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Economic confidence is weak because of high oil prices, but all that will change once oil is back do... DAVID BROWN It was not great, just good. The consumer spent a little better than many expected. Consumer confide...
DAN POOLE Today was a relief rally; it was an oil-price relief story, ... Oil prices are still very high, but ...
LYNN REASER Today was a relief rally; it was an oil-price relief story. Oil prices are still very high, but much...
LYNN REASER
Stocks in the United States plunged in 2002 amid fears of war and terrorism, a weak economy, rising ... ALEX BERENSON it will not hesitate to take this step to plug any possible shortage in supplies, especially when we...
SHEIKH AHMAD The high oil prices are surely not wholesome for the economy.
AXEL WEBER The new dynamic is really a function of high oil prices and high gasoline prices and increasing reco...
JACK RONEY It was a somewhat weak rally in the euro anyway and it wasn't a move that was substantiated by the t...
JEFF GLADSTEIN
It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER The labor market situation won't dramatically improve and oil prices are still a problem. Relatively...
JUERGEN MICHELS This was a bit of a surprise. But it was a relatively good surprise.
MARK SCHAPPEL This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS I would take oil as a front-burner issue, ... Yesterday [Tuesday] was the capitulation day for the t...
ART HOGAN We've had a pull-back in gold and oil prices, and surprise surprise, oil and gold companies are off,...
JULIE BROUGH Those high oil prices are a burden on U.S. families, on firms' production costs. But the good news i...
BEN S. BERNANKE Some of the capacity will go away if fuel prices stay this high. It (oil prices near $50 a barrel) c...
BETSY SNYDER It is not a big surprise, some of it is kind of a backlash to this saw-tooth pattern that we have se...
ALAN RUSKIN The continued weakness in a number of components of the index suggests that it's more than just high...
LAKSHMAN ACHUTHAN If oil stays around $60, it shouldn't stop the S&P 500 from climbing, considering the strength of th...
JACQUES PORTA Right now, [our] leading indicators clearly show that the U.S. economy is in a window of vulnerabili...
LAKSHMAN ACHUTHAN The commentary was a lot more optimistic than I expected it to be given the high oil prices. The out...
HELANE BECKER The economy was pretty much firing on all cylinders, and the second quarter showed us still on a goo...
LYNN REASER Last year was a prosperous year for the group, with strong results underpinned by increased producti...
HELGE LUND The longer the oil prices stay at this level, the more of a weight it puts on the market. That said,...
JOE LIRO It's an Intel European, double-ordering, higher oil prices, weaker euro phenomenon,
HOWARD WARD This was a bit of a surprise. But it was a relatively good surprise. Carl is well respected -- not o...
MARK SCHAPPEL The outlook for Asia Pacific's aviation industry in 2006 remains fairly positive although the burden...
ANDREW HERDMAN The outlook for Asia-Pacific's aviation industry in 2006 remains fairly positive, although the burde...
ANDREW HERDMAN Oil prices are effectively a tax and we want a low-tax global economy. I am happier with lower price...
EDWARD MENASHY
oil prices have become certainly a threat to the world economy. RODRIGO RATO
Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy. RODRIGO RATO
In the 1950s and early 1960s, psychoanalysis swept through the intellectual community, and it was th... ERIC KANDEL This is a big surprise, it's the core of inflation that's falling. Energy prices were expected to fa...
DOMINIQUE BARBET In all you're seeing sort of a mixed reaction out there. The oil data was good because of the distil...
BRIAN WILLIAMSON Last year, oil prices were really high so there was no problem meeting targets.
JOYDEEP MUKHERJI Companies appear to have turned cautious because of the possibility of spikes in crude oil prices, w...
KENJI ARATA Oil prices are artificially high because of geopolitical premiums, particularly the crisis between t...
LUC GIRARD Oil continues to dominate trade, with crude at or near the highs. Worries remain about how high pric...
JOE SUNDERMAN Oil is uncomfortably high; it is inflationary, ... If you are struggling a bit on the continent, as ...
HILARY COOK
High oil prices and the emergence of a number of new players on the world stage - not just China and... KLAUS SCHWAB The profit forecast was too conservative. Increasing geopolitical risks will keep oil prices high an...
HIROFUMI KAWACHI
If Stephen King was a killer, he will be the best killer ever existed, check out his novels, check o... DEYTH BANGER Sentiment is drifting higher on softer oil prices. All eyes remain on energy. As long as oil prices ...
BEN ROGOFF The U.K. tried to cool off the housing market and slow their economy a bit, and they're caught in a ...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH The negative impact of high international oil prices was big in August. We can still expect a recove...
IM NO JUNG The subsidy sharing is here to stay because oil prices are high and the government is not allowing a...
JASPREET SINGH For the yen it's much to do with oil prices. High oil prices are an unambiguous negative for all Asi...
DAVID MANN Russia does not have a modern economy: it's a petro-power. The only thing it sells that the worl...
KATHLEEN TROIA MCFARLAND Oil damps growth everywhere but the high oil price may well be hurting Asia and Japan a lot more. Oi...
ADRIAN SCHMIDT High oil prices may raise inflation but longer-term it's negative for growth and that's how the Fed ...
DAVID MANN Both [the French and the euro-zone data] reflect higher oil prices rather than any rise in underlyin...
GWYN HACCHE
This may surprise you, but I was arrested in high school. PAT BOONE What we would look for is a gradual phasing out of the fuel subsidy and a more effective and coordin...
AGOST BENARD Aside from the effects of high oil prices, growth in imports in general can be interpreted as a sign...
KOJI KOBAYASHI We expect a colder weather in the next two weeks, so heating oil prices and natural gas prices will ...
GORDON KWAN 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give...
JAMES C. DOBSON
You know, oil prices from 2007, on the strength of a very robust global economy and a very robust em... REX TILLERSON As oil prices have gone up, you get this increased desire to get out onto the new frontiers of oil. ...
MARLO RAYNOLDS
A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation. ROSS PEROT Something's fishy when the Bush administration delays a report showing no improvement in fuel econom...
DANIEL BECKER It was a perfect storm for gold today. Lower dollar. Higher oil prices. Base metals rallying. Commod...
DAVID MEGER The drop in crude was a surprise and was a little supportive to prices, but the market was completel...
BILL O'GRADY There was a downward risk presented by the evolution of oil prices and this risk has materialized in...
JOAQUIN ALMUNIA In the 70s, high oil prices were a shock... People woke up, but then they relaxed.
COLIN CAMPBELL In the big oil shocks that really damaged the economy, the tax on the consumer was many times more t...
ETHAN HARRIS The report was a big surprise. Crude oil seems very ample.
DARIUSZ KOWALCZYK
Lower oil prices won't, by themselves, topple the mullahs in Iran. But it's significant that... JAMES SUROWIECKI I don't think anyone can speculate what will happen with respect to oil prices and gas prices be...
KEN SALAZAR Every barrel of oil that we produce around the world benefits Americans because it keeps prices down...
JOHN S. WATSON With oil at this price level, we can definitely expect a cut in output. OPEC was only barred from do...
MAKOTO TAKEDA The dollar will continue to run lower, but it's not the end of the world. A weak dollar benefits abo...
ART HOGAN Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises con...
CHOI CHANG HOON
By reducing our dependence of foreign oil and increasing alternative energy sources such as ethanol,... JIM RYUN Risks remain and uncertainty is on the rise, this was in substance the message of G7 finance ministe...
VALERIE PLAGNOL It was traumatic, and it really came as a surprise.
JACK EDWARDS People were thinking that, if the oil refineries take a direct hit, energy prices would shoot up and...
GEORGE GONCALVES
It is a small world. You do not have to live in it particuarly long to learn that for yourself. Ther... NEIL GAIMAN However, underlying performance is strong, amplified by high but volatile prices of oil, gas and pro...
LORD BROWNE It seems the New York and the Philly Fed index did a bit of a role reversal: New York was very weak ...
JAY FELDMAN It seems the New York and the Philly Fed index did a bit of a role reversal: New York was very weak ...
JAY FELDMAN The last time the U.S. was engaged militarily in Iraq, oil prices shot up to about $42 a barrel,
PETER GIGNOUX
The problem is that we are trying to prepare people for the new economy using a higher education sys... MARCO RUBIO The November seasonally adjusted figure was much better than we expected, but this will probably be ...
MANUELA PREUSCHL In our view it was a rather positive surprise. At least it gives the ECB some leeway to remain on ho...
MANUELA PREUSCHL It's a very good start to the year 2000 and clearly indicates the upswing is intact and growth is ac...
MANUELA PREUSCHL I still expect a strong rise in unemployment in January and I think we won't see any real improvemen...
MANUELA PREUSCHL Germany is catching up with the rest of Europe. Most components of the economy increased: private co...
MANUELA PREUSCHL I'm rather relaxed about this information.
MANUELA PREUSCHL We are certainly seeing the influence of higher oil prices on the U.S. economy.
KOICHIRO SUZUKI Most of (Chevron's) earnings miss was in the upstream and was caused by weak U.S. oil and gas volume...
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON Oil is at new highs and then you get a number like this at a time when the market was predisposed to...
JEFFREY YOUNG Last time, the market could handle uncertainty as there was a lot of slack but now because prices ar...
TONY NUNAN The spurt in world oil prices is totally unjustified as the oil producing nations are exploiting hig...
ALAN JOHNSON
There was a direct and positive association between cola consumption and the risk of high blood pres... BRIGHAM YOUNG These are circumstances created by a sustained high oil price scenario -- the level of which was une...
KARR INGHAM
While the focus of recent international attention has rightly been on the tragic events in the U.S.,... GORDON BROWN The GDP data was weak, but the key is new home sales. The Fed right now has one thing to worry about...
FRANK HSU The government should reconsider the issue, as the current model has made the country's economy depe...
INGILAB AHMADOV
Record high gas prices are burning holes in peoples; pockets and harming our economy. They are squee... LANE EVANS
