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JOE ABATE Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN [The report indicates] consumer spending is gearing back, ... It is very much in line with sagging i...
DOUGLAS PORTER such a modest increase [in unemployment] is unlikely to have any impact on consumer confidence or af...
PHILIP SHAW The rise in consumer confidence in general indicates that consumers' willingness to spend additional...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Consumer confidence is faltering anew, which does not bode well for spending in the near term at lea...
HOWARD ARCHER We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT Our economy is stronger than people have been talking about all year long. I am not surprised to see...
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The outlook for the group remains strong although the retail market is expected to remain highly com...
JOHN FLETCHER And I think President Bush is going to get his tax cut, which also is going to help. But the consume...
DAVID PETERSCHMIDT You, me - everybody else is going to see it. The general consumer is going to see it - in the grocer...
TONY JOHNSON September sales were surprisingly resilient in the face of significantly higher gasoline prices. Whi...
EMME KOZLOFF Although the cooling U.S. housing sector is going be a major drag on consumer spending as 2006 unfol...
SHERRY COOPER Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS Spending follows income, and as long as both of them are going up, that's good for the consumer. The...
GILES KNIGHT As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wa...
MICHAEL SOLOMON We will see a differentiation between chip companies that are exposed to pure IT spending and those ...
JAYE MORENCY Rising long rates threaten the bellwether housing industry as well as consumer spending. The higher ...
LARRY WACHTEL It is going to make economists slightly revise down first-quarter GDP, which they already did with t...
CHRISTOPHER LOW The increase in oil prices is going to be problematic to the consumer as well as higher home heating...
ANN HURLEY It was nice to see that the high-income consumer, which slowed down spending in November, came back ...
LORI WACHS The consumer spending figures are better that what we were expecting... The October revision is impo...
DAVID NAUDE It's mighty difficult the closer you get to the consumer to raise prices, and that remains the case....
JOSHUA SHAPIRO We believe that consumer spending is going to bear the brunt of higher energy prices that we have se...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO It was not great, just good. The consumer spent a little better than many expected. Consumer confide...
DAN POOLE The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE Moreover, the four motors of consumption -- that is wages, inflation, unemployment and consumer conf...
EMMANUEL FERRY Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM We may now see a pullback in spending. This winter and this Christmas shopping season are going to b...
QUINCY KROSBY Looking forward, consumer confidence could increase further should the rise in black consumer confid...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Consumer spending is likely to ease off slightly as some saturation starts to set in, real income gr...
DENNIS DYKES This is positive news leading up to the Christmas sales, suggesting what could be better-than-expect...
GEORGE LEAVEY The job market is firm, the outlook for hiring remains firm and hourly wages will pick up. Wages wil...
ZOLTAN POZSAR 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 The Fed has identified consumer confidence as the most important concept right now. They are extreme...
RUSSELL SHELDON The seasonally adjusted annual (industry-wide) sales rate in the last six months has exceeded 18 mil...
BOB REWEY We haven't had a single year of falling consumer spending since 1938. There's no boom or bust in con...
STEVEN WIETING Pessimism about New Zealand's short-term economic prospects and wariness about big spending commitme...
RICHARD MILLER Companies still aren't hiring, and until they do, it's hard to see strong consumer spending.
DOMINIC WHITE In the face of layoffs, tumbling corporate profits, falling stock markets and shakier consumer confi...
BILL THOMAS Worries of a housing-led consumer spending bust are overblown.
RICHARD BERNER Economists have to worry that if consumer sentiment remains depressed, spending could follow that do...
CARY LEAHEY A rebound today will allay fears the consumer sector is continuing to struggle. The improvement in t...
GAVIN REDKNAP I would say the consumer Internet companies - in a lot of ways, if you go inside the consumer Intern...
MARC ANDREESEN House price inflation has picked up in recent months; if this continues it has positive implications...
JOSEPH CAPURSO![]()
The proposals are essential for the enhancement of consumer confidence,
DAVID BYRNE The consumer reporting agencies used to view (consumer interaction) as kind of an expense and onerou...
JOHN DANAHER People are increasingly concerned, given what Wal-Mart said, that higher gas prices are going to hur...
ALAN RIFKIN Corporate balance sheets are in great shape and we look for business investment to keep the economy ...
CARL RICCADONNA We see this concept as the first consumer ready hydrogen vehicle.
DAVID WAGNER The Japanese consumer remains reluctant to buy U.S. beef.
BRUCE BERVEN Energy costs, which act as a tax on consumer budgets, are taking a smaller bite out of consumer pock...
CARL TANNENBAUM King's comments are consistent with rates remaining on hold for the foreseeable future. House prices...
AMIT KARA The increase is due largely to the decline in consumer confidence during 2005 as a result of concern...
ANDREW WOLLASTON The findings are invaluable to business owners and policy- makers in our communities. They use the d...
JAMES HOLMES If consumer confidence keeps surprising, it's going to make it easier for the Fed to keep the accele...
ENRICO CARUSO A takeover bid is underscoring prospects for the sector, which has been benefiting from a recovery i...
SUSUMU ABE That's one of the reasons why consumers are not going on a spending spree, though they're keeping th...
SUNG WON SOHN Increasing home prices and the ability of consumers to cash out their growing home equity has been a...
DENNIS JACOBE American consumer spending has been the economic driver.
DANIEL RAY Consumer spending will weaken in the months ahead.
RICHARD CURTIN![]()
Energy price volatility is taking its toll on consumer confidence, as is the prospect of higher [int...
JENNIFER LEE A further rise (in the Nikkei) would need support from good fundamental news, such as corporate earn...
KUNIHIRO HATAE![]()
Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY Keep in mind, consumer confidence is tied to your job.
KATHLEEN CAMILLI Retail sales have shown tentative signs of a modest recovery from weak levels, but in our view a con...
MICHAEL PENN The momentum we saw coming into the second quarter has all but disappeared as businesses continue to...
LOREN LOVERDE We're looking at companies which are taking advantage of high energy prices, and we've been buying e...
MARKUS STEINBEIS The consumer confidence number was not good,
EVAN OLSEN We should see continued consumer weakness in October and November, while industry overall does quite...
HASEEB AHMED Construction spending remains strong due to continued economic growth.
DON JAMES This isn't a rosy time for anyone. The economy is not great, consumer confidence is down, and war is...
LAURENCE LEEDS The real drivers of consumer spending and demand are real disposal income and real income. Unfortuna...
JACQUES BOTHA Given recent macro and consumer data have been positive, Travis is a great recovery story on a 12-mo...
DARREN SHAW An undecided consumer simply means that he may soon begin to pull in his spending habits. Two-thirds...
PETER CARDILLO You have lower oil prices, you have a healthy employment situation and you have a consumer that is s...
GORDON FOWLER The new plans are a result of the new ADC regime which we welcome as it helps us deliver greater val...
MANOJ KOHLI Higher claims suggest slower job gains, which should dampen income growth, consumer spending, and ov...
STEVEN WOOD It's going to bother consumers. When you look at consumer confidence over time, the main things that...
KEVIN LOGAN There's no question that the strength we continue to see in the economy is driven by the consumer, ....
LIZ MILLER In seven of the last eight election cycles, real consumer spending growth has decelerated in the hol...
CARL STEIDTMANN A very decent set of numbers from Philips, with both semiconductors and electronics surprising. The ...
CORNE VAN ZEIJL But I think the underlying trend in terms of consumer spending and overall economic spending is actu...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN![]()
As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can't be in a position of dictating to the cons...
WILLIAM CLAY FORD, JR. As you can see, Christmas is spread out -- not just among December but among January as well. Promot...
DANA TELSEY We need other areas to fill the hole left by slowing consumer spending. Luckily mining investment an...
SHANE OLIVER Consumption is up considerably and that trend is not going to reverse itself. Higher oil prices are ...
DAN VERU The grass remains green only as long as you water it. Similarly, a relationship remains fresh only a...
UMA SHANKER![]()
The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile.
JULIE BISHOP Department stores during the New Year holiday looked quite busy, reflecting the recovery in consumer...
HIDEO ARIMURA Department stores during the New Year holiday looked quite busy, reflecting the recovery in consumer...
HIDEO ARIMURA The oil issue is continuing. It has a huge effect on market sentiment and on consumer spending.
DONALD SELKIN The consumer reaction has been very positive. GM believes it is important to build consumer awarenes...
ELIZABETH LOWERY Today's numbers show that consumers are not very optimistic about the economy. As a result, we will ...
GARY THAYER When we downgraded the PC stocks in September, we were concerned about signs of weak consumer demand...
ANDY NEFF
FAROOQ KATHWARI The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN [The report indicates] consumer spending is gearing back, ... It is very much in line with sagging i...
DOUGLAS PORTER such a modest increase [in unemployment] is unlikely to have any impact on consumer confidence or af...
PHILIP SHAW The rise in consumer confidence in general indicates that consumers' willingness to spend additional...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Consumer confidence is faltering anew, which does not bode well for spending in the near term at lea...
HOWARD ARCHER We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT Our economy is stronger than people have been talking about all year long. I am not surprised to see...
JAMES HUGUET
The outlook for the group remains strong although the retail market is expected to remain highly com... JOHN FLETCHER And I think President Bush is going to get his tax cut, which also is going to help. But the consume...
DAVID PETERSCHMIDT You, me - everybody else is going to see it. The general consumer is going to see it - in the grocer...
TONY JOHNSON September sales were surprisingly resilient in the face of significantly higher gasoline prices. Whi...
EMME KOZLOFF Although the cooling U.S. housing sector is going be a major drag on consumer spending as 2006 unfol...
SHERRY COOPER Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS Spending follows income, and as long as both of them are going up, that's good for the consumer. The...
GILES KNIGHT As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wa...
MICHAEL SOLOMON We will see a differentiation between chip companies that are exposed to pure IT spending and those ...
JAYE MORENCY Rising long rates threaten the bellwether housing industry as well as consumer spending. The higher ...
LARRY WACHTEL It is going to make economists slightly revise down first-quarter GDP, which they already did with t...
CHRISTOPHER LOW The increase in oil prices is going to be problematic to the consumer as well as higher home heating...
ANN HURLEY It was nice to see that the high-income consumer, which slowed down spending in November, came back ...
LORI WACHS The consumer spending figures are better that what we were expecting... The October revision is impo...
DAVID NAUDE It's mighty difficult the closer you get to the consumer to raise prices, and that remains the case....
JOSHUA SHAPIRO We believe that consumer spending is going to bear the brunt of higher energy prices that we have se...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO It was not great, just good. The consumer spent a little better than many expected. Consumer confide...
DAN POOLE The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE Moreover, the four motors of consumption -- that is wages, inflation, unemployment and consumer conf...
EMMANUEL FERRY Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM We may now see a pullback in spending. This winter and this Christmas shopping season are going to b...
QUINCY KROSBY Looking forward, consumer confidence could increase further should the rise in black consumer confid...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Consumer spending is likely to ease off slightly as some saturation starts to set in, real income gr...
DENNIS DYKES This is positive news leading up to the Christmas sales, suggesting what could be better-than-expect...
GEORGE LEAVEY The job market is firm, the outlook for hiring remains firm and hourly wages will pick up. Wages wil...
ZOLTAN POZSAR 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 The Fed has identified consumer confidence as the most important concept right now. They are extreme...
RUSSELL SHELDON The seasonally adjusted annual (industry-wide) sales rate in the last six months has exceeded 18 mil...
BOB REWEY We haven't had a single year of falling consumer spending since 1938. There's no boom or bust in con...
STEVEN WIETING Pessimism about New Zealand's short-term economic prospects and wariness about big spending commitme...
RICHARD MILLER Companies still aren't hiring, and until they do, it's hard to see strong consumer spending.
DOMINIC WHITE In the face of layoffs, tumbling corporate profits, falling stock markets and shakier consumer confi...
BILL THOMAS Worries of a housing-led consumer spending bust are overblown.
RICHARD BERNER Economists have to worry that if consumer sentiment remains depressed, spending could follow that do...
CARY LEAHEY A rebound today will allay fears the consumer sector is continuing to struggle. The improvement in t...
GAVIN REDKNAP I would say the consumer Internet companies - in a lot of ways, if you go inside the consumer Intern...
MARC ANDREESEN House price inflation has picked up in recent months; if this continues it has positive implications...
JOSEPH CAPURSO
The proposals are essential for the enhancement of consumer confidence, DAVID BYRNE The consumer reporting agencies used to view (consumer interaction) as kind of an expense and onerou...
JOHN DANAHER People are increasingly concerned, given what Wal-Mart said, that higher gas prices are going to hur...
ALAN RIFKIN Corporate balance sheets are in great shape and we look for business investment to keep the economy ...
CARL RICCADONNA We see this concept as the first consumer ready hydrogen vehicle.
DAVID WAGNER The Japanese consumer remains reluctant to buy U.S. beef.
BRUCE BERVEN Energy costs, which act as a tax on consumer budgets, are taking a smaller bite out of consumer pock...
CARL TANNENBAUM King's comments are consistent with rates remaining on hold for the foreseeable future. House prices...
AMIT KARA The increase is due largely to the decline in consumer confidence during 2005 as a result of concern...
ANDREW WOLLASTON The findings are invaluable to business owners and policy- makers in our communities. They use the d...
JAMES HOLMES If consumer confidence keeps surprising, it's going to make it easier for the Fed to keep the accele...
ENRICO CARUSO A takeover bid is underscoring prospects for the sector, which has been benefiting from a recovery i...
SUSUMU ABE That's one of the reasons why consumers are not going on a spending spree, though they're keeping th...
SUNG WON SOHN Increasing home prices and the ability of consumers to cash out their growing home equity has been a...
DENNIS JACOBE American consumer spending has been the economic driver.
DANIEL RAY Consumer spending will weaken in the months ahead.
RICHARD CURTIN
Energy price volatility is taking its toll on consumer confidence, as is the prospect of higher [int... JENNIFER LEE A further rise (in the Nikkei) would need support from good fundamental news, such as corporate earn...
KUNIHIRO HATAE
Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY Keep in mind, consumer confidence is tied to your job.
KATHLEEN CAMILLI Retail sales have shown tentative signs of a modest recovery from weak levels, but in our view a con...
MICHAEL PENN The momentum we saw coming into the second quarter has all but disappeared as businesses continue to...
LOREN LOVERDE We're looking at companies which are taking advantage of high energy prices, and we've been buying e...
MARKUS STEINBEIS The consumer confidence number was not good,
EVAN OLSEN We should see continued consumer weakness in October and November, while industry overall does quite...
HASEEB AHMED Construction spending remains strong due to continued economic growth.
DON JAMES This isn't a rosy time for anyone. The economy is not great, consumer confidence is down, and war is...
LAURENCE LEEDS The real drivers of consumer spending and demand are real disposal income and real income. Unfortuna...
JACQUES BOTHA Given recent macro and consumer data have been positive, Travis is a great recovery story on a 12-mo...
DARREN SHAW An undecided consumer simply means that he may soon begin to pull in his spending habits. Two-thirds...
PETER CARDILLO You have lower oil prices, you have a healthy employment situation and you have a consumer that is s...
GORDON FOWLER The new plans are a result of the new ADC regime which we welcome as it helps us deliver greater val...
MANOJ KOHLI Higher claims suggest slower job gains, which should dampen income growth, consumer spending, and ov...
STEVEN WOOD It's going to bother consumers. When you look at consumer confidence over time, the main things that...
KEVIN LOGAN There's no question that the strength we continue to see in the economy is driven by the consumer, ....
LIZ MILLER In seven of the last eight election cycles, real consumer spending growth has decelerated in the hol...
CARL STEIDTMANN A very decent set of numbers from Philips, with both semiconductors and electronics surprising. The ...
CORNE VAN ZEIJL But I think the underlying trend in terms of consumer spending and overall economic spending is actu...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN
As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can't be in a position of dictating to the cons... WILLIAM CLAY FORD, JR. As you can see, Christmas is spread out -- not just among December but among January as well. Promot...
DANA TELSEY We need other areas to fill the hole left by slowing consumer spending. Luckily mining investment an...
SHANE OLIVER Consumption is up considerably and that trend is not going to reverse itself. Higher oil prices are ...
DAN VERU The grass remains green only as long as you water it. Similarly, a relationship remains fresh only a...
UMA SHANKER
The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile. JULIE BISHOP Department stores during the New Year holiday looked quite busy, reflecting the recovery in consumer...
HIDEO ARIMURA Department stores during the New Year holiday looked quite busy, reflecting the recovery in consumer...
HIDEO ARIMURA The oil issue is continuing. It has a huge effect on market sentiment and on consumer spending.
DONALD SELKIN The consumer reaction has been very positive. GM believes it is important to build consumer awarenes...
ELIZABETH LOWERY Today's numbers show that consumers are not very optimistic about the economy. As a result, we will ...
GARY THAYER When we downgraded the PC stocks in September, we were concerned about signs of weak consumer demand...
ANDY NEFF
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