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JAYE MORENCY Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM We should still have a pretty good quarter for consumer spending. January retail sales, excluding au...
JOSH STILES The general profile of consumer spending is still strong. The report shouldn't be enough to change e...
JAY FELDMAN Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS It was nice to see that the high-income consumer, which slowed down spending in November, came back ...
LORI WACHS Most big companies work in stealth until they think they have a consumer product ready to go.
BRENDAN IRIBE The job market is firm, the outlook for hiring remains firm and hourly wages will pick up. Wages wil...
ZOLTAN POZSAR Exports are strong and even consumption is beginning to bounce back. Companies appear to be willing ...
ANDREAS SCHEUERLE The September statistics confirm consumer spending during the third quarter remained extremely stron...
MARILYN SCHAJA Companies are hiring, but they're only hiring in a kicking and screaming mode. They explore all othe...
ANTHONY CHAN I don't think these companies results have merited getting hit this hard, but investors are getting ...
JOSEPH BEAULIEU![]()
Companies get an incredible return on their investment and feel they can't stop spending the money. ...
CHELLIE PINGREE As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued con...
FAROOQ KATHWARI I would say the consumer Internet companies - in a lot of ways, if you go inside the consumer Intern...
MARC ANDREESEN There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ...
FRANKLIN MORTON They're all working hard and really improving. They won't hit their strength until the winter and sp...
ERIC HOULE We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT We see additional consumer electronics companies coming on board.
BILL BUNCH If we do get a housing slowdown, job growth is there to support a relatively decent pace of consumer...
JAY FELDMAN We do believe that the U.S. housing market is a bubble in the sense that its contribution to consume...
JAN HATZIUS Given the more challenging economic backdrop and widely reported consumer spending fragility this is...
GREG FEEHELY![]()
Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
SAMUEL GOLDWYN Buying momentum for domestic-demand related stocks still exists on a recovery in consumer spending a...
HIDEYUKI OOKOSHI A report like this will continue to fuel the debate about how strong consumer spending will be over ...
ALAN GAYLE The consumer can pop for a spree now and then, but spending at its basic level is pressured by a neg...
ROBERT BRUSCA Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN The momentum we saw coming into the second quarter has all but disappeared as businesses continue to...
LOREN LOVERDE The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE We have already had strong July car sales, and now with consumer confidence this strong we get the i...
DAVID NAUDE Consumer spending will remain strong in the first quarter following the final quarter of last year. ...
AZUSA KATO The findings are invaluable to business owners and policy- makers in our communities. They use the d...
JAMES HOLMES Hiring continues to be extremely strong.
BARBARA HARTMAN![]()
Fixed mortgage rates remain at historically low levels and thus should continue to fuel reasonably s...
ALAN GREENSPAN I still see problems with spending.
DICK MEYERS It is a good time if you're willing to accept slow growth and slow improvement. We do not anticipate...
KURT BARNARD Companies are doing well, but aren't passing their wealth on to employees. Consumer spending is unde...
JACQUES CAILLOUX Now companies are convinced that the expansion is getting stronger and is sustainable and they are i...
ANTHONY CHAN There is no stiff competition in a business space regardless of what market news says until all comp...
ANUJ SOMANY![]()
Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful..
OGDEN NASH![]()
I expect by '07 there will be a significant decline in U.S. consumer spending, and I don't see what ...
GEORGE SOROS The recovery in consumer spending is in its infancy. Retail growth in real terms has been the weakes...
CRAIG JAMES![]()
The outlook for the group remains strong although the retail market is expected to remain highly com...
JOHN FLETCHER We haven't had a single year of falling consumer spending since 1938. There's no boom or bust in con...
STEVEN WIETING The Fed is not going to raise rates until they see several months of strong job growth. And even if ...
DONALD SELKIN When we sit down with a consumer we see so many instances where they have items in their budget that...
MICHAEL MCAULIFFE We've started to see a gradual improvement in the labor market, and that will slowly feed through to...
DOMINIC WHITE It's very possible that the companies (surveyed) were not sure at the time and answered that they we...
JOAN GREENBERG Consumer oriented chip companies are seeing more strength now. The rest of tech is still pretty weak...
APJIT WALIA The February CBI survey reinforces our belief that consumer spending will be unable to sustain the r...
HOWARD ARCHER No matter what the stores do, they still seem to not be able to stimulate spending.
BURT FLICKINGER Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING Rate hikes don't have to mean the death knell for tech spending. Fundamentals are still strong.
DAVID JOY You have lower oil prices, you have a healthy employment situation and you have a consumer that is s...
GORDON FOWLER![]()
And what do they want!?
DEYTH BANGER 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 I'd like to see a summer rally. I guess there's no guarantee. But overall, I think we're still prett...
DAVID KASLOW I'd like to see a summer rally. I guess there's no guarantee. But overall, I think we're still prett...
DAVID KASLOW Consumer spending in the U.S. slowed below even our own conservative estimates and corporate spendin...
CARLY FIORINA Companies are still very cautious because the outlook is uncertain and jobs are an investment into t...
ANDREAS SCHEUERLE This recent shift towards gift cards that retailers don't count until they're redeemed in January......
TED CARMICHAEL The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS We do not see any meaningful improvement in IT spending, and we are not counting on a strong holiday...
CARLY FIORINA We will see a change in the drivers of economic growth with capital spending taking a lead. There is...
CARL RICCADONNA It's hard to say if companies would leave, but attracting companies in would be an issue, if they se...
DENIS HANKS As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wa...
MICHAEL SOLOMON You only have to look at your electricity bill to see how people are spending less, and how this wil...
CELSO SENISE But I think the underlying trend in terms of consumer spending and overall economic spending is actu...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN![]()
I think how pleased he and Abigail would be if they were here to see how we've gathered today, ... t...
DAVID MCCULLOUGH It was still a shock to see it in black and white.
KATHY STRONG You can't have this kind of slowing in job growth coupled with rising energy prices and not see some...
ALAN GAYLE We do consumer products for India, white-good products for India and medical products for India and ...
BILL MUIR The markedly reduced mortgage equity withdrawal since its fourth-quarter 2003 peak has undoubtedly w...
HOWARD ARCHER I will personally encourage companies in the region to consider hiring these wonderful people.
BOB HARRIS American consumer spending has been the economic driver.
DANIEL RAY Consumer spending will weaken in the months ahead.
RICHARD CURTIN Today's numbers show that consumers are not very optimistic about the economy. As a result, we will ...
GARY THAYER Companies are making more and spending less.
HOWARD SILVERBLATT Generally, the companies that go for white box servers are smaller in size and not overly concerned ...
DAVID HALL![]()
There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see.
ROBERT FROST such a modest increase [in unemployment] is unlikely to have any impact on consumer confidence or af...
PHILIP SHAW We've been consistently surprised by the strength of the labor market. We still think over the next ...
ADAM CARR![]()
In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: ...
EVAN DAVIS The pace of consumer spending in the first half was too strong, so it will be slower in the second. ...
HIROAKI MUTO We may now see a pullback in spending. This winter and this Christmas shopping season are going to b...
QUINCY KROSBY Spain's strong consumer spending is backed not only by job creation but also by a significant rise i...
CARMEN NUZZO Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates ...
FAROOQ KATHWARI Employers expect less hiring activity than in the first quarter when 30 percent of the companies int...
JOSEPH TUERFF Offensive linemen arent real athletes.
ANTHONY WEAVER Given the continued improvement in labor and wage conditions of late and the likelihood that that wi...
OSAMU KATANO The big portals and the largest consumer brands and media companies are starting to embrace using th...
JEFF TREUHAST![]()
When I'm hiring a cook for one of my restaurants, and I want to see what they can do, I usually ...
BOBBY FLAY The cooling U.S. housing sector should apply a dampener to consumer spending as 2005-2006 unfolds, b...
SHERRY COOPER ‘PAY PEANUTS & GET MONKEYS’ is a correct thought all the way, but what they have to say about a ...
ANUJ SOMANY We achieved strong sequential and year-over-year revenue growth during the first quarter and began t...
HUSSEIN ENAN![]()
Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
SAMUEL GOLDWYN Worries of a housing-led consumer spending bust are overblown.
RICHARD BERNER Our bodies still exist. We still have needs, strong needs, to see, touch and smell people.
BARRY WELLMAN
JAYE MORENCY Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM We should still have a pretty good quarter for consumer spending. January retail sales, excluding au...
JOSH STILES The general profile of consumer spending is still strong. The report shouldn't be enough to change e...
JAY FELDMAN Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS It was nice to see that the high-income consumer, which slowed down spending in November, came back ...
LORI WACHS Most big companies work in stealth until they think they have a consumer product ready to go.
BRENDAN IRIBE The job market is firm, the outlook for hiring remains firm and hourly wages will pick up. Wages wil...
ZOLTAN POZSAR Exports are strong and even consumption is beginning to bounce back. Companies appear to be willing ...
ANDREAS SCHEUERLE The September statistics confirm consumer spending during the third quarter remained extremely stron...
MARILYN SCHAJA Companies are hiring, but they're only hiring in a kicking and screaming mode. They explore all othe...
ANTHONY CHAN I don't think these companies results have merited getting hit this hard, but investors are getting ...
JOSEPH BEAULIEU
Companies get an incredible return on their investment and feel they can't stop spending the money. ... CHELLIE PINGREE As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued con...
FAROOQ KATHWARI I would say the consumer Internet companies - in a lot of ways, if you go inside the consumer Intern...
MARC ANDREESEN There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ...
FRANKLIN MORTON They're all working hard and really improving. They won't hit their strength until the winter and sp...
ERIC HOULE We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT We see additional consumer electronics companies coming on board.
BILL BUNCH If we do get a housing slowdown, job growth is there to support a relatively decent pace of consumer...
JAY FELDMAN We do believe that the U.S. housing market is a bubble in the sense that its contribution to consume...
JAN HATZIUS Given the more challenging economic backdrop and widely reported consumer spending fragility this is...
GREG FEEHELY
Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white. SAMUEL GOLDWYN Buying momentum for domestic-demand related stocks still exists on a recovery in consumer spending a...
HIDEYUKI OOKOSHI A report like this will continue to fuel the debate about how strong consumer spending will be over ...
ALAN GAYLE The consumer can pop for a spree now and then, but spending at its basic level is pressured by a neg...
ROBERT BRUSCA Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN The momentum we saw coming into the second quarter has all but disappeared as businesses continue to...
LOREN LOVERDE The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE We have already had strong July car sales, and now with consumer confidence this strong we get the i...
DAVID NAUDE Consumer spending will remain strong in the first quarter following the final quarter of last year. ...
AZUSA KATO The findings are invaluable to business owners and policy- makers in our communities. They use the d...
JAMES HOLMES Hiring continues to be extremely strong.
BARBARA HARTMAN
Fixed mortgage rates remain at historically low levels and thus should continue to fuel reasonably s... ALAN GREENSPAN I still see problems with spending.
DICK MEYERS It is a good time if you're willing to accept slow growth and slow improvement. We do not anticipate...
KURT BARNARD Companies are doing well, but aren't passing their wealth on to employees. Consumer spending is unde...
JACQUES CAILLOUX Now companies are convinced that the expansion is getting stronger and is sustainable and they are i...
ANTHONY CHAN There is no stiff competition in a business space regardless of what market news says until all comp...
ANUJ SOMANY
Poets arent very usefulBecause they aren't consumeful or produceful.. OGDEN NASH
I expect by '07 there will be a significant decline in U.S. consumer spending, and I don't see what ... GEORGE SOROS The recovery in consumer spending is in its infancy. Retail growth in real terms has been the weakes...
CRAIG JAMES
The outlook for the group remains strong although the retail market is expected to remain highly com... JOHN FLETCHER We haven't had a single year of falling consumer spending since 1938. There's no boom or bust in con...
STEVEN WIETING The Fed is not going to raise rates until they see several months of strong job growth. And even if ...
DONALD SELKIN When we sit down with a consumer we see so many instances where they have items in their budget that...
MICHAEL MCAULIFFE We've started to see a gradual improvement in the labor market, and that will slowly feed through to...
DOMINIC WHITE It's very possible that the companies (surveyed) were not sure at the time and answered that they we...
JOAN GREENBERG Consumer oriented chip companies are seeing more strength now. The rest of tech is still pretty weak...
APJIT WALIA The February CBI survey reinforces our belief that consumer spending will be unable to sustain the r...
HOWARD ARCHER No matter what the stores do, they still seem to not be able to stimulate spending.
BURT FLICKINGER Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING Rate hikes don't have to mean the death knell for tech spending. Fundamentals are still strong.
DAVID JOY You have lower oil prices, you have a healthy employment situation and you have a consumer that is s...
GORDON FOWLER
And what do they want!? DEYTH BANGER 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 I'd like to see a summer rally. I guess there's no guarantee. But overall, I think we're still prett...
DAVID KASLOW I'd like to see a summer rally. I guess there's no guarantee. But overall, I think we're still prett...
DAVID KASLOW Consumer spending in the U.S. slowed below even our own conservative estimates and corporate spendin...
CARLY FIORINA Companies are still very cautious because the outlook is uncertain and jobs are an investment into t...
ANDREAS SCHEUERLE This recent shift towards gift cards that retailers don't count until they're redeemed in January......
TED CARMICHAEL The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS We do not see any meaningful improvement in IT spending, and we are not counting on a strong holiday...
CARLY FIORINA We will see a change in the drivers of economic growth with capital spending taking a lead. There is...
CARL RICCADONNA It's hard to say if companies would leave, but attracting companies in would be an issue, if they se...
DENIS HANKS As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wa...
MICHAEL SOLOMON You only have to look at your electricity bill to see how people are spending less, and how this wil...
CELSO SENISE But I think the underlying trend in terms of consumer spending and overall economic spending is actu...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN
I think how pleased he and Abigail would be if they were here to see how we've gathered today, ... t... DAVID MCCULLOUGH It was still a shock to see it in black and white.
KATHY STRONG You can't have this kind of slowing in job growth coupled with rising energy prices and not see some...
ALAN GAYLE We do consumer products for India, white-good products for India and medical products for India and ...
BILL MUIR The markedly reduced mortgage equity withdrawal since its fourth-quarter 2003 peak has undoubtedly w...
HOWARD ARCHER I will personally encourage companies in the region to consider hiring these wonderful people.
BOB HARRIS American consumer spending has been the economic driver.
DANIEL RAY Consumer spending will weaken in the months ahead.
RICHARD CURTIN Today's numbers show that consumers are not very optimistic about the economy. As a result, we will ...
GARY THAYER Companies are making more and spending less.
HOWARD SILVERBLATT Generally, the companies that go for white box servers are smaller in size and not overly concerned ...
DAVID HALL
There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see. ROBERT FROST such a modest increase [in unemployment] is unlikely to have any impact on consumer confidence or af...
PHILIP SHAW We've been consistently surprised by the strength of the labor market. We still think over the next ...
ADAM CARR
In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: ... EVAN DAVIS The pace of consumer spending in the first half was too strong, so it will be slower in the second. ...
HIROAKI MUTO We may now see a pullback in spending. This winter and this Christmas shopping season are going to b...
QUINCY KROSBY Spain's strong consumer spending is backed not only by job creation but also by a significant rise i...
CARMEN NUZZO Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates ...
FAROOQ KATHWARI Employers expect less hiring activity than in the first quarter when 30 percent of the companies int...
JOSEPH TUERFF Offensive linemen arent real athletes.
ANTHONY WEAVER Given the continued improvement in labor and wage conditions of late and the likelihood that that wi...
OSAMU KATANO The big portals and the largest consumer brands and media companies are starting to embrace using th...
JEFF TREUHAST
When I'm hiring a cook for one of my restaurants, and I want to see what they can do, I usually ... BOBBY FLAY The cooling U.S. housing sector should apply a dampener to consumer spending as 2005-2006 unfolds, b...
SHERRY COOPER ‘PAY PEANUTS & GET MONKEYS’ is a correct thought all the way, but what they have to say about a ...
ANUJ SOMANY We achieved strong sequential and year-over-year revenue growth during the first quarter and began t...
HUSSEIN ENAN
Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white. SAMUEL GOLDWYN Worries of a housing-led consumer spending bust are overblown.
RICHARD BERNER Our bodies still exist. We still have needs, strong needs, to see, touch and smell people.
BARRY WELLMAN
If I could uninvent anything, I would uninvent Hitler's mum, guns and broccoli. 
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I enjoy the preparatory elements of travel - packing my bags and choosing my outfits - but my favour... 
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It's a very depressing, dark place, ... And the walls are just stained with sadness. 