prices may impact the holiday season,
JOE WINTER Companies are doing well, but aren't passing their wealth on to employees. Consumer spending is unde...
JACQUES CAILLOUX Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longe...
MARTIN FELDSTEIN Gas prices have a significant impact on the consumer psyche. These lower prices should be a boon to ...
KEN PERKINS Energy issues are stronger on higher oil prices.
HIDEYUKI SUZUKI It is critical that media companies gain a greater understanding of technology and the impact it may...
KATHY STYPONIAS Higher energy prices have taken their toll of hopes for top-line growth. 'Cost-cutting' as a driver ...
DAVID BOWERS The heaviest weight on the shoulders of investors shying away from the sector is the rise in oil pri...
BOB STRAUS That's a prime example of where higher energy prices can rein in core [non-energy] inflation.
JOHN LONSKI rise in inflationary pressures caused by higher energy prices.
ALAN WILLIAMSON Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere...
ESMAEL ADIBI The consumer numbers look fairly strong, although at least some of that strength is likely to fade i...
MAURY HARRIS As far as energy prices and core consumer prices, so far it is all smoke and no fire. Rising energy ...
CHRIS RUPKEY We still expect economic activity to slow over the next several quarters as consumer spending slows ...
STEVEN WOOD In general, the economy is proving to be resilient to energy and gas price pressure. It's on a growt...
MICHAEL ENGLUND That's one of the reasons why consumers are not going on a spending spree, though they're keeping th...
SUNG WON SOHN As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become...
KARA SWISHER We can clearly see consumer prices starting to rise and investors are going to demand higher yields.
MAKOTO YAMASHITA
Energy price volatility is taking its toll on consumer confidence, as is the prospect of higher [int... JENNIFER LEE These are low consumer confidence numbers, more than likely affected by the hurricanes and high pric...
BARRY HYMAN Not surprisingly, many of the entities at risk of potential downgrades were in the consumer discreti...
DIANE VAZZA ISM prices paid came a bit higher than expected and that stoked some inflationary concerns. I am bea...
MICHAEL MALONE Since quarter end, market conditions for our primary products have continued to weaken resulting in ...
STEVE APPLETON
There is no indication that the job market outside of the impacted Gulf Coast has skipped a beat. Th... MARK ZANDI it's somewhat surprising how resilient the economy has been, despite higher energy prices.
MARK VITNER Stocks have been losing steam as a result of higher rates and higher energy prices. We could see a c...
CARL BIRKELBACH Businesses appear stronger than expected, reflecting the lower euro, but we're likely to see consume...
JAMES NIXON Energy is going to catch the attention of the market. It's probably a force that's not going to leav...
JOHN AUGUSTINE Higher claims suggest slower job gains, which should dampen income growth, consumer spending, and ov...
STEVEN WOOD With debt servicing ratios at record highs, house prices likely to remain soft and petrol prices str...
BILL EVANS There's no question that higher petroleum prices, be it diesel or gasoline or jet fuel, will have an...
CATHY HAY The business integration will help the company reduce the impact which higher crude oil prices have ...
LI GUOHONG Most people were kind of holding off because they thought energy prices would be going down. Now eve...
DAN WEBSTER The bottom line is this bill is likely to bring higher prices and no increase in energy supplies, wh...
JOE SPARANO The longer you see energy prices at these levels, the more likely it seeps into broader measures of ...
BILL DAVISON Today's report provides a signal, albeit noisy, that the long-awaited pass-through of higher costs t...
KENNETH BEAUCHEMIN The increase in oil prices is going to be problematic to the consumer as well as higher home heating...
ANN HURLEY It's the analogy of the straw and the camel's back. We keep loading the camel's back with straw and ...
RICHARD CRIPPS Higher oil increasingly will creep into the indicators. Today, it biased the trade gap higher and pu...
DREW MATUS Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises con...
CHOI CHANG HOON Concerns over (higher energy prices) feeding into higher wages have so far not materialized, which h...
MICHAEL PENN Higher fuel and energy prices have hit purchasing power, amid a high inflation rate.
JEFF ADAMS Those who think that energy prices are headed back into the $30's are dreaming. A $50-$60 trading ra...
DAVID KOTOK Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN What bothers people the most about corruption is not the fouling of the process but the impact on re...
JAMES CARVILLE This is coming in an environment where consumers are being challenged by higher interest rates and e...
CARL TANNENBAUM The problem is the combined effects of the disruptions from Katrina and Rita, plus the ripple effect...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH The economic outlook favors higher yields next year. The deflationary era has finally ended and a su...
MASUHISA KOBAYASHI You'd think higher energy would put a lid on stocks, but the market's going up. People seem to be mo...
BOB BASEL The negative impact of high international oil prices was big in August. We can still expect a recove...
IM NO JUNG The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE Every negative development in the oil price slams the energy stocks. Oil companies are increasingly ...
JAN LEROY Rising long rates threaten the bellwether housing industry as well as consumer spending. The higher ...
LARRY WACHTEL
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