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ADAM CARR Economists have to worry that if consumer sentiment remains depressed, spending could follow that do...
CARY LEAHEY What we take away as significant is a slightly bigger drag on first-quarter GDP as a result of the r...
JEOFF HALL I think the headline number is a bit misleading. It doesn't suggest that the economy is in trouble. ...
GARY THAYER This was a disappointing number relative to expectations and certainly consistent with the idea that...
CHRIS PROBYN Is this just a blip on the radar? I think it could be, ... The economy seems to be snapping back. Th...
KEN PERKINS The U.S. economy is at a good cruising speed. We can expect fourth- quarter GDP to be somewhat weake...
BERND WEIDENSTEINER With this jobless claims number, I don't know what the final figure would be, but some economists ma...
JOE FRANCOMANO As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued con...
FAROOQ KATHWARI It suggests the drag on the economy from the trade deficit in the third quarter will not be as great...
GARY THAYER Weaker consumer spending backs the case for interest rates on hold.
TOM KENNY Consumer spending will remain strong in the first quarter following the final quarter of last year. ...
AZUSA KATO Our results for the first quarter confirm that discretionary consumer spending is softening in New Z...
KEITH SMITH Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT I expect consumer spending to continue to improve. The central bank is likely to raise interest rate...
IM NO JUNG It wouldn't be surprising if there was a little bit of a pullback in consumer spending in the first ...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN Earnings growth is strong, interest rates are low, and the environment is positive for stocks. The m...
BOB STRAUS Consumer spending was really slowing down a lot in August and September. We're entering the fourth q...
KEVIN LOGAN The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS Cars seem to be pivotal in keeping the wheels of consumer spending turning and certainly this quarte...
CHRIS RUPKEY The markedly reduced mortgage equity withdrawal since its fourth-quarter 2003 peak has undoubtedly w...
HOWARD ARCHER It was nice to see that the high-income consumer, which slowed down spending in November, came back ...
LORI WACHS They beat the Street slightly, which is great. This is the third straight quarter of progress.
GLENN STEWART The September statistics confirm consumer spending during the third quarter remained extremely stron...
MARILYN SCHAJA Consumer spending, which [has] kept the economy afloat, should decline in the third quarter and lead...
BRUCE STEINBERG To a certain extent, Bush's speech about increased spending in the U.S. Gulf Coast is helping the ma...
PAUL NOLTE Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ...
FRANKLIN MORTON Taken together with the buoyancy of the service sector, the manufacturing figures leave us on track ...
NICK KOUNIS The diffusion index was slightly weaker than expected but capital spending plans by big firms weren'...
MAMORU YAMAZAKI I think that you're seeing acceleration in economic activity, in terms of consumer spending and real...
BILL DUDLEY Spending was up, a little weaker than expected... Nevertheless, the trend has been upward and it loo...
PATRICK FEARON Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates ...
FAROOQ KATHWARI A very decent set of numbers from Philips, with both semiconductors and electronics surprising. The ...
CORNE VAN ZEIJL This recent shift towards gift cards that retailers don't count until they're redeemed in January......
TED CARMICHAEL [The report indicates] consumer spending is gearing back, ... It is very much in line with sagging i...
DOUGLAS PORTER The consumer spending figures are better that what we were expecting... The October revision is impo...
DAVID NAUDE It will cut across a large group of consumer product and transportation companies. It's going to slo...
ROBERT MILLEN The latest GDP figure confirms Japan's economy is now on a solid recovery trend with consumer spendi...
HIDEO ARIMURA The headline number came in a lot weaker than expected, but when you comb through all the revisions,...
JEFF PALMA If we get a big kick start to the quarter with a strong April, that could offset us being a bit weak...
BOB SCHNORBUS We have been trading on the low side but, ahead of the CPI [Consumer Price Index] number tomorrow, b...
MIKE RYAN Going into the quarter the high-speed data number was going to be the focus and they came spot in li...
CRAIG MOFFETT That's a number that is just high enough that they make some money off the deal, but just low enough...
ADAM JACOBS [Although King is] reducing fourth-quarter 1999 and in some cases first-quarter 2000 estimates acros...
SUN MICROSYSTEMS A solid increase in January sets the stage for a quarter where real consumer spending is expected to...
LESLIE PRESTON Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON We are probably in the process of revising our first-quarter GDP estimate up again after we moved it...
GERALD LUCAS We are probably in the process of revising our first-quarter GDP estimate up again after we moved it...
GERALD LUCAS It's not a pocketbook issue for the American consumer. We're already applying pretty low tariffs to ...
ALAN WOLFF In seven of the last eight election cycles, real consumer spending growth has decelerated in the hol...
CARL STEIDTMANN It's on hold for the next move, either up or down, depending probably more on the GDP number,
PETER ADAMS We should still have a pretty good quarter for consumer spending. January retail sales, excluding au...
JOSH STILES We're definitely going to see a very strong first quarter. It looked like consumers were hibernating...
BRIAN BETHUNE I guess the thing I would say most fervently is that your original impulse to write something is an ...
ANTONYA NELSON And I think President Bush is going to get his tax cut, which also is going to help. But the consume...
DAVID PETERSCHMIDT To a certain extent, Bush's speech about increased spending in the U.S. Gulf Coast is helping the ma...
PAUL NOLTE Consumer spending is likely to ease off slightly as some saturation starts to set in, real income gr...
DENNIS DYKES Until when they see what they are threatened with, then shall they know who is weaker in helpers and...
QURAN She did a good job. They were sandwiching her down low at times with the zone.
KRISSY KUKAR It was a blow-out quarter, they did an incredible job. They blew away the consensus (forecast), and ...
MICHELLE APPLEBAUM We're already starting to hear from consumer advocacy groups that they absolutely are going to make ...
JOSEPH LASZLO It would depend on the UK's GDP (last year). Number one the nominal GDP growth and number two the ex...
CHEN XINGDONG
Strong anger can only make you weaker than you already are MUNIA KHAN DRAM prices are likely to be stable or rise slightly for the first quarter. It takes time to fix sup...
HELEN HUANG
Christopher Columbus was the first socialist: he didn’t know where he was going, he didn’t know ... WINSTON CHURCHILL It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN The rotation went out the window after the first quarter. They started going with whoever they wante...
JUSTIN ZWICK Companies are going to keep increasing spending this year to take advantage of the relatively low in...
AZUSA KATO Our expectation is that GDP will increase by 0.9% in the June quarter to be 2.1% higher that the Jun...
ADAM CARR The second quarter at this point looks like it's going to come in, perhaps, at 1.5 to 2 percent (rea...
BILL KIRBY The second quarter at this point looks like it's going to come in, perhaps, at 1.5 to 2 percent (rea...
BILL KIRBY We will see a differentiation between chip companies that are exposed to pure IT spending and those ...
JAYE MORENCY We know in general we'll avert a terrorist threat, and we try to get the first four to six episodes ...
EVAN KATZ With household finances already under considerable stress, one has to wonder if another round of rat...
BERNARD BAUMOHL The big theme in the fourth quarter is going to be consumption spending, that is the real driver.
ELISABETH DENISON We did a good job with the forwards collapsing down low. But we're not going to win many games scori...
LEE STEMPNIAK China's per capita GDP has topped 1,000 US dollars, which means a growing number of Chinese citizens...
FENG FEI China's per capita GDP has topped 1,000 US dollars, which means a growing number of Chinese citizens...
FENG FEI The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE We are maintaining our full-year 2005 GDP estimate at 4.8 percent, which implies an improvement in t...
EUBEN PARACUELLES The February CBI survey reinforces our belief that consumer spending will be unable to sustain the r...
HOWARD ARCHER Going forward, sales guidance could still be conservative for the third quarter and on gross margins...
APJIT WALIA Consumer confidence is faltering anew, which does not bode well for spending in the near term at lea...
HOWARD ARCHER Going forward, is there still adjustment in the pipeline? I think there is. The household savings ra...
JAN HATZIUS The fact that the final number is higher than the preliminary number shows that the American consume...
PATRICK FEARON The hurricane impact in the fourth quarter is going to be quite evident and people will look beyond ...
CRAIG CHAN These numbers are weak. Even if you factor in the upward revision to the April data, this points to ...
CALVIN SCHNURE I think it is a critical number. It's one of the first readings we get on consumer confidence post-K...
GINA MARTIN I think it is fair to say that there is a growing number of economists that question the stimulus,
TOM DASCHLE When we sit down with a consumer we see so many instances where they have items in their budget that...
MICHAEL MCAULIFFE Historically, shocks have had a short-term impact on consumer confidence, especially on consumers' e...
LYNN FRANCO The momentum we saw coming into the second quarter has all but disappeared as businesses continue to...
LOREN LOVERDE We are going for number one in the consumer market.
ANDREAS BARTH A takeover bid is underscoring prospects for the sector, which has been benefiting from a recovery i...
SUSUMU ABE Nintendo is probably going to wait to revise its forecasts until early April after it knows for sure...
EIJI MAEDA During the second quarter, we moved forward on a number of fronts. We're pleased with returning to s...
ALAN MCCOLLOUGH We have already had strong July car sales, and now with consumer confidence this strong we get the i...
DAVID NAUDE The first quarter is history. The focus is on what are prices going to be going forward. When they'r...
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