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SCOTT MCCOWN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES The polls are with us on this. They say the American people, more than anything, want to see spendin...
JOHN FLEMING [And at a Capitol Hill news conference, Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that huge tax cut...
LAWRENCE SUMMERS There is no interruption to aggressive demand and consumers are still being supported by the low pri...
MANDLA MALEKA I hope that we've raised the consciousness of consumers and companies alike about the importance of ...
MARK WEBB [Consumers, through a heady mix of equating patriotism with spending and being bolstered by low inte...
BOB TURNER The legislature has given us the task of protecting consumers who pay someone else to prepare their ...
ELAINE LYTTLETON I'm all in favor of the tax cuts, but I think that the administration has to eat their spinach along...
CHRIS EDWARDS![]()
Interest rate cuts have an effect in stimulating an economy by directly or indirectly making someone...
EVAN DAVIS He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings. (on his coach, John Jenkins, 1991)
TORRIN POLK Consumers report that the high gasoline prices are having a negative impact on their frequency of sh...
MICHAEL NIEMIRA Increased confidence, a strong housing sector and low interest rates have got Australian consumers i...
CRAIG JAMES![]()
It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us.
WALTER BENJAMIN Consumers are always concerned about the economy but the key is whether they are predisposed to incr...
MICHAEL ENGLUND This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low inter...
MARSHALL ACUFF If consumer confidence holds steady, and consumers spend the money from tax cuts, and once business ...
RAJEEV DHAWAN We can't just talk dollars when you talk about these cuts. These are impacting real people. Bush's b...
DEBORAH WEINSTEIN We think there are no magic puddings ... any new spending and tax cuts will need to be paid for by c...
DANIELLE WESTWATER We have said throughout the campaign that New Zealanders would pay for National's tax cuts through h...
MICHAEL CULLEN Tax cuts would probably flow directly into corporate profits. Companies are lean and mean today, com...
CHRISTINE CALLIES Manufacturing has already been in an a recession ... but we were looking for a fourth-quarter turnar...
HANK COX offer competitive interest rates and they're very convenient for many consumers who can shop for an ...
DAVID MCKAY The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let...
JOHN MCCAIN Property prices may drop, but I do not think it will drop that fast. The consumers are more financia...
ZENG HAN JUN If the U.S. Government was a company, the deficit would be $5 trillion because they would have to ac...
MARC FABER This is coming in an environment where consumers are being challenged by higher interest rates and e...
CARL TANNENBAUM Low-income Canadians benefit relatively little from these tax cuts, yet they may be hurt a great dea...
ELLEN RUSSELL When interest rates are high you want the average direction in which interest rates are moving to be...
JOHN HULL![]()
Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worr...
CRAIG GROESCHEL We are separated by language, by expression, by culture - But emotion cuts across all these and make...
FEMALE IMAGINATION Last Friday's unexpectedly weak employment report caused interest rates on long-term Treasury bonds ...
AMY CUTTS Last Friday's unexpectedly weak employment report caused interest rates on long-term Treasury bonds ...
AMY CREWS CUTTS![]()
Well, I think the reality is that as you study - when President Kennedy cut marginal tax rates, when...
MIKE PENCE The difference between the '80s and '90s and now is that inflation and interest rates are already lo...
FRANCOIS TRAHAN The raises in interest rates will reduce the willingness and ability of consumers to continue their ...
SCOTT HOYT![]()
The market is not focused on imbalances, but rather interest rates and in the US right now they are ...
DAVID GILMORE Our stores report that visitor traffic is up by single digits and that they are spending much more o...
ERICA NEVES![]()
Low interest rates benefit individuals or investors who own or want to buy assets; in that regard, t...
JOHN DELANEY Consumers are still spending money, it's just that they have are not trying to buy every vehicle on ...
JOEL NAROFF Weaker consumer spending backs the case for interest rates on hold.
TOM KENNY The report focuses on prices paid by consumers without insurance and in doing so excludes manufactur...
PAUL FITZHENRY It looks as if they are pretty confident on the growth momentum being maintained. They are using the...
ED TEATHER It also reflects the wrong priorities by cutting important programs like education and Medicare to f...
CARL LEVIN What we're seeing in the report is clear signs that manufacturing has turned. And I think it's turne...
BRUCE KASMAN Earnings are still going to grow as interest rates and inflation remain low.
ED YARDENI![]()
A bunch of problems that we have ahead of us are largely because of these tax cuts. They are very co...
MARK ZANDI![]()
The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever r...
THOMAS SOWELL I think the Fed still has no other choice but still to raise rates. I know that there's some rumors ...
MARC GABELLI I just hope they (the Mustangs) are still sympathetic to us. I hope they continue to help us out and...
CHRIS SCELFO This last comment is crucial, especially when the U.S. Congress last night rejected restrictions on ...
ASHRAF LAIDI Consumer spending in the U.S. slowed below even our own conservative estimates and corporate spendin...
CARLY FIORINA If the Fed continues to raise interest rates, it puts a damper on the spirits of voters and consumer...
ETHAN SIEGAL It's a good way for the utility to spread the cost out over time and at a time too, when interest ra...
BRIAN YOUNGBERG![]()
although Dell is executing well amid weak demand, we remain cautious on Dell given sharply lower IT ...
MICHAEL DELL In my view, until the U.S. tax policy is revised, not just tax extenders but the reform of tax polic...
LOUIS R. CHENEVERT![]()
Tax increases slow economic growth. Why would you raise taxes? We need to reform spending, the tens ...
GROVER NORQUIST![]()
Much fiscal policy is implemented, not through spending increases, but through tax credits and other...
ALAN GREENSPAN Companies are going to keep increasing spending this year to take advantage of the relatively low in...
AZUSA KATO I can't guarantee that interest rates will stay eternally at their current low levels.
GUY QUADEN 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 This month's [survey] data indicate that consumers are trying to keep their credit usage in check. I...
ALLEN GROMMET![]()
Now, I do think when we move into 2012 and '13 when, presumably, the economy is on firmer ground...
MARK ZANDI Inflation is still higher than nominal interest rates, and this is a clear sign that monetary condit...
JOSEPH TAN Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere...
ESMAEL ADIBI The cuts in the loan program do not have any effect on money used by the student to meet the cost of...
DAN SMALL It's a very serious negative item on your report, on par with a tax lien or a bankruptcy. You will d...
MAXINE SWEET The perception is that rates are going up, and people are lining up to buy homes because of that. It...
CARL WEINBERG![]()
If, before 2020, there is a choice between further spending cuts, more borrowing and tax rises, the ...
THERESA MAY My guess is interest rates are going to rise. And both residential and commercial development will s...
BRIAN ROONEY This report will not change the Fed's view on the inflation outlook -- they will keep rates low for ...
SHERRY COOPER![]()
It's one of the things that makes us different than they are, Harry. The blood on their hands does n...
JIM BUTCHER![]()
Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of the...
ROGER CARAS Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of thei...
ROGER A. CARAS This administration has no plan, no vision, no answer beyond simplistic knee-jerk tax cuts for the w...
DICK GEPHARDT I strongly support extending current student loan interest rates and increasing the college tuition ...
SCOTT HOWELL![]()
God forbid that the United Kingdom should take a lead and introduce a sensible tax system of its own...
NIGEL LAWSON We like to play a slow game. They ran on us and we got winded; then they just kept running on us.
ALEX SHACKLETON Consolation games are tough, just by their nature. We got off to a slow start, and Dartmouth took it...
DON VAUGHAN![]()
The greatest threat facing America today is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government, ma...
RON PAUL It's 2005. We have the drugs to treat HIV, and good science shows that condoms and clean needles for...
CHARLES KING By using Social Security trust fund dollars to pay for tax cuts and other government spending, the a...
KENT CONRAD![]()
Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own ...
SIMON SINEK European production could pick up in the first quarter, with Germany doing better than its neighbors...
JOERG KRAEMER![]()
In Greece, Italy and, to a lesser extent, France, unsustainable tax cuts and spending sprees added t...
EDMUND PHELPS Essentially, they've targeted the most vulnerable in our communities -- children, the aged, the blin...
CHARLES RANGEL Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING The combination of combining business trips with leisure so that business people can come and they c...
ALEXIS MUELLNER It's the combination of massive tax cuts combined with massive spending on Iraq and Katrina when we ...
KENT CONRAD![]()
Common sense told us that when you put a big tax on something, the people will produce less of it. S...
RONALD REAGAN In reality, it won't matter as much because other elements like spending and consumer sentiment look...
HANS OLSEN Fresh worries about rising inflation in the US and the extent to which the US Federal Reserve will r...
FRANCIS LUN Given the low rating of the shares, we would hope they would be buying them and indeed they are,
HILARY COOK The budget deficit is on the radar again due to the emergency spending packages and the lack of any ...
ASHRAF LAIDI So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many o...
HERBIE HANCOCK If you are anticipating higher inflation and a rise in interest rates, it will slow down demand for ...
HENK POTTS The economy could slow down, and there is still uncertainty about interest rates.
GERARD CASSIDY It was a pleasant surprise that long-term interest rates stayed low.
JUAN FERNANDEZ We have low interest rates and a real estate sales boom that signals to builders and developers that...
ERIK KNODER
SCOTT MCCOWN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES The polls are with us on this. They say the American people, more than anything, want to see spendin...
JOHN FLEMING [And at a Capitol Hill news conference, Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that huge tax cut...
LAWRENCE SUMMERS There is no interruption to aggressive demand and consumers are still being supported by the low pri...
MANDLA MALEKA I hope that we've raised the consciousness of consumers and companies alike about the importance of ...
MARK WEBB [Consumers, through a heady mix of equating patriotism with spending and being bolstered by low inte...
BOB TURNER The legislature has given us the task of protecting consumers who pay someone else to prepare their ...
ELAINE LYTTLETON I'm all in favor of the tax cuts, but I think that the administration has to eat their spinach along...
CHRIS EDWARDS
Interest rate cuts have an effect in stimulating an economy by directly or indirectly making someone... EVAN DAVIS He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings. (on his coach, John Jenkins, 1991)
TORRIN POLK Consumers report that the high gasoline prices are having a negative impact on their frequency of sh...
MICHAEL NIEMIRA Increased confidence, a strong housing sector and low interest rates have got Australian consumers i...
CRAIG JAMES
It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us. WALTER BENJAMIN Consumers are always concerned about the economy but the key is whether they are predisposed to incr...
MICHAEL ENGLUND This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low inter...
MARSHALL ACUFF If consumer confidence holds steady, and consumers spend the money from tax cuts, and once business ...
RAJEEV DHAWAN We can't just talk dollars when you talk about these cuts. These are impacting real people. Bush's b...
DEBORAH WEINSTEIN We think there are no magic puddings ... any new spending and tax cuts will need to be paid for by c...
DANIELLE WESTWATER We have said throughout the campaign that New Zealanders would pay for National's tax cuts through h...
MICHAEL CULLEN Tax cuts would probably flow directly into corporate profits. Companies are lean and mean today, com...
CHRISTINE CALLIES Manufacturing has already been in an a recession ... but we were looking for a fourth-quarter turnar...
HANK COX offer competitive interest rates and they're very convenient for many consumers who can shop for an ...
DAVID MCKAY The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let...
JOHN MCCAIN Property prices may drop, but I do not think it will drop that fast. The consumers are more financia...
ZENG HAN JUN If the U.S. Government was a company, the deficit would be $5 trillion because they would have to ac...
MARC FABER This is coming in an environment where consumers are being challenged by higher interest rates and e...
CARL TANNENBAUM Low-income Canadians benefit relatively little from these tax cuts, yet they may be hurt a great dea...
ELLEN RUSSELL When interest rates are high you want the average direction in which interest rates are moving to be...
JOHN HULL
Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worr... CRAIG GROESCHEL We are separated by language, by expression, by culture - But emotion cuts across all these and make...
FEMALE IMAGINATION Last Friday's unexpectedly weak employment report caused interest rates on long-term Treasury bonds ...
AMY CUTTS Last Friday's unexpectedly weak employment report caused interest rates on long-term Treasury bonds ...
AMY CREWS CUTTS
Well, I think the reality is that as you study - when President Kennedy cut marginal tax rates, when... MIKE PENCE The difference between the '80s and '90s and now is that inflation and interest rates are already lo...
FRANCOIS TRAHAN The raises in interest rates will reduce the willingness and ability of consumers to continue their ...
SCOTT HOYT
The market is not focused on imbalances, but rather interest rates and in the US right now they are ... DAVID GILMORE Our stores report that visitor traffic is up by single digits and that they are spending much more o...
ERICA NEVES
Low interest rates benefit individuals or investors who own or want to buy assets; in that regard, t... JOHN DELANEY Consumers are still spending money, it's just that they have are not trying to buy every vehicle on ...
JOEL NAROFF Weaker consumer spending backs the case for interest rates on hold.
TOM KENNY The report focuses on prices paid by consumers without insurance and in doing so excludes manufactur...
PAUL FITZHENRY It looks as if they are pretty confident on the growth momentum being maintained. They are using the...
ED TEATHER It also reflects the wrong priorities by cutting important programs like education and Medicare to f...
CARL LEVIN What we're seeing in the report is clear signs that manufacturing has turned. And I think it's turne...
BRUCE KASMAN Earnings are still going to grow as interest rates and inflation remain low.
ED YARDENI
A bunch of problems that we have ahead of us are largely because of these tax cuts. They are very co... MARK ZANDI
The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever r... THOMAS SOWELL I think the Fed still has no other choice but still to raise rates. I know that there's some rumors ...
MARC GABELLI I just hope they (the Mustangs) are still sympathetic to us. I hope they continue to help us out and...
CHRIS SCELFO This last comment is crucial, especially when the U.S. Congress last night rejected restrictions on ...
ASHRAF LAIDI Consumer spending in the U.S. slowed below even our own conservative estimates and corporate spendin...
CARLY FIORINA If the Fed continues to raise interest rates, it puts a damper on the spirits of voters and consumer...
ETHAN SIEGAL It's a good way for the utility to spread the cost out over time and at a time too, when interest ra...
BRIAN YOUNGBERG
although Dell is executing well amid weak demand, we remain cautious on Dell given sharply lower IT ... MICHAEL DELL In my view, until the U.S. tax policy is revised, not just tax extenders but the reform of tax polic...
LOUIS R. CHENEVERT
Tax increases slow economic growth. Why would you raise taxes? We need to reform spending, the tens ... GROVER NORQUIST
Much fiscal policy is implemented, not through spending increases, but through tax credits and other... ALAN GREENSPAN Companies are going to keep increasing spending this year to take advantage of the relatively low in...
AZUSA KATO I can't guarantee that interest rates will stay eternally at their current low levels.
GUY QUADEN 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 This month's [survey] data indicate that consumers are trying to keep their credit usage in check. I...
ALLEN GROMMET
Now, I do think when we move into 2012 and '13 when, presumably, the economy is on firmer ground... MARK ZANDI Inflation is still higher than nominal interest rates, and this is a clear sign that monetary condit...
JOSEPH TAN Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere...
ESMAEL ADIBI The cuts in the loan program do not have any effect on money used by the student to meet the cost of...
DAN SMALL It's a very serious negative item on your report, on par with a tax lien or a bankruptcy. You will d...
MAXINE SWEET The perception is that rates are going up, and people are lining up to buy homes because of that. It...
CARL WEINBERG
If, before 2020, there is a choice between further spending cuts, more borrowing and tax rises, the ... THERESA MAY My guess is interest rates are going to rise. And both residential and commercial development will s...
BRIAN ROONEY This report will not change the Fed's view on the inflation outlook -- they will keep rates low for ...
SHERRY COOPER
It's one of the things that makes us different than they are, Harry. The blood on their hands does n... JIM BUTCHER
Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of the... ROGER CARAS Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of thei...
ROGER A. CARAS This administration has no plan, no vision, no answer beyond simplistic knee-jerk tax cuts for the w...
DICK GEPHARDT I strongly support extending current student loan interest rates and increasing the college tuition ...
SCOTT HOWELL
God forbid that the United Kingdom should take a lead and introduce a sensible tax system of its own... NIGEL LAWSON We like to play a slow game. They ran on us and we got winded; then they just kept running on us.
ALEX SHACKLETON Consolation games are tough, just by their nature. We got off to a slow start, and Dartmouth took it...
DON VAUGHAN
The greatest threat facing America today is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government, ma... RON PAUL It's 2005. We have the drugs to treat HIV, and good science shows that condoms and clean needles for...
CHARLES KING By using Social Security trust fund dollars to pay for tax cuts and other government spending, the a...
KENT CONRAD
Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own ... SIMON SINEK European production could pick up in the first quarter, with Germany doing better than its neighbors...
JOERG KRAEMER
In Greece, Italy and, to a lesser extent, France, unsustainable tax cuts and spending sprees added t... EDMUND PHELPS Essentially, they've targeted the most vulnerable in our communities -- children, the aged, the blin...
CHARLES RANGEL Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING The combination of combining business trips with leisure so that business people can come and they c...
ALEXIS MUELLNER It's the combination of massive tax cuts combined with massive spending on Iraq and Katrina when we ...
KENT CONRAD
Common sense told us that when you put a big tax on something, the people will produce less of it. S... RONALD REAGAN In reality, it won't matter as much because other elements like spending and consumer sentiment look...
HANS OLSEN Fresh worries about rising inflation in the US and the extent to which the US Federal Reserve will r...
FRANCIS LUN Given the low rating of the shares, we would hope they would be buying them and indeed they are,
HILARY COOK The budget deficit is on the radar again due to the emergency spending packages and the lack of any ...
ASHRAF LAIDI So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many o...
HERBIE HANCOCK If you are anticipating higher inflation and a rise in interest rates, it will slow down demand for ...
HENK POTTS The economy could slow down, and there is still uncertainty about interest rates.
GERARD CASSIDY It was a pleasant surprise that long-term interest rates stayed low.
JUAN FERNANDEZ We have low interest rates and a real estate sales boom that signals to builders and developers that...
ERIK KNODER
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