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Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending and consumer sentiment.


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ALAN GAYLE We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT People are increasingly concerned, given what Wal-Mart said, that higher gas prices are going to hur...
ALAN RIFKIN Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
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MICHAEL MALONE Americans are still worried about rising interest rates and high gasoline prices. That, along with t...
TERRY JONES Gas prices have a significant impact on the consumer psyche. These lower prices should be a boon to ...
KEN PERKINS There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ...
FRANKLIN MORTON Automotive leaders are cognizant of the lasting impact of rising gas prices on the minds of consumer...
BETSY METER If crude oil prices hit $60 a barrel, that's going to stir up old fears of higher energy prices and ...
ANDRE BAKHOS such a modest increase [in unemployment] is unlikely to have any impact on consumer confidence or af...
PHILIP SHAW If gas prices go up, the consumer is going to be a little tighter than they were.
ROBERT JOHNSON Consumption is up considerably and that trend is not going to reverse itself. Higher oil prices are ...
DAN VERU Probably the most critical impact of higher energy prices is their ability to weaken consumer spendi...
GAIL FOSLER Cooling housing markets will have a negative impact on consumer spending and employment. The dollar ...
YUJI KAMEOKA Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM We haven't yet seen the negative effect of gas prices on consumer spending. It's certainly not here ...
DELOS SMITH You, me - everybody else is going to see it. The general consumer is going to see it - in the grocer...
TONY JOHNSON The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE If gas prices are just holding steady and not increasing, and if incomes are rising, your gas bill i...
STEVEN WIETING The oil issue is continuing. It has a huge effect on market sentiment and on consumer spending.
DONALD SELKIN Our real big concern is that the combination of rising bond yields, sustained high energy prices and...
ABHIJIT CHAKRABORTTI As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued con...
FAROOQ KATHWARI Historically, rising gas prices have not had an impact on travelers to Hilton Head Island.
CHARLIE CLARK We believe that consumer spending is going to bear the brunt of higher energy prices that we have se...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO We have a very cautious consumer in an environment with rising prices for (things like) gasoline and...
AFTAB DADA Soaring gasoline and natural gas prices will have a major negative impact on family budgets and hous...
ANDREW JACKSON (ECONOMIST) Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates ...
FAROOQ KATHWARI The question must be asked as to what psychological impact there may be from this oft-cited [number]...
DAVID ROSENBERG In reality, it won't matter as much because other elements like spending and consumer sentiment look...
HANS OLSEN People are focusing on the impact of higher energy prices on the consumer instead of focusing on the...
DREW MATUS We can clearly see consumer prices starting to rise and investors are going to demand higher yields.
MAKOTO YAMASHITA I continue to believe that the effects of higher gas prices on the consumer are overestimated. Most ...
RICHARD HASTINGS We've been inundated with complaints. This company is engaged in the worst kind of consumer fraud, p...
DAVID KOLATA People are able to pull money out of their homes and put it into their gas tanks. So the overall eff...
MARK ZANDI Increasing home prices and the ability of consumers to cash out their growing home equity has been a...
DENNIS JACOBE We're looking at companies which are taking advantage of high energy prices, and we've been buying e...
MARKUS STEINBEIS As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wa...
MICHAEL SOLOMON The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE While there is evidence that GDP growth has touched bottom, the recent tax increases on certain cons...
DAMIAN FRASER What we have here is a dangerous mix of fast-growing debt and fast-rising unemployment that could qu...
JOHN LONSKI We were expecting a kind of balancing out between rising business sentiment and consumer confidence,...
EMMANUEL FERRY Consumer spending is likely to ease off slightly as some saturation starts to set in, real income gr...
DENNIS DYKES It appears that the threshold has been reached where consumers are feeling the pinch of higher gas p...
RON PAUL Economists have to worry that if consumer sentiment remains depressed, spending could follow that do...
CARY LEAHEY We fully expect sentiment to drop sharply, putting in place the conditions for much softer consumer ...
IAN SHEPHERDSON We will see a differentiation between chip companies that are exposed to pure IT spending and those ...
JAYE MORENCY Oil continues to dominate trade, with crude at or near the highs. Worries remain about how high pric...
JOE SUNDERMAN Despite the strong domestic demand, high oil prices and rising food prices, inflation remains relati...
DENNIS DYKES Technology investment drove growth in the 1990s, both directly and by fueling a rising stock market ...
ALEX BERENSON We have some inflation at the pipeline level, rising commodity prices, crude, material prices, thing...
CHARLES REINHARD The most surprising aspect of the earnings release was management's more conservative outlook for th...
EMME KOZLOFF I think this is just a token gesture, ... Gas prices are going to keep going up in the future.
MICHAEL CARTER High gas prices are eating away at consumer's disposal income and could lead to a further econom...
MAJOR OWENS Historically, shocks have had a short-term impact on consumer confidence, especially on consumers' e...
LYNN FRANCO Corporate balance sheets are in great shape and we look for business investment to keep the economy ...
CARL RICCADONNA The real drivers of consumer spending and demand are real disposal income and real income. Unfortuna...
JACQUES BOTHA Energy is going to catch the attention of the market. It's probably a force that's not going to leav...
JOHN AUGUSTINE Companies are doing well, but aren't passing their wealth on to employees. Consumer spending is unde...
JACQUES CAILLOUX Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises con...
CHOI CHANG HOON Producer prices seem to be rising at a slower rate than consumer prices and that is looking good for...
JOHN BEERLING The increase in oil prices is going to be problematic to the consumer as well as higher home heating...
ANN HURLEY We are starting to see a change in consumer behavior. Consumers are cutting back because of high pri...
MICHAEL FITZPATRICK With sentiment under considerable short- and long-term pressure, we know that 2002 is not going to b...
ANTHONY CHAN Obviously, it's going to have a negative impact on commission revenues.
EVA RADTKE Consumers report that the high gasoline prices are having a negative impact on their frequency of sh...
MICHAEL NIEMIRA With higher gasoline prices putting a dent in consumer spending and underlying inflation looking to ...
ANGUS CAMPBELL With debt servicing ratios at record highs, house prices likely to remain soft and petrol prices str...
BILL EVANS And I think President Bush is going to get his tax cut, which also is going to help. But the consume...
DAVID PETERSCHMIDT Although the cooling U.S. housing sector is going be a major drag on consumer spending as 2006 unfol...
SHERRY COOPER [Consumer prices are likely to catch up eventually, say economists.] I'm not a big inflation hawk, ....
DEAN BAKER As Japanese companies can no longer absorb the entire negative impact of rising basic material price...
JUNICHI MAKINO We may now see a pullback in spending. This winter and this Christmas shopping season are going to b...
QUINCY KROSBY Inflation, on the surface, does not appear to be a concern, but it's obvious that prices for some it...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN Inflation, on the surface, does not appear to be a concern, but it's obvious that prices for some it...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN If consumer confidence keeps surprising, it's going to make it easier for the Fed to keep the accele...
ENRICO CARUSO As far as energy prices and core consumer prices, so far it is all smoke and no fire. Rising energy ...
CHRIS RUPKEY At the moment, rising fuel prices are placing a cap on spending.
ANDREW HANLAN Consumption continues to rise on higher farm incomes, rising employment and increasing consumer loan...
AMPON KITTIAMPON The consumer can pop for a spree now and then, but spending at its basic level is pressured by a neg...
ROBERT BRUSCA It (consumer sentiment) was a little higher than expected, but the stock market has come back, gasol...
MARK VITNER King's comments are consistent with rates remaining on hold for the foreseeable future. House prices...
AMIT KARA Despite the fact that gasoline prices have obviously fallen dramatically from where they peaked afte...
AL HUBBARD The findings are invaluable to business owners and policy- makers in our communities. They use the d...
JAMES HOLMES The ripple effect from Hurricane Katrina may be far reaching, ... already sent fuel prices soaring w...
WILLIAM ADAMS What seems to be happening is that U.S. business sentiment is faltering and consumer sentiment is ta...
STEPHEN LEWIS I don't think anybody knows what the gas prices are going to do. We've seen all the indications that...
BILL DYER The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS This deregulation frenzy was predicated on low gas prices, and when gas prices go up it does not wor...
JANEE BRIESEMEISTER Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS In contrast to recent consumer confidence surveys, Canadians seem to show some strong resilience tow...
BRUCE GORDON People will probably find it hard to buy bonds ahead of the consumer-prices report. A strong trend o...
KATSUTOSHI INADOME The economy is going to be hit hard by Katrina, and it is going to be hardest on consumers who are a...
MARK ZANDI We haven't had a single year of falling consumer spending since 1938. There's no boom or bust in con...
STEVEN WIETING The heaviest weight on the shoulders of investors shying away from the sector is the rise in oil pri...
BOB STRAUS Worries of a housing-led consumer spending bust are overblown.
RICHARD BERNER consumer spending has not been dented by the hurricane-inspired rise in gasoline prices and fears of...
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BEN BAYOL The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for th...
BEN ELTON Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it...
BEN STEIN People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture ...
BEN ELTON If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
BEN JONSON Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towar...
BEN ELTON I'll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
BEN JOHNSON I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these courses. Well, as he brews, so ...
BEN JOHNSON In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak of art. In the ...
BEN HECHT Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effo...
BEN HECHT