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ANDRE BAKHOS Oil was the biggest concern in terms of U.S. consumer spending.
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JACK RONEY People are increasingly concerned, given what Wal-Mart said, that higher gas prices are going to hur...
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JOE ABATE The profit forecast was too conservative. Increasing geopolitical risks will keep oil prices high an...
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TONY JOHNSON Companies still aren't hiring, and until they do, it's hard to see strong consumer spending.
DOMINIC WHITE We believe that consumer spending is going to bear the brunt of higher energy prices that we have se...
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MARILYN SCHAJA You've had not only a steady rise in actual oil and gas prices, but you have had a steady rise in th...
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LARRY PERUZZI The month-to-month gas price hike was driven primarily by increasing oil prices and speculation over...
CAROL THORP Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises con...
CHOI CHANG HOON The fact that investors are chasing commodity stocks on the back of higher oil prices, instead of se...
HITOSHI YAMAMOTO We had higher oil prices, higher gold prices, higher copper prices and even a higher Dow (Jones inde...
ANGUS GEDDES As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wa...
MICHAEL SOLOMON As CPIX (consumer price index less mortgage costs) continues to surprise on the downside and oil pri...
CHRIS HART Inflation is going to continue to rise based on the disruption from the hurricanes, high oil prices ...
CARL RICCADONNA Higher oil increasingly will creep into the indicators. Today, it biased the trade gap higher and pu...
DREW MATUS We should still have a pretty good quarter for consumer spending. January retail sales, excluding au...
JOSH STILES Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN I think the White House is very frustrated. There's been good data on gross domestic product, employ...
CESAR CONDA The market place is competitive, ... We are not really certain how oil prices are going to affect th...
GEORGE HELLER These projects are aimed at avoiding possible oil supply interruptions and restraining global crude ...
MA KAI Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States.
DICK CHENEY We have already had strong July car sales, and now with consumer confidence this strong we get the i...
DAVID NAUDE September sales were surprisingly resilient in the face of significantly higher gasoline prices. Whi...
EMME KOZLOFF Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
SHANE OLIVER Any bets on dollar weakness will be a bet that higher energy prices will divert consumer spending, w...
JEFF GLADSTEIN Because the economy is strong and job growth is strong, the consumer has not felt much pain, but tha...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH Consumer spending is likely to ease off slightly as some saturation starts to set in, real income gr...
DENNIS DYKES Worries of a housing-led consumer spending bust are overblown.
RICHARD BERNER Our real big concern is that the combination of rising bond yields, sustained high energy prices and...
ABHIJIT CHAKRABORTTI I continue to believe that the effects of higher gas prices on the consumer are overestimated. Most ...
RICHARD HASTINGS This oil shock could cause more damage to the industry than 9/11. That was a one-day tragedy that kn...
JOE GILL For the yen it's much to do with oil prices. High oil prices are an unambiguous negative for all Asi...
DAVID MANN The negative impact of high international oil prices was big in August. We can still expect a recove...
IM NO JUNG Energy issues are stronger on higher oil prices.
HIDEYUKI SUZUKI A report like this will continue to fuel the debate about how strong consumer spending will be over ...
ALAN GAYLE It was nice to see that the high-income consumer, which slowed down spending in November, came back ...
LORI WACHS Oil prices and continued inflammatory comments from Iran are driving gold.
DANIEL VAUGHT The spurt in world oil prices is totally unjustified as the oil producing nations are exploiting hig...
ALAN JOHNSON 10,000 is an assault on Everest and we're at the last base camp. The stronger consumer spending is, ...
DAVID JONES The question is -- and this is why the market hasn't reacted too negatively to the durable goods rep...
TONY CRESCENZI But I think the underlying trend in terms of consumer spending and overall economic spending is actu...
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The outlook for the group remains strong although the retail market is expected to remain highly com...
JOHN FLETCHER Last week, chain-store sales came in pretty strong. But if you stripped out gasoline sales from Wal-...
ELLEN BEESON There are fears in the market that the supply from Iran could be reduced. This is obviously positive...
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HOWARD SILVERBLATT Despite the strong domestic demand, high oil prices and rising food prices, inflation remains relati...
DENNIS DYKES Companies are doing well, but aren't passing their wealth on to employees. Consumer spending is unde...
JACQUES CAILLOUX Increasing home prices and the ability of consumers to cash out their growing home equity has been a...
DENNIS JACOBE consumer spending has not been dented by the hurricane-inspired rise in gasoline prices and fears of...
CHRIS RUPKEY The heaviest weight on the shoulders of investors shying away from the sector is the rise in oil pri...
BOB STRAUS There is further weakness ahead for consumers. House prices are falling, home construction is soft, ...
JARROD KERR Gas prices are going to keep rising and that's going to have a negative impact on consumer spending ...
BEN HALLIBURTON If crude oil prices hit $60 a barrel, that's going to stir up old fears of higher energy prices and ...
ANDRE BAKHOS Oil was the biggest concern in terms of U.S. consumer spending.
HIROSHI CHANO There's going to be an impact on companies' earnings and consumer spending with oil prices so high, ...
FRANKLIN MORTON Oil continues to dominate trade, with crude at or near the highs. Worries remain about how high pric...
JOE SUNDERMAN The oil issue is continuing. It has a huge effect on market sentiment and on consumer spending.
DONALD SELKIN Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS The most surprising aspect of the earnings release was management's more conservative outlook for th...
EMME KOZLOFF Probably the most critical impact of higher energy prices is their ability to weaken consumer spendi...
GAIL FOSLER Consumption is up considerably and that trend is not going to reverse itself. Higher oil prices are ...
DAN VERU You have lower oil prices, you have a healthy employment situation and you have a consumer that is s...
GORDON FOWLER We are proposing to define the budget deficit excluding oil revenues, instead of immediately cutting...
ALEXEI KUDRIN In general, the economy is proving to be resilient to energy and gas price pressure. It's on a growt...
MICHAEL ENGLUND Spain's strong consumer spending is backed not only by job creation but also by a significant rise i...
CARMEN NUZZO If gas prices are just holding steady and not increasing, and if incomes are rising, your gas bill i...
STEVEN WIETING We need other areas to fill the hole left by slowing consumer spending. Luckily mining investment an...
SHANE OLIVER The new dynamic is really a function of high oil prices and high gasoline prices and increasing reco...
JACK RONEY People are increasingly concerned, given what Wal-Mart said, that higher gas prices are going to hur...
ALAN RIFKIN The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of cons...
JOE ABATE The profit forecast was too conservative. Increasing geopolitical risks will keep oil prices high an...
HIROFUMI KAWACHI However, underlying performance is strong, amplified by high but volatile prices of oil, gas and pro...
LORD BROWNE You, me - everybody else is going to see it. The general consumer is going to see it - in the grocer...
TONY JOHNSON Companies still aren't hiring, and until they do, it's hard to see strong consumer spending.
DOMINIC WHITE We believe that consumer spending is going to bear the brunt of higher energy prices that we have se...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO The September statistics confirm consumer spending during the third quarter remained extremely stron...
MARILYN SCHAJA You've had not only a steady rise in actual oil and gas prices, but you have had a steady rise in th...
GEOFF KIEBURTZ The increase in oil prices is going to be problematic to the consumer as well as higher home heating...
ANN HURLEY Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates ...
FAROOQ KATHWARI
Finally, we should help developing nations like China and India curb their exponentially increasing ... BOBBY JINDAL Competition is increasing and people are expecting prices to come down.
KITTY CHAN With debt servicing ratios at record highs, house prices likely to remain soft and petrol prices str...
BILL EVANS It was not great, just good. The consumer spent a little better than many expected. Consumer confide...
DAN POOLE What that says is that even though crude oil prices are at near-record highs, gasoline prices are mu...
DAVID HACKETT Given the more challenging economic backdrop and widely reported consumer spending fragility this is...
GREG FEEHELY Strong crude oil prices were generally lifting sentiment in the precious metals market.
AKIRA DOI King's comments are consistent with rates remaining on hold for the foreseeable future. House prices...
AMIT KARA The consumer is already somewhat vulnerable in the year ahead as the tax-cut effects fade. If we con...
ETHAN HARRIS There has been a definite softening. Oil prices are starting to hit the middle-income consumer. It's...
DAVID ABELLA Gold prices are going up thanks to the concerns over high international oil prices that are rising m...
TANVIR ABID With higher gasoline prices putting a dent in consumer spending and underlying inflation looking to ...
ANGUS CAMPBELL Given the demographics of the targeted Pier 1 consumer, we believe higher gas prices could limit spe...
ALAN RIFKIN Strong global demand for semiconductors is driving our customers to increase and accelerate their ye...
JAMES MORGAN Agriculture came in better and remittances continued to be good. These two factors reduced the impac...
JOEY CUYEGKENG I think there's a sense that with oil prices as high as they are, that's carrying over to the consum...
JOE SUNDERMAN Consumer spending will remain strong in the first quarter following the final quarter of last year. ...
AZUSA KATO You can't have this kind of slowing in job growth coupled with rising energy prices and not see some...
ALAN GAYLE The general profile of consumer spending is still strong. The report shouldn't be enough to change e...
JAY FELDMAN Crude oil prices are the major determinant of gasoline prices.
JAMES WELLS The subsidy sharing is here to stay because oil prices are high and the government is not allowing a...
JASPREET SINGH
It appears that the threshold has been reached where consumers are feeling the pinch of higher gas p... RON PAUL
Where I think there is common ground now, and I think that goes for producer and consumer countries,... GORDON BROWN The consumer is not on a spending binge - consumer spending has moderated and I don't think there's ...
GREG VALLIERE As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued con...
FAROOQ KATHWARI
supply and demand price for oil stands at around $27, so $5 to $6 (of the current price) is pure spe... PETER HITCHENS
Big Oil behemoths are making out like bandits, while the average American family is getting killed b... CHUCK SCHUMER Consumers are beginning to feel the impact of higher oil prices in their pockets. Less confidence me...
LARRY PERUZZI The month-to-month gas price hike was driven primarily by increasing oil prices and speculation over...
CAROL THORP Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises con...
CHOI CHANG HOON The fact that investors are chasing commodity stocks on the back of higher oil prices, instead of se...
HITOSHI YAMAMOTO We had higher oil prices, higher gold prices, higher copper prices and even a higher Dow (Jones inde...
ANGUS GEDDES As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wa...
MICHAEL SOLOMON As CPIX (consumer price index less mortgage costs) continues to surprise on the downside and oil pri...
CHRIS HART Inflation is going to continue to rise based on the disruption from the hurricanes, high oil prices ...
CARL RICCADONNA Higher oil increasingly will creep into the indicators. Today, it biased the trade gap higher and pu...
DREW MATUS We should still have a pretty good quarter for consumer spending. January retail sales, excluding au...
JOSH STILES Far from being a leading indicator of consumer spending, consumer confidence has consistently missed...
CARL STEIDTMANN I think the White House is very frustrated. There's been good data on gross domestic product, employ...
CESAR CONDA The market place is competitive, ... We are not really certain how oil prices are going to affect th...
GEORGE HELLER These projects are aimed at avoiding possible oil supply interruptions and restraining global crude ...
MA KAI Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States.
DICK CHENEY We have already had strong July car sales, and now with consumer confidence this strong we get the i...
DAVID NAUDE September sales were surprisingly resilient in the face of significantly higher gasoline prices. Whi...
EMME KOZLOFF Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
SHANE OLIVER Any bets on dollar weakness will be a bet that higher energy prices will divert consumer spending, w...
JEFF GLADSTEIN Because the economy is strong and job growth is strong, the consumer has not felt much pain, but tha...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH Consumer spending is likely to ease off slightly as some saturation starts to set in, real income gr...
DENNIS DYKES Worries of a housing-led consumer spending bust are overblown.
RICHARD BERNER Our real big concern is that the combination of rising bond yields, sustained high energy prices and...
ABHIJIT CHAKRABORTTI I continue to believe that the effects of higher gas prices on the consumer are overestimated. Most ...
RICHARD HASTINGS This oil shock could cause more damage to the industry than 9/11. That was a one-day tragedy that kn...
JOE GILL For the yen it's much to do with oil prices. High oil prices are an unambiguous negative for all Asi...
DAVID MANN The negative impact of high international oil prices was big in August. We can still expect a recove...
IM NO JUNG Energy issues are stronger on higher oil prices.
HIDEYUKI SUZUKI A report like this will continue to fuel the debate about how strong consumer spending will be over ...
ALAN GAYLE It was nice to see that the high-income consumer, which slowed down spending in November, came back ...
LORI WACHS Oil prices and continued inflammatory comments from Iran are driving gold.
DANIEL VAUGHT The spurt in world oil prices is totally unjustified as the oil producing nations are exploiting hig...
ALAN JOHNSON 10,000 is an assault on Everest and we're at the last base camp. The stronger consumer spending is, ...
DAVID JONES The question is -- and this is why the market hasn't reacted too negatively to the durable goods rep...
TONY CRESCENZI But I think the underlying trend in terms of consumer spending and overall economic spending is actu...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN
The outlook for the group remains strong although the retail market is expected to remain highly com... JOHN FLETCHER Last week, chain-store sales came in pretty strong. But if you stripped out gasoline sales from Wal-...
ELLEN BEESON There are fears in the market that the supply from Iran could be reduced. This is obviously positive...
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