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STEVEN WIETING The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS We will not rule out the possibility of further weakness and prices are likely to remain volatile in...
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DAN PARKER Online sales are unlikely to benefit from problems with gas prices,
CARRIE JOHNSON These are low consumer confidence numbers, more than likely affected by the hurricanes and high pric...
BARRY HYMAN It's at that stage where I think policymakers will start to become concerned (about high petrol pric...
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CHRIS RUPKEY The consumer numbers look fairly strong, although at least some of that strength is likely to fade i...
MAURY HARRIS such a modest increase [in unemployment] is unlikely to have any impact on consumer confidence or af...
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JAMES PAULSEN Despite the strong domestic demand, high oil prices and rising food prices, inflation remains relati...
DENNIS DYKES Feeder-calf prices could hold in the mid-$90s at the lows if exports are back to 2.5 billion lbs. �...
RANDY BLACH The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE The economic outlook favors higher yields next year. The deflationary era has finally ended and a su...
MASUHISA KOBAYASHI Producer prices seem to be rising at a slower rate than consumer prices and that is looking good for...
JOHN BEERLING Looking ahead, this supports our view that, despite the apparent rebound in retail sales over the Ch...
ALAN CASTLE The heaviest weight on the shoulders of investors shying away from the sector is the rise in oil pri...
BOB STRAUS ISM prices paid came a bit higher than expected and that stoked some inflationary concerns. I am bea...
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SAUL ESLAKE We're looking at companies which are taking advantage of high energy prices, and we've been buying e...
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BILL TEUBER At the moment, rising fuel prices are placing a cap on spending.
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MICHAEL SOLOMON If we don't get hit with another tropical storm in the Gulf, I think we have a good shot at seeing p...
BILL O'GRADY Given the demographics of the targeted Pier 1 consumer, we believe higher gas prices could limit spe...
ALAN RIFKIN The poultry environment in the first quarter was very challenging with prices for both boneless skin...
FARHA ASLAM The council's debt levels in the near term are likely to remain at levels consistent with the curren...
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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...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ...
FRANKLIN MORTON Oil prices at current record levels will have some negative impact on the economy and all levels of ...
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EMME KOZLOFF Iraq, North Korea, surging oil prices... [means] global equities will likely remain under pressure u...
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FERNANDO TRACANELLA The consumer wants plenty of crawfish at 1972 prices. That puts us in a pretty tight squeeze.
DAVID SAVOY The investor will be sensitive to any signs that the sharp spike in energy prices is going to derail...
JOE LIRO [Consumer prices are likely to catch up eventually, say economists.] I'm not a big inflation hawk, ....
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JEFF GLADSTEIN All of a sudden it is a big problem and now petrol prices are going up it's a bigger problem,
CRAIG MCDONALD If gas prices go up, the consumer is going to be a little tighter than they were.
ROBERT JOHNSON There's some legs left in the miners, at least in the medium term while metals prices hover not too ...
DONALD WILLIAMS Such a rapid escalation in prices is sure to hit confidence and real spending hard.
PAUL ASHWORTH As natural gas and home heating-oil prices hit record highs, the federal government's failure to mee...
KELLY AYOTTE The rises in import prices will likely speed up the process of companies' passing on such rises to d...
TAKUJI AIDA Americans are still worried about rising interest rates and high gasoline prices. That, along with t...
TERRY JONES U.K. May PPI data are unlikely to move markets markedly, in spite of the large rise in input prices,...
NEIL PARKER Prices have fallen 25 percent since their record highs in September. After the New Year, motorists c...
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DENNIS DYKES Oil continues to dominate trade, with crude at or near the highs. Worries remain about how high pric...
JOE SUNDERMAN Soaring gasoline and natural gas prices will have a major negative impact on family budgets and hous...
ANDREW JACKSON (ECONOMIST) The state's doing it tough. And the fundamentals of weak house prices and record household debt mean...
BRIAN REDICAN We could see prices ease from record highs, but it's unlikely we'll see them return to historical av...
GLYN LAWCOCK House prices are likely to remain relatively flat for an extended period,
HOWARD ARCHER We're unlikely to see a rally in medium-term bonds with core consumer prices edging up.
MAKOTO YAMASHITA There is further weakness ahead for consumers. House prices are falling, home construction is soft, ...
JARROD KERR What that says is that even though crude oil prices are at near-record highs, gasoline prices are mu...
DAVID HACKETT In the next several months we might see some record highs in the trade deficit with the rise in oil ...
BRIAN GARVEY Exports have been disappointing. Higher petrol prices and a waning of the housing boom contributed t...
PETER COSTELLO Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM Increasing home prices and the ability of consumers to cash out their growing home equity has been a...
DENNIS JACOBE You can't have this kind of slowing in job growth coupled with rising energy prices and not see some...
ALAN GAYLE Typically, supply and demand dictate prices, but financial markets sometimes can create a price leve...
BOB SNYDER Historically, shocks have had a short-term impact on consumer confidence, especially on consumers' e...
LYNN FRANCO We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT
At this point, a leveling out or a modest softening of housing activity seems more likely than a sha... BEN BERNANKE After the sharp rise in gasoline prices, we believe that crude and transportation fuel prices will r...
FRANCISCO BLANCH Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON Spain's strong consumer spending is backed not only by job creation but also by a significant rise i...
CARMEN NUZZO With higher gasoline prices putting a dent in consumer spending and underlying inflation looking to ...
ANGUS CAMPBELL
The uncertainty is petrol prices, STEVEN WRIGHT King's comments are consistent with rates remaining on hold for the foreseeable future. House prices...
AMIT KARA The revolution of self service operated petrol stations is the start of a new age for the petrol ind...
ELI RONEN If commodities prices are at their multi-year highs, then you'll expect that the producers and the m...
EMANUEL BALARIE Standard & Poor's does not expect major margin improvement in fiscal 2006 for the larger players. Ev...
RONALD NEYSMITH We're staring record energy prices in the face every day, it seems.
BRIAN ARCHER Probably the most critical impact of higher energy prices is their ability to weaken consumer spendi...
GAIL FOSLER International oil prices reached new record highs last week, which do not bode well for local fuel c...
HUGO PIENAAR
Household spending growth has been particularly solid in 2015, with purchases of new motor vehicles ... JANET YELLEN If gas prices are just holding steady and not increasing, and if incomes are rising, your gas bill i...
STEVEN WIETING The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS We will not rule out the possibility of further weakness and prices are likely to remain volatile in...
YINGXI YU Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
SHANE OLIVER As if Hoosiers' budgets weren't being stretched enough to pay for record gas prices, Mitch Daniels i...
DAN PARKER As if Hoosiers' budgets weren't being stretched enough to pay for record gas prices, Mitch Daniels i...
DAN PARKER Online sales are unlikely to benefit from problems with gas prices,
CARRIE JOHNSON These are low consumer confidence numbers, more than likely affected by the hurricanes and high pric...
BARRY HYMAN It's at that stage where I think policymakers will start to become concerned (about high petrol pric...
BRIAN REDICAN consumer spending has not been dented by the hurricane-inspired rise in gasoline prices and fears of...
CHRIS RUPKEY The consumer numbers look fairly strong, although at least some of that strength is likely to fade i...
MAURY HARRIS such a modest increase [in unemployment] is unlikely to have any impact on consumer confidence or af...
PHILIP SHAW Hospitals that get sold are those that can't cover debt or get their debt-to-asset ratios way out of...
DAVID PLOSS The bottom line is this bill is likely to bring higher prices and no increase in energy supplies, wh...
JOE SPARANO If crude oil prices hit $60 a barrel, that's going to stir up old fears of higher energy prices and ...
ANDRE BAKHOS It's going to cost the average household $600 more a year just to put gas in their car. Ticket price...
DAVID SWENSON
This, and ongoing concerns over supply are likely to underpin prices, so unless some external event ... WILLIAM ADAMS We may see some profit-taking in energy stocks later following sharp gains in recent sessions but it...
SOMCHAI ANEKTAWEEPON We're looking at record profits at a time when people are paying record prices.
HAL HARPER We have some inflation at the pipeline level, rising commodity prices, crude, material prices, thing...
CHARLES REINHARD We've got total labor compensation growing at 6 percent. . . . We've got record-setting highs in ter...
JAMES PAULSEN Despite the strong domestic demand, high oil prices and rising food prices, inflation remains relati...
DENNIS DYKES Feeder-calf prices could hold in the mid-$90s at the lows if exports are back to 2.5 billion lbs. �...
RANDY BLACH The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE The economic outlook favors higher yields next year. The deflationary era has finally ended and a su...
MASUHISA KOBAYASHI Producer prices seem to be rising at a slower rate than consumer prices and that is looking good for...
JOHN BEERLING Looking ahead, this supports our view that, despite the apparent rebound in retail sales over the Ch...
ALAN CASTLE The heaviest weight on the shoulders of investors shying away from the sector is the rise in oil pri...
BOB STRAUS ISM prices paid came a bit higher than expected and that stoked some inflationary concerns. I am bea...
MICHAEL MALONE Demand is as strong as ever and is likely to remain so. Prices are starting to weaken, but volumes c...
SAUL ESLAKE We're looking at companies which are taking advantage of high energy prices, and we've been buying e...
MARKUS STEINBEIS IT budgets remain closely scrutinized and customers continue to exert conservative capital spending ...
BILL TEUBER At the moment, rising fuel prices are placing a cap on spending.
ANDREW HANLAN As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wa...
MICHAEL SOLOMON If we don't get hit with another tropical storm in the Gulf, I think we have a good shot at seeing p...
BILL O'GRADY Given the demographics of the targeted Pier 1 consumer, we believe higher gas prices could limit spe...
ALAN RIFKIN The poultry environment in the first quarter was very challenging with prices for both boneless skin...
FARHA ASLAM The council's debt levels in the near term are likely to remain at levels consistent with the curren...
DANIELLE WESTWATER People are increasingly concerned, given what Wal-Mart said, that higher gas prices are going to hur...
ALAN RIFKIN We believe that consumer spending is going to bear the brunt of higher energy prices that we have se...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ...
FRANKLIN MORTON Oil prices at current record levels will have some negative impact on the economy and all levels of ...
XU DINGMING 10,000 is an assault on Everest and we're at the last base camp. The stronger consumer spending is, ...
DAVID JONES The underlying drivers of this market - resources, energy - are continuing to run very strongly at r...
GAVIN GRAHAM September sales were surprisingly resilient in the face of significantly higher gasoline prices. Whi...
EMME KOZLOFF Iraq, North Korea, surging oil prices... [means] global equities will likely remain under pressure u...
KOICHI OGAWA Leg quarter prices have fallen from a record level of 50 cents a pound last fall to 29 cents a pound...
DAVID NELSON
It's not as if we haven't dealt with crude prices at these levels, but again you're pushing up again... JOHN HUGHES The hike in pump prices, and electricity and gas tariffs that have also been raised, fed through to ...
EUBEN PARACUELLES
A year ago some said that the doubling of oil prices would push our inflation far beyond target and ... GORDON BROWN Despite the sharp jump in prices, August's data do not change the picture of a strong downward trend...
ED STANSFIELD The company's sales were affected by deflation in food prices, lower disposable income for consumers...
FERNANDO TRACANELLA The consumer wants plenty of crawfish at 1972 prices. That puts us in a pretty tight squeeze.
DAVID SAVOY The investor will be sensitive to any signs that the sharp spike in energy prices is going to derail...
JOE LIRO [Consumer prices are likely to catch up eventually, say economists.] I'm not a big inflation hawk, ....
DEAN BAKER Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates ...
FAROOQ KATHWARI This increased housing market activity has clearly led to some recent firming in house prices, and t...
HOWARD ARCHER
Our modelling suggest bond yields should rise in line with the US by at least 1 per cent. The X fact... STEVEN WRIGHT
The bill is anti-consumer and anti-community, ... It will mean higher prices and fewer choices for l... RALPH NADER Any bets on dollar weakness will be a bet that higher energy prices will divert consumer spending, w...
JEFF GLADSTEIN All of a sudden it is a big problem and now petrol prices are going up it's a bigger problem,
CRAIG MCDONALD If gas prices go up, the consumer is going to be a little tighter than they were.
ROBERT JOHNSON There's some legs left in the miners, at least in the medium term while metals prices hover not too ...
DONALD WILLIAMS Such a rapid escalation in prices is sure to hit confidence and real spending hard.
PAUL ASHWORTH As natural gas and home heating-oil prices hit record highs, the federal government's failure to mee...
KELLY AYOTTE The rises in import prices will likely speed up the process of companies' passing on such rises to d...
TAKUJI AIDA Americans are still worried about rising interest rates and high gasoline prices. That, along with t...
TERRY JONES U.K. May PPI data are unlikely to move markets markedly, in spite of the large rise in input prices,...
NEIL PARKER Prices have fallen 25 percent since their record highs in September. After the New Year, motorists c...
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