We believe it is important not to fall into the trap of talking the economy down unnecessarily - while at the same time being transparent about current economic reality.

While we have observed a modest softening in advertising market conditions, we are not presently seeing evidence of a significant economic decline.

The president is being very aggressive in talking about the economy. He talks about it a lot more than the media report.

Really, ... what we're talking about here is the U.S. struggling to find its place in an economy where the labor markets are just so vastly different.

Why did women always believe that talking about a problem would fix it? Some issues were corpses. Hot air made them fester and rot and spread their disease to everything else. Better to bury it and move on.

Our economy is stronger than people have been talking about all year long. I am not surprised to see consumer confidence pretty high. The market typically does well when consumers are spending.