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MAGAN MISTRY Weaker consumer spending backs the case for interest rates on hold.
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HOWARD ARCHER The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS more of an emotional response to the recent woes and gives very little insight into consumer spendin...
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MARILYN SCHAJA People are increasingly concerned, given what Wal-Mart said, that higher gas prices are going to hur...
ALAN RIFKIN
DOUGLAS PORTER VC spending has always been a challenge in Illinois, so this is good news.
ED LONGANECKER The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE A further rise (in the Nikkei) would need support from good fundamental news, such as corporate earn...
KUNIHIRO HATAE The consumer spending numbers seem to be good, but so much of it is going to oil. It's difficult to ...
PAUL FINKELSTEIN So while some special factors may be boosting spending, the overall trend of spending is well out of...
ROBERT BRUSCA Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN But I think the underlying trend in terms of consumer spending and overall economic spending is actu...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN Through November [2002], we believed that discretionary consumer spending growth of 3 percent was ad...
HARRY CURTIS The homework is good. You're spending a lot of time to get it right.
DENNIS BEE We believe that consumer spending is going to bear the brunt of higher energy prices that we have se...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO The real drivers of consumer spending and demand are real disposal income and real income. Unfortuna...
JACQUES BOTHA Minister Borja has taken on a firm commitment to keep fiscal spending under control. That for us is ...
TREVOR ALLEYNE We haven't had a single year of falling consumer spending since 1938. There's no boom or bust in con...
STEVEN WIETING Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS We do believe that the U.S. housing market is a bubble in the sense that its contribution to consume...
JAN HATZIUS The job market is firm, the outlook for hiring remains firm and hourly wages will pick up. Wages wil...
ZOLTAN POZSAR Online sales still represent about 2 percent of total retails sales. So there's a lot more room to g...
JEFFREY GRAU Online sales still represent about 2 percent of total retails sales. So there's a lot more room to g...
JEFFREY GRAU The good news is that after seeing very significant reduced spending overall, companies are projecti...
KEN ABOSCH such a modest increase [in unemployment] is unlikely to have any impact on consumer confidence or af...
PHILIP SHAW In seven of the last eight election cycles, real consumer spending growth has decelerated in the hol...
CARL STEIDTMANN We will see a differentiation between chip companies that are exposed to pure IT spending and those ...
JAYE MORENCY Probably the most critical impact of higher energy prices is their ability to weaken consumer spendi...
GAIL FOSLER As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued con...
FAROOQ KATHWARI And I think President Bush is going to get his tax cut, which also is going to help. But the consume...
DAVID PETERSCHMIDT Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM
In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: ... EVAN DAVIS A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
NATE SILVER A rebound today will allay fears the consumer sector is continuing to struggle. The improvement in t...
GAVIN REDKNAP We will see a change in the drivers of economic growth with capital spending taking a lead. There is...
CARL RICCADONNA Canadian consumer spending is finally poised to hit the brakes after a spectacular run earlier this ...
DOUGLAS PORTER The reality is that business and investment spending are the true leading indicators of the economy ...
MARK SKOUSEN An undecided consumer simply means that he may soon begin to pull in his spending habits. Two-thirds...
PETER CARDILLO A combination of weak consumer spending and challenging world markets is weighing on UK manufacturin...
IAN MCCAFFERTY Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one.
NOW IS GOOD The results were impressive to say the least. The outlook for consumer spending is a bit brighter th...
JOE LAVORGNA Everybody thought that screen time was bad for vision. Well, it happens that spending a lot of time ...
DAPHNE BAVELIER The consumer spending situation is improving in Europe; that's what we need to ensure durable growth...
DOMINIQUE BARBET Worries of a housing-led consumer spending bust are overblown.
RICHARD BERNER If we do get a housing slowdown, job growth is there to support a relatively decent pace of consumer...
JAY FELDMAN We are seeing stronger growth for the semiconductor industry this year. They need new capital spendi...
FRANK WANG If consumer spending falls, the probability of the economy slipping back into recession is very high...
SCOTT HOYT Consumer spending in the U.S. slowed below even our own conservative estimates and corporate spendin...
CARLY FIORINA Scrap has always been a good indicator, because it feeds directly into consumer spending and capital...
DON FINE American consumer spending has been the economic driver.
DANIEL RAY Consumer spending will weaken in the months ahead.
RICHARD CURTIN The general profile of consumer spending is still strong. The report shouldn't be enough to change e...
JAY FELDMAN Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING Oil was the biggest concern in terms of U.S. consumer spending.
HIROSHI CHANO Our results for the first quarter confirm that discretionary consumer spending is softening in New Z...
KEITH SMITH The oil issue is continuing. It has a huge effect on market sentiment and on consumer spending.
DONALD SELKIN The good news is that this is going to go directly to the corporate bottom line. That's a real plus ...
WAYNE AYERS Cars seem to be pivotal in keeping the wheels of consumer spending turning and certainly this quarte...
CHRIS RUPKEY Consumer spending was really slowing down a lot in August and September. We're entering the fourth q...
KEVIN LOGAN
What's hurting the U.S. economy is total government spending. The deficit is an indicator that t... GROVER NORQUIST Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON Moreover, the four motors of consumption -- that is wages, inflation, unemployment and consumer conf...
EMMANUEL FERRY We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT A takeover bid is underscoring prospects for the sector, which has been benefiting from a recovery i...
SUSUMU ABE We should still have a pretty good quarter for consumer spending. January retail sales, excluding au...
JOSH STILES Although the cooling U.S. housing sector is going be a major drag on consumer spending as 2006 unfol...
SHERRY COOPER
Spending is not caring. Spending is what politicians do instead of caring. Spending more does not gu... GROVER NORQUIST
You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'... FLANNERY O'CONNOR
My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure mo... JACK MA What?s funny is that a lot of people think Michael has achieved so much success compared to me becau...
RALF SCHUMACHER There's no need to cut interest rates to stimulate consumer demand or investment spending.
DENNIS DYKES Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
J.R. RIM What we have here is a dangerous mix of fast-growing debt and fast-rising unemployment that could qu...
JOHN LONSKI I expect consumer spending to continue to improve. The central bank is likely to raise interest rate...
IM NO JUNG
This only reinforces the perception that, when it comes to spending, there is not a lot of considera... JOHN WILLIAMSON Increases in personal disposable income boosted consumer spending and that in turn contributed to th...
MAGAN MISTRY Weaker consumer spending backs the case for interest rates on hold.
TOM KENNY While the drop in gasoline prices makes these sales figures look bad, it is of course good news for ...
PAUL ASHWORTH Whenever the price of cryptocurrency is rallying, people start spending a lot more.
ERIK VOORHEES As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wa...
MICHAEL SOLOMON Consumer spending is likely to ease off slightly as some saturation starts to set in, real income gr...
DENNIS DYKES This is a concern for Australia's growth outlook. We've been depending on better exports to take up ...
JARROD KERR It is a good time if you're willing to accept slow growth and slow improvement. We do not anticipate...
KURT BARNARD
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C.
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LESLIE PRESTON Consumer confidence is faltering anew, which does not bode well for spending in the near term at lea...
HOWARD ARCHER The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS more of an emotional response to the recent woes and gives very little insight into consumer spendin...
KEN MAYLAND It is going to make economists slightly revise down first-quarter GDP, which they already did with t...
CHRISTOPHER LOW Consumer spending has been pulling the wagon for a while now. That won't be the case next year.
PETER MORICI Jerry, entertainment spending for sports may be a problem in Cleveland, but it is doing just fine in...
WILLIAM POOLE Your latest news is just news being repeated over and over again. It's old news already.
ANDONI GARCIA I'm almost afraid to total it up. We are spending a pile on gasoline. It's ridiculous.
JEFF JENKINS Socially and economically, India continues to develop at a galloping rate compared to the rest of th...
FRANK MARTELL The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
BEN OAK Given the more challenging economic backdrop and widely reported consumer spending fragility this is...
GREG FEEHELY This was a disappointing number relative to expectations and certainly consistent with the idea that...
CHRIS PROBYN
Technology investment drove growth in the 1990s, both directly and by fueling a rising stock market ... ALEX BERENSON
Mother is the dead heart of the family, spending father's earnings on consumer goods to enhance the ... GERMAINE GREER Companies still aren't hiring, and until they do, it's hard to see strong consumer spending.
DOMINIC WHITE The September statistics confirm consumer spending during the third quarter remained extremely stron...
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