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PHILIP SHAW Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN The consumer confidence number was not good,
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KATHLEEN CAMILLI The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE The increase is due largely to the decline in consumer confidence during 2005 as a result of concern...
ANDREW WOLLASTON With combat in Iraq reaching its conclusion and consumer confidence on the rise, we believe consumer...
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The proposals are essential for the enhancement of consumer confidence,
DAVID BYRNE As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued con...
FAROOQ KATHWARI Several economic indicators including consumer confidence show the economy is still moving along at ...
MASAYUKI SENDA There is further weakness ahead for consumers. House prices are falling, home construction is soft, ...
JARROD KERR![]()
The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile.
JULIE BISHOP The seasonally adjusted annual (industry-wide) sales rate in the last six months has exceeded 18 mil...
BOB REWEY A further rise (in the Nikkei) would need support from good fundamental news, such as corporate earn...
KUNIHIRO HATAE [The report indicates] consumer spending is gearing back, ... It is very much in line with sagging i...
DOUGLAS PORTER Our taxes are too high. They deter foreign investors and hurt consumer confidence alike.
JUERGEN THUMANN Moreover, the four motors of consumption -- that is wages, inflation, unemployment and consumer conf...
EMMANUEL FERRY Consumer confidence is faltering anew, which does not bode well for spending in the near term at lea...
HOWARD ARCHER We don't intend to let a handful of rogues erode consumer confidence in Internet commerce or Interne...
JODIE BERNSTEIN Revenues and net income for the quarter were negatively impacted primarily by lower motor home deliv...
BRUCE HERTZKE Pessimism about New Zealand's short-term economic prospects and wariness about big spending commitme...
RICHARD MILLER It was not great, just good. The consumer spent a little better than many expected. Consumer confide...
DAN POOLE These are low consumer confidence numbers, more than likely affected by the hurricanes and high pric...
BARRY HYMAN If consumer confidence keeps surprising, it's going to make it easier for the Fed to keep the accele...
ENRICO CARUSO Restoring consumer confidence becomes more than just a matter of economic stimulus. A renewal in con...
RICHARD CURTIN![]()
Energy price volatility is taking its toll on consumer confidence, as is the prospect of higher [int...
JENNIFER LEE The economy is compounding saturation issues in the installed base, ... So I think until we see cons...
CHARLES SMULDERS We have already had strong July car sales, and now with consumer confidence this strong we get the i...
DAVID NAUDE The Conference Board's November consumer confidence Index fell in November for the fourth consecutiv...
KEN PERKINS The U.S. economy and consumer confidence remain strong, and demand for new cars and trucks continues...
BOB REWEY I think it is a critical number. It's one of the first readings we get on consumer confidence post-K...
GINA MARTIN In the face of layoffs, tumbling corporate profits, falling stock markets and shakier consumer confi...
BILL THOMAS Consumer confidence in all major markets has been slipping this year, a trend that has accelerated a...
GERARD KLEISTERLEE In a normal seasonal environment, we would expect higher revenue, ... Our expectations have been tem...
ANDY BRYANT This is positive news leading up to the Christmas sales, suggesting what could be better-than-expect...
GEORGE LEAVEY The rise in consumer confidence in general indicates that consumers' willingness to spend additional...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Strong employment and income gains, coupled with low mortgage rates continue to bolster consumer con...
BOB DUGAN I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be h...
BENNIE THOMPSON Slower U.S. growth may reduce growth in oil demand in the second half of the year. We are seeing pro...
DARIUSZ KOWALCZYK I'm confident for this year. We have an upside potential if in Europe, and especially in Germany, th...
JUERGEN HAMBRECHT Today the market caught the double-dip disease. Recent economic data, like yesterday's [Tuesday's] c...
NED RILEY![]()
In 2008, when the global financial crisis struck, it was a bad year for a lot of developing countrie...
ADI GODREJ The stronger consumer confidence, the more likely the Fed will keep hiking rates for longer. Yields ...
ALEX LI We believe the decrease in backlog at fiscal 2005 year end is due to lower consumer confidence level...
BRUCE HERTZKE The American consumer is like that bad guy in a zombie movie; shoot him; stab him. He keeps coming f...
ROBERT BRUSCA 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 With higher gasoline prices putting a dent in consumer spending and underlying inflation looking to ...
ANGUS CAMPBELL Gains in consumer prices will probably accelerate at a gradual pace as wages rise, consumption picks...
HIROMICHI SHIRAKAWA Creating back doors to hack in to secure devices will not only undermine consumer confidence in tech...
ARZAK KHAN The market is clearly responding to the drop in consumer confidence. It's hard to be terribly optimi...
HANS OLSEN And I think President Bush is going to get his tax cut, which also is going to help. But the consume...
DAVID PETERSCHMIDT There's a little bit of a slowing effect in February because of the weather, coming on the heels of ...
DAN POPOWICS I didn't expect such a strong Q3, with the fickle economy, the war in Iraq, and zigzagging consumer ...
CARRIE JOHNSON I didn't expect such a strong Q3, with the fickle economy, the war in Iraq, and zigzagging consumer ...
CARRIE JOHNSON A pause today is disappointing but understandable, whilst the Bank reassesses the extent of the slow...
CHRIS HUMPHRIES In our consumer confidence surveys, we ask people whether they think government economic policy is g...
JAY SCHMIEDESKAMP Signs of weakening U.S. consumer demand are weighing on investor confidence in Asian exporter stocks...
BARRO LIAO It was not a surge in personal income that gave rise to the consumption boost in the fourth quarter....
CHRISTIAN WELLER![]()
I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the...
HOWARD SCHULTZ We also see consumer confidence down a little bit. Houses are on the market a little longer. We're n...
BOB MOULTON The doldrums of summer haven't dampened the demand for our cars and trucks. Confidence in the econom...
DICK COLLIVER I think the Fed has at least one further tightening in June and another one in August. Until the Ame...
NED RILEY![]()
The crisis in Europe has affected the U.S. economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on b...
BEN BERNANKE It was a combination of a lot of things: concerns about emerging markets, a drop in consumer confide...
JOHN WILLIAMS to lower consumer confidence levels, driven primarily by the volatility of fuel costs. We anticipate...
BRUCE HERTZKE We were expecting a kind of balancing out between rising business sentiment and consumer confidence,...
EMMANUEL FERRY While the economy has not turned around yet, the worst may well be over. The upturn in confidence is...
LYNN FRANCO We don't doubt that the wide availability of effective security software products that detect and fi...
DIANE SMIROLDO At the moment we're estimating it will be mid-2006 before we see any kind of pick-up. There's the im...
GEOFF COOPER Given the demographics of the targeted Pier 1 consumer, we believe higher gas prices could limit spe...
ALAN RIFKIN In contrast to recent consumer confidence surveys, Canadians seem to show some strong resilience tow...
BRUCE GORDON We believe it is likely that the sales recovery will be pushed out by a few months as we expect mome...
LINDA KRISTIANSEN A rebound today will allay fears the consumer sector is continuing to struggle. The improvement in t...
GAVIN REDKNAP It's going to bother consumers. When you look at consumer confidence over time, the main things that...
KEVIN LOGAN Historically, shocks have had a short-term impact on consumer confidence, especially on consumers' e...
LYNN FRANCO If it isn't properly regulated, if people do make false claims, if we find that the market is underm...
ELLIOT MORLEY Some investors are worrying about the slowdown in the housing market, a key driver of the U.S. econo...
TORU UMEMOTO Even those over 50 joined the bandwagon changing their minds about South Africa's economic prospects...
CEES BRUGGEMANS The index has therefore moved to a higher level and instead of falling sharply as it has always done...
CEES BRUGGEMANS We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT![]()
Things said to a reporter in confidence should be kept in confidence.
DOROTHY KILGALLEN![]()
Eliminating the Death Tax will continue to restore consumer confidence, spur capital investment, and...
HOWARD COBLE Improved consumer choice and improved airline profits represent a win/win situation. Airlines that p...
CHRIS BARNES The good news is, as a result of that process, investors should have greater confidence overall in t...
LYNN TURNER The (durable goods) numbers show us the slowdown is accelerating more than expected and the jobless ...
BOB MCINTOSH In the short term, sales of some European consumer goods producers could suffer. However, on the oth...
JOCHEN CLAUSNITZER I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot, ... I think you're looking at a first quarter that's ...
DAVID ROSENBERG I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot. I think you're looking at a first quarter that's goin...
DAVID ROSENBERG Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.
LESTER MADDOX Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer
LESTOR MADDOX Consumer demand is expected to remain fairly healthy in 2006, especially given the further tax relie...
HUGO PIENAAR Consumer security is extremely important to any financial services organization, but the path to sec...
KARIM TOUBBA To a certain extent, Bush's speech about increased spending in the U.S. Gulf Coast is helping the ma...
PAUL NOLTE The Fed has identified consumer confidence as the most important concept right now. They are extreme...
RUSSELL SHELDON The data were the latest of several recent reports, including ones on jobless claims and consumer co...
ANTHONY KARYDAKIS Our economy is stronger than people have been talking about all year long. I am not surprised to see...
JAMES HUGUET While (Wilma won't affect) the oil sector, expect the insurance, retail and construction sectors to ...
GEORGE LEAVEY
PHILIP SHAW Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN The consumer confidence number was not good,
EVAN OLSEN Keep in mind, consumer confidence is tied to your job.
KATHLEEN CAMILLI The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE The increase is due largely to the decline in consumer confidence during 2005 as a result of concern...
ANDREW WOLLASTON With combat in Iraq reaching its conclusion and consumer confidence on the rise, we believe consumer...
GARY DILTS Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates ...
FAROOQ KATHWARI
The proposals are essential for the enhancement of consumer confidence, DAVID BYRNE As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued con...
FAROOQ KATHWARI Several economic indicators including consumer confidence show the economy is still moving along at ...
MASAYUKI SENDA There is further weakness ahead for consumers. House prices are falling, home construction is soft, ...
JARROD KERR
The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile. JULIE BISHOP The seasonally adjusted annual (industry-wide) sales rate in the last six months has exceeded 18 mil...
BOB REWEY A further rise (in the Nikkei) would need support from good fundamental news, such as corporate earn...
KUNIHIRO HATAE [The report indicates] consumer spending is gearing back, ... It is very much in line with sagging i...
DOUGLAS PORTER Our taxes are too high. They deter foreign investors and hurt consumer confidence alike.
JUERGEN THUMANN Moreover, the four motors of consumption -- that is wages, inflation, unemployment and consumer conf...
EMMANUEL FERRY Consumer confidence is faltering anew, which does not bode well for spending in the near term at lea...
HOWARD ARCHER We don't intend to let a handful of rogues erode consumer confidence in Internet commerce or Interne...
JODIE BERNSTEIN Revenues and net income for the quarter were negatively impacted primarily by lower motor home deliv...
BRUCE HERTZKE Pessimism about New Zealand's short-term economic prospects and wariness about big spending commitme...
RICHARD MILLER It was not great, just good. The consumer spent a little better than many expected. Consumer confide...
DAN POOLE These are low consumer confidence numbers, more than likely affected by the hurricanes and high pric...
BARRY HYMAN If consumer confidence keeps surprising, it's going to make it easier for the Fed to keep the accele...
ENRICO CARUSO Restoring consumer confidence becomes more than just a matter of economic stimulus. A renewal in con...
RICHARD CURTIN
Energy price volatility is taking its toll on consumer confidence, as is the prospect of higher [int... JENNIFER LEE The economy is compounding saturation issues in the installed base, ... So I think until we see cons...
CHARLES SMULDERS We have already had strong July car sales, and now with consumer confidence this strong we get the i...
DAVID NAUDE The Conference Board's November consumer confidence Index fell in November for the fourth consecutiv...
KEN PERKINS The U.S. economy and consumer confidence remain strong, and demand for new cars and trucks continues...
BOB REWEY I think it is a critical number. It's one of the first readings we get on consumer confidence post-K...
GINA MARTIN In the face of layoffs, tumbling corporate profits, falling stock markets and shakier consumer confi...
BILL THOMAS Consumer confidence in all major markets has been slipping this year, a trend that has accelerated a...
GERARD KLEISTERLEE In a normal seasonal environment, we would expect higher revenue, ... Our expectations have been tem...
ANDY BRYANT This is positive news leading up to the Christmas sales, suggesting what could be better-than-expect...
GEORGE LEAVEY The rise in consumer confidence in general indicates that consumers' willingness to spend additional...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Strong employment and income gains, coupled with low mortgage rates continue to bolster consumer con...
BOB DUGAN I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be h...
BENNIE THOMPSON Slower U.S. growth may reduce growth in oil demand in the second half of the year. We are seeing pro...
DARIUSZ KOWALCZYK I'm confident for this year. We have an upside potential if in Europe, and especially in Germany, th...
JUERGEN HAMBRECHT Today the market caught the double-dip disease. Recent economic data, like yesterday's [Tuesday's] c...
NED RILEY
In 2008, when the global financial crisis struck, it was a bad year for a lot of developing countrie... ADI GODREJ The stronger consumer confidence, the more likely the Fed will keep hiking rates for longer. Yields ...
ALEX LI We believe the decrease in backlog at fiscal 2005 year end is due to lower consumer confidence level...
BRUCE HERTZKE The American consumer is like that bad guy in a zombie movie; shoot him; stab him. He keeps coming f...
ROBERT BRUSCA 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 With higher gasoline prices putting a dent in consumer spending and underlying inflation looking to ...
ANGUS CAMPBELL Gains in consumer prices will probably accelerate at a gradual pace as wages rise, consumption picks...
HIROMICHI SHIRAKAWA Creating back doors to hack in to secure devices will not only undermine consumer confidence in tech...
ARZAK KHAN The market is clearly responding to the drop in consumer confidence. It's hard to be terribly optimi...
HANS OLSEN And I think President Bush is going to get his tax cut, which also is going to help. But the consume...
DAVID PETERSCHMIDT There's a little bit of a slowing effect in February because of the weather, coming on the heels of ...
DAN POPOWICS I didn't expect such a strong Q3, with the fickle economy, the war in Iraq, and zigzagging consumer ...
CARRIE JOHNSON I didn't expect such a strong Q3, with the fickle economy, the war in Iraq, and zigzagging consumer ...
CARRIE JOHNSON A pause today is disappointing but understandable, whilst the Bank reassesses the extent of the slow...
CHRIS HUMPHRIES In our consumer confidence surveys, we ask people whether they think government economic policy is g...
JAY SCHMIEDESKAMP Signs of weakening U.S. consumer demand are weighing on investor confidence in Asian exporter stocks...
BARRO LIAO It was not a surge in personal income that gave rise to the consumption boost in the fourth quarter....
CHRISTIAN WELLER
I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the... HOWARD SCHULTZ We also see consumer confidence down a little bit. Houses are on the market a little longer. We're n...
BOB MOULTON The doldrums of summer haven't dampened the demand for our cars and trucks. Confidence in the econom...
DICK COLLIVER I think the Fed has at least one further tightening in June and another one in August. Until the Ame...
NED RILEY
The crisis in Europe has affected the U.S. economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on b... BEN BERNANKE It was a combination of a lot of things: concerns about emerging markets, a drop in consumer confide...
JOHN WILLIAMS to lower consumer confidence levels, driven primarily by the volatility of fuel costs. We anticipate...
BRUCE HERTZKE We were expecting a kind of balancing out between rising business sentiment and consumer confidence,...
EMMANUEL FERRY While the economy has not turned around yet, the worst may well be over. The upturn in confidence is...
LYNN FRANCO We don't doubt that the wide availability of effective security software products that detect and fi...
DIANE SMIROLDO At the moment we're estimating it will be mid-2006 before we see any kind of pick-up. There's the im...
GEOFF COOPER Given the demographics of the targeted Pier 1 consumer, we believe higher gas prices could limit spe...
ALAN RIFKIN In contrast to recent consumer confidence surveys, Canadians seem to show some strong resilience tow...
BRUCE GORDON We believe it is likely that the sales recovery will be pushed out by a few months as we expect mome...
LINDA KRISTIANSEN A rebound today will allay fears the consumer sector is continuing to struggle. The improvement in t...
GAVIN REDKNAP It's going to bother consumers. When you look at consumer confidence over time, the main things that...
KEVIN LOGAN Historically, shocks have had a short-term impact on consumer confidence, especially on consumers' e...
LYNN FRANCO If it isn't properly regulated, if people do make false claims, if we find that the market is underm...
ELLIOT MORLEY Some investors are worrying about the slowdown in the housing market, a key driver of the U.S. econo...
TORU UMEMOTO Even those over 50 joined the bandwagon changing their minds about South Africa's economic prospects...
CEES BRUGGEMANS The index has therefore moved to a higher level and instead of falling sharply as it has always done...
CEES BRUGGEMANS We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT
Things said to a reporter in confidence should be kept in confidence. DOROTHY KILGALLEN
Eliminating the Death Tax will continue to restore consumer confidence, spur capital investment, and... HOWARD COBLE Improved consumer choice and improved airline profits represent a win/win situation. Airlines that p...
CHRIS BARNES The good news is, as a result of that process, investors should have greater confidence overall in t...
LYNN TURNER The (durable goods) numbers show us the slowdown is accelerating more than expected and the jobless ...
BOB MCINTOSH In the short term, sales of some European consumer goods producers could suffer. However, on the oth...
JOCHEN CLAUSNITZER I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot, ... I think you're looking at a first quarter that's ...
DAVID ROSENBERG I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot. I think you're looking at a first quarter that's goin...
DAVID ROSENBERG Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.
LESTER MADDOX Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer
LESTOR MADDOX Consumer demand is expected to remain fairly healthy in 2006, especially given the further tax relie...
HUGO PIENAAR Consumer security is extremely important to any financial services organization, but the path to sec...
KARIM TOUBBA To a certain extent, Bush's speech about increased spending in the U.S. Gulf Coast is helping the ma...
PAUL NOLTE The Fed has identified consumer confidence as the most important concept right now. They are extreme...
RUSSELL SHELDON The data were the latest of several recent reports, including ones on jobless claims and consumer co...
ANTHONY KARYDAKIS Our economy is stronger than people have been talking about all year long. I am not surprised to see...
JAMES HUGUET While (Wilma won't affect) the oil sector, expect the insurance, retail and construction sectors to ...
GEORGE LEAVEY
