Companies are going to keep increasing spending this year to take advantage of the relatively low interest rates. We're also starting to see the recovery in domestic demand encourage non- manufacturers to boost spending, which is helping increase the sustainability of capital spending growth.
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Related Low and declining inventory levels naturally lead to increased production to build inventories in an... ANDREW NORWOOD Innovation and corporate governance are extremely important to improve the profitability of Japanese... SHINZO ABE I believe we were already in recession (before the attacks), but at least the consumer was holding u... BRIAN WESBURY Buying momentum for domestic-demand related stocks still exists on a recovery in consumer spending a... HIDEYUKI OOKOSHI We've been talking for a long time about capital spending growth being a key component of the sustai... JOSHUA FEINMAN Strong global demand for semiconductors is driving our customers to increase and accelerate their ye... JAMES MORGAN A domestic-demand-driven economic recovery is continuing, albeit at a slightly slower pace in Q3, ..... SEIJI ADACHI A domestic-demand-driven economic recovery is continuing, albeit at a slightly slower pace in Q3. St... SEIJI ADACHI There's no need to cut interest rates to stimulate consumer demand or investment spending. DENNIS DYKES Domestic demand is incredibly resilient now. With consumers set to increase spending now that deflat... AZUSA KATO How these companies sound isn't a terribly good basis for investing right now, ... The fact is that ... ARNIE BERMAN Capital spending is strong and will continue to be a key driver of growth. Japan's economy has clear... SEIJI ADACHI For North Asia, Korea is the prime candidate to see consumption-led demand in 2006, given the turnar... IRENE CHEUNG If we do get a housing slowdown, job growth is there to support a relatively decent pace of consumer... JAY FELDMAN If the U.S. Government was a company, the deficit would be $5 trillion because they would have to ac... MARC FABER We definitely see a leveling off in sales growth this year. However, there are a number of positive ... JAY MCINTOSH Overall we still believe the recovery in the housing market will start to boost household confidence... DOMINIC BRYANT And it is going into wages, which should boost spending. HEIZO TAKENAKA Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ... SHANE OLIVER The only negative is the guidance for capital spending this year, which is much higher than expected... FRANCIS CHEUNG We will see a change in the drivers of economic growth with capital spending taking a lead. There is... CARL RICCADONNA How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Last year we focused on placing one or more of our flagship products at the top semiconductor manufa... DON MITCHELL Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... The momentum we saw coming into the second quarter has all but disappeared as businesses continue to... LOREN LOVERDE The reality is that business and investment spending are the true leading indicators of the economy ... MARK SKOUSEN Some industries will benefit from the anticipated strength in domestic spending and the planned acce... DENNIS DYKES This is the highest level of weekly non-travel spending recorded to date. GRAHAM MUDD In seven of the last eight election cycles, real consumer spending growth has decelerated in the hol... CARL STEIDTMANN The country is entering a period of debt deflation, where households and businesses are forced to mo... LACY HUNT We will see a differentiation between chip companies that are exposed to pure IT spending and those ... JAYE MORENCY The scramble by resource companies to boost capacity to meet world demand and take advantage of reco... ANDREW HANLAN If you believe that higher interest rates will put a brake on the economy, the whole tech sector is ... HANS OLSEN We must work out if one year of increased spending is enough to boost growth and brand positioning, ... MORGAN STANLEY Growth will continue to come from private spending, exports of electronics and commodities, and the ... LESLIE TANG Weaker consumer spending backs the case for interest rates on hold. TOM KENNY The interest rates were so low we wanted to take advantage of it. We were afraid if we waited until ... BETH MACKIE We are seeing stronger growth for the semiconductor industry this year. They need new capital spendi... FRANK WANG The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The perception is that rates are going up, and people are lining up to buy homes because of that. It... CARL WEINBERG I expect consumer spending to continue to improve. The central bank is likely to raise interest rate... IM NO JUNG We often see an increase in criminal and fraudulent activity of all kinds during the holiday season.... ALEX JOHNSON So while some special factors may be boosting spending, the overall trend of spending is well out of... ROBERT BRUSCA Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates ... FAROOQ KATHWARI Marketing spending in the fourth quarter of 2005 was a precipitous drop from the two-year high of Q3... CARL HOWE The way China is looking to boost consumer spending is astounding. They are going to boost the minim... WILLIAM FUNG Exports also sustained growth in manufacturing. Government spending has accelerated and will continu... AMPON KITTIAMPON We see good signs in both corporate expenditure and spending, which are the key ... Especially in ex... HEIZO TAKENAKA Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL The headline figures are quite strong. Machinery orders are a leading indicator of capital spending,... YOSHIKI SHINKE There's bound to be a recovery in [capital spending] sometime soon. We have had basically no capital... BRUCE BARTLETT What we have been seeing is a change in the composition of growth, with businesses rather than house... MALCOLM EDEY It is being alleged that the Federal Government is 'cutting' spending. In fact, we are not &... CRAIG L. THOMAS The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO Fixed mortgage rates remain at historically low levels and thus should continue to fuel reasonably s... ALAN GREENSPAN With incomes outpacing spending I think American consumers will keep spending like crazy going into ... SAL GUATIERI As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued con... FAROOQ KATHWARI At the end of a long economic expansion, consumers tend to be overconfident relative to their spendi... CARL STEIDTMANN There is a 10-year lag in R&D spending, ... The spending that they're doing today isn't going to be ... BARBARA RYAN In spending lies the advantage. GEORGE HERBERT We expect to see a moderate increase in arrivals and healthier increase in visitor spending in 2006. FRANK HAAS The good news is that after seeing very significant reduced spending overall, companies are projecti... KEN ABOSCH Fundamentally, this company depends on capital spending coming back, and I think IT spending will co... DAVID WU Going forward, is there still adjustment in the pipeline? I think there is. The household savings ra... JAN HATZIUS Argentina says an agreement with the fund is not indispensable because they want to be able to keep ... DARIO PEDRAJO The big question heading into the fourth quarter and beyond is whether corporate profits hold up eno... KRISHNA SHANKAR 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 sectors we had expected to expand, such as general machinery and electric machinery, did indeed ... TAKUMI TSUNODA The pickup in domestic demand seems to be starting to boost activity in the tertiary sector. PAUL SHEARD The degree to which the Bush administration is willing to invest in conventional national security s... STEPHEN FLYNN The latest GDP figure confirms Japan's economy is now on a solid recovery trend with consumer spendi... HIDEO ARIMURA This report provides the first indication of the state of capital spending in the second quarter, an... BRUCE STEINBERG The correction of these imbalances and associated inflation pressures will require a slowdown in hou... ALAN BOLLARD That's not to say consumer spending will collapse, but there's no doubt it will lag growth in the re... ANTHONY CHAN Investment spending continues to be very vigorous. There was 26 percent growth in investment in the ... ALBERTO RAMOS Perhaps this is how she is spending her capital, ANN GERHART The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ... GREG VALLIERE Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for... PAUL RYAN A quicker-than-expected recovery in capital expenditure spending will probably be the biggest cataly... ADAM ADELMAN Looking ahead, domestic demand will be increasingly fuelled by the growth of business investment to ... WARREN JESTIN Domestic discretionary spending on education and health care and the environment has been growing at... JOHN SPRATT I encourage you not to approve deficit spending. BILL GILLETTE We must also redouble our efforts to reduce unnecessary spending elsewhere in the budget to help off... JOSHUA B. BOLTEN Issuing these types of bonds is a way for cities and school districts to take advantage of the relat... JOSE HERNANDEZ The ... report makes it clear that, without the treats given to us by tax cuts and low interest rate... JOEL NAROFF The good news is that this is going to go directly to the corporate bottom line. That's a real plus ... WAYNE AYERS
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