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A further rise [in fuel prices] could cut materially into private spending and thus damp the rate of...
ALAN GREENSPAN 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 Right now, [our] leading indicators clearly show that the U.S. economy is in a window of vulnerabili...
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In 2006, the global economy was doing well. In India, the political and economic situation was stabl...
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The market is reacting to the rise in oil prices and the conflicting economic news.
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JULIE BISHOP We still expect economic activity to slow over the next several quarters as consumer spending slows ...
STEVEN WOOD The economy is compounding saturation issues in the installed base, ... So I think until we see cons...
CHARLES SMULDERS Any bets on dollar weakness will be a bet that higher energy prices will divert consumer spending, w...
JEFF GLADSTEIN Down the road, economic indicators are going to show slowing growth.
JEFF SCHAPPE The economy continues to grow. We've seen a steady increase in the index for several months.
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JANET YELLEN The trend is for higher yields given the outlook for economic growth. Consumer prices will probably ...
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JOE LIRO The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE Exporters are going to lead the market higher in the second half. The fall in oil prices and positiv...
LEE KUN HAK I suspect there will be enough positive news in other areas to persuade consumers there is a light a...
DOUGLAS PORTER There are lots of indicators that show that the economy has accelerated considerably in the first qu...
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JAMES CARRICK The seasonally adjusted annual (industry-wide) sales rate in the last six months has exceeded 18 mil...
BOB REWEY The [mainland] economy is growing at such a rate that any interest rate rise is just trimming around...
DAVID HALLIDAY This was not good news for the economy. It looks like a reflection of November's unemployment rate, ...
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GARY DILTS Some investors are betting that Hong Kong won't follow the U.S. rate hikes in May and are moving ahe...
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BOB REWEY The news is better in that we're sort of holding steady. That's good news for the consumer, and in t...
MICHAEL GEESER Coming off a fairly steady rate environment in 2004, these are very modest interest rate increases f...
DOUG DUNCAN Consumer spending has kept the economy moving, and when initial holiday sales were better than expec...
FRANK NOTHAFT The March reading suggests that the pace of economic growth in the state has slowed, but the result ...
J. FRED GIERTZ This will show the labor market remains in good shape, despite several months of disappointing figur...
JOSEPH CAPURSO The market's noting that earnings are good, the economy is doing well, and yes, interest rates will ...
BRIAN BENSCH A week ago, we went out and shorted Treasury bonds. We do expect to see rates moving up as people re...
ANDY ENGEL With higher gasoline prices putting a dent in consumer spending and underlying inflation looking to ...
ANGUS CAMPBELL I have to admit that the rise in oil prices is having an impact on the Chinese economy.
ZHU ZHIXIN The current yield level is attractive enough and we can expect some buying. Additional evidence to s...
XINYI LU The (durable goods) numbers show us the slowdown is accelerating more than expected and the jobless ...
BOB MCINTOSH All indicators are pointing to strong economic growth. That's got people excited, especially in an e...
LARRY PERUZZI Going forward, is there still adjustment in the pipeline? I think there is. The household savings ra...
JAN HATZIUS The doldrums of summer haven't dampened the demand for our cars and trucks. Confidence in the econom...
DICK COLLIVER Long-term rates are below the federal fund rate. That tells you the Fed's too tight. The reason the ...
MICHAEL ANCELL In contrast to recent consumer confidence surveys, Canadians seem to show some strong resilience tow...
BRUCE GORDON Oil continues to dominate trade, with crude at or near the highs. Worries remain about how high pric...
JOE SUNDERMAN Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
SHANE OLIVER Americans are still worried about rising interest rates and high gasoline prices. That, along with t...
TERRY JONES Given the election situation, I don't see a sharp rise in fuel prices, but further interest rate hik...
HASITHA PREMARATNE Good economic figures will surely be euro supportive. The euro-zone economy is expanding faster than...
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Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothi...
LUCY POWELL We've already seen the yen hit a little bit by people moving away from instant belief that there was...
JACK ROSENTHAL 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 Productivity always slows as the economy slows. If labor and wage costs are still on the rise and pr...
WAYNE AYERS Today's numbers show that consumers are not very optimistic about the economy. As a result, we will ...
GARY THAYER Ultimately, it will be higher prices for the consumer.
CHARLES O. HOLLIDAY In our consumer confidence surveys, we ask people whether they think government economic policy is g...
JAY SCHMIEDESKAMP This rigorous, data-based, economic approach to developing N rate guidelines provides an excellent p...
GYLES RANDALL We don't see another rate rise, but we recognize that the risk is still there, due largely to oil pr...
LORENZO CODOGNO As companies have finished restructuring and the economy is expected to keep growing next year, you ...
MAMORU YAMAZAKI The Treasury market will initially trade off oil and gasoline prices on Monday,
ANN HURLEY The heaviest weight on the shoulders of investors shying away from the sector is the rise in oil pri...
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I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the...
HOWARD SCHULTZ I think the Fed has at least one further tightening in June and another one in August. Until the Ame...
NED RILEY [And at a Capitol Hill news conference, Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that huge tax cut...
LAWRENCE SUMMERS We may see some profit-taking in energy stocks later following sharp gains in recent sessions but it...
SOMCHAI ANEKTAWEEPON While prices of general economic flows may not rise very much, asset prices may rise sharply, and ne...
YASUHIDE YAJIMA There must be a tidal change in the attitude towards club funding in the next few years because ther...
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I would be uncomfortable raising the federal funds rate if readings on wage growth, core consumer pr...
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Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C. There is further weakness ahead for consumers. House prices are falling, home construction is soft, ...
JARROD KERR The index remains negative, but it shows there is still internal demand and that consumers' economic...
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JOHN BEERLING It was not great, just good. The consumer spent a little better than many expected. Consumer confide...
DAN POOLE Recent economic indicators show a lackluster economic climate. And that led to the surprise 50-basis...
FRANK NOTHAFT This economy is too fragile to sustain this type of severe rate rise; the consumer sector is leverag...
LACY HUNT The data were the latest of several recent reports, including ones on jobless claims and consumer co...
ANTHONY KARYDAKIS
A further rise [in fuel prices] could cut materially into private spending and thus damp the rate of... ALAN GREENSPAN 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 Right now, [our] leading indicators clearly show that the U.S. economy is in a window of vulnerabili...
LAKSHMAN ACHUTHAN Consumers appear to be weathering the steady rise in gas prices quite well,
LYNN FRANCO Gains in consumer prices will probably accelerate at a gradual pace as wages rise, consumption picks...
HIROMICHI SHIRAKAWA Looking forward, consumer confidence could increase further should the rise in black consumer confid...
CEES BRUGGEMANS With core consumer prices set to rise steadily above zero and today's GDP report confirming that a s...
MASAAKI KANNO
In 2006, the global economy was doing well. In India, the political and economic situation was stabl... BABA KALYANI The rise in consumer confidence in general indicates that consumers' willingness to spend additional...
CEES BRUGGEMANS We believe it is likely that the sales recovery will be pushed out by a few months as we expect mome...
LINDA KRISTIANSEN The real question is how the rise in gasoline prices is going to affect the holiday season. I think ...
ERIC BEDER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Earnings still look good and overall economic growth is still moving in the right direction.
GUY STERN Rising energy prices will further subtract from already-falling real income growth in Japan. In our ...
CARL B. WEINBERG
I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the... HOWARD SCHULTZ We still expect Treasury yields to move higher. The rise in oil is starting to be a concern once aga...
GRANT HASSELL While partly the result of a rebound from hurricane disruptions, the rise in Texas' leading indicato...
FIONA SIGALLA People are really just focusing on oil prices and using models to figure out what the impact will be...
AZIZ MCMAHON Higher oil increasingly will creep into the indicators. Today, it biased the trade gap higher and pu...
DREW MATUS
The market is reacting to the rise in oil prices and the conflicting economic news. JOHN DAVIDSON The U.S. economy and consumer confidence remain strong, and demand for new cars and trucks continues...
BOB REWEY
The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile. JULIE BISHOP We still expect economic activity to slow over the next several quarters as consumer spending slows ...
STEVEN WOOD The economy is compounding saturation issues in the installed base, ... So I think until we see cons...
CHARLES SMULDERS Any bets on dollar weakness will be a bet that higher energy prices will divert consumer spending, w...
JEFF GLADSTEIN Down the road, economic indicators are going to show slowing growth.
JEFF SCHAPPE The economy continues to grow. We've seen a steady increase in the index for several months.
JANET HARRAH Strong economic data also gave investors confidence in the market prospects, and they believe many s...
LIU JINGDE
Economic confidence is weak because of high oil prices, but all that will change once oil is back do... DAVID BROWN
The future path of the federal funds rate is necessarily uncertain because economic activity and inf... JANET YELLEN The trend is for higher yields given the outlook for economic growth. Consumer prices will probably ...
HIDENORI SUEZAWA The investor will be sensitive to any signs that the sharp spike in energy prices is going to derail...
JOE LIRO The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE Exporters are going to lead the market higher in the second half. The fall in oil prices and positiv...
LEE KUN HAK I suspect there will be enough positive news in other areas to persuade consumers there is a light a...
DOUGLAS PORTER There are lots of indicators that show that the economy has accelerated considerably in the first qu...
EUGENIO ALEMAN If the rise in petrol prices in the producer-price data is reflected in the CPI data, there is a ris...
JAMES CARRICK The seasonally adjusted annual (industry-wide) sales rate in the last six months has exceeded 18 mil...
BOB REWEY The [mainland] economy is growing at such a rate that any interest rate rise is just trimming around...
DAVID HALLIDAY This was not good news for the economy. It looks like a reflection of November's unemployment rate, ...
GREGORY MILLER Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates ...
FAROOQ KATHWARI We are seeing good income growth and consistently good job growth, so the consumer remains in relati...
GERALD ZUKOWSKI Factors in the U.S. will keep moving oil prices. The U.S. will continue to import oil products to fe...
HISAO SATO We're still several months away from job growth catching up with labor force growth and driving the ...
BILL CHENEY We don't think they will intervene -- there are various policy responses possible and there could be...
KAMAL SHARMA Depending on the economic indicators, the currency market will be more volatile than before.
MASAFUMI YAMAMOTO With combat in Iraq reaching its conclusion and consumer confidence on the rise, we believe consumer...
GARY DILTS Some investors are betting that Hong Kong won't follow the U.S. rate hikes in May and are moving ahe...
FREDERICK TSANG Despite difficult weather conditions up and down the East Coast, Ford and industry sales remained st...
BOB REWEY The news is better in that we're sort of holding steady. That's good news for the consumer, and in t...
MICHAEL GEESER Coming off a fairly steady rate environment in 2004, these are very modest interest rate increases f...
DOUG DUNCAN Consumer spending has kept the economy moving, and when initial holiday sales were better than expec...
FRANK NOTHAFT The March reading suggests that the pace of economic growth in the state has slowed, but the result ...
J. FRED GIERTZ This will show the labor market remains in good shape, despite several months of disappointing figur...
JOSEPH CAPURSO The market's noting that earnings are good, the economy is doing well, and yes, interest rates will ...
BRIAN BENSCH A week ago, we went out and shorted Treasury bonds. We do expect to see rates moving up as people re...
ANDY ENGEL With higher gasoline prices putting a dent in consumer spending and underlying inflation looking to ...
ANGUS CAMPBELL I have to admit that the rise in oil prices is having an impact on the Chinese economy.
ZHU ZHIXIN The current yield level is attractive enough and we can expect some buying. Additional evidence to s...
XINYI LU The (durable goods) numbers show us the slowdown is accelerating more than expected and the jobless ...
BOB MCINTOSH All indicators are pointing to strong economic growth. That's got people excited, especially in an e...
LARRY PERUZZI Going forward, is there still adjustment in the pipeline? I think there is. The household savings ra...
JAN HATZIUS The doldrums of summer haven't dampened the demand for our cars and trucks. Confidence in the econom...
DICK COLLIVER Long-term rates are below the federal fund rate. That tells you the Fed's too tight. The reason the ...
MICHAEL ANCELL In contrast to recent consumer confidence surveys, Canadians seem to show some strong resilience tow...
BRUCE GORDON Oil continues to dominate trade, with crude at or near the highs. Worries remain about how high pric...
JOE SUNDERMAN Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
SHANE OLIVER Americans are still worried about rising interest rates and high gasoline prices. That, along with t...
TERRY JONES Given the election situation, I don't see a sharp rise in fuel prices, but further interest rate hik...
HASITHA PREMARATNE Good economic figures will surely be euro supportive. The euro-zone economy is expanding faster than...
TOMOKO FUJII The economy is healthy and the situation in general is good. The coalition will keep being prudent i...
FRANCISCO LEPELEY
Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothi... LUCY POWELL We've already seen the yen hit a little bit by people moving away from instant belief that there was...
JACK ROSENTHAL 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 Productivity always slows as the economy slows. If labor and wage costs are still on the rise and pr...
WAYNE AYERS Today's numbers show that consumers are not very optimistic about the economy. As a result, we will ...
GARY THAYER Ultimately, it will be higher prices for the consumer.
CHARLES O. HOLLIDAY In our consumer confidence surveys, we ask people whether they think government economic policy is g...
JAY SCHMIEDESKAMP This rigorous, data-based, economic approach to developing N rate guidelines provides an excellent p...
GYLES RANDALL We don't see another rate rise, but we recognize that the risk is still there, due largely to oil pr...
LORENZO CODOGNO As companies have finished restructuring and the economy is expected to keep growing next year, you ...
MAMORU YAMAZAKI The Treasury market will initially trade off oil and gasoline prices on Monday,
ANN HURLEY The heaviest weight on the shoulders of investors shying away from the sector is the rise in oil pri...
BOB STRAUS Much of the improvement in confidence can be attributed to the resiliency of the economy post-Katrin...
LYNN FRANCO
I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the... HOWARD SCHULTZ I think the Fed has at least one further tightening in June and another one in August. Until the Ame...
NED RILEY [And at a Capitol Hill news conference, Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that huge tax cut...
LAWRENCE SUMMERS We may see some profit-taking in energy stocks later following sharp gains in recent sessions but it...
SOMCHAI ANEKTAWEEPON While prices of general economic flows may not rise very much, asset prices may rise sharply, and ne...
YASUHIDE YAJIMA There must be a tidal change in the attitude towards club funding in the next few years because ther...
CHARLES BARNETT
I would be uncomfortable raising the federal funds rate if readings on wage growth, core consumer pr... JANET YELLEN
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. There is further weakness ahead for consumers. House prices are falling, home construction is soft, ...
JARROD KERR The index remains negative, but it shows there is still internal demand and that consumers' economic...
MARC TOUATI
