While there have been some encouraging signs that Japan's economy is declining less sharply, most forecasters do not see a recovery this year or into next,
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Related The economy is showing encouraging signs of recovery. GEORGE VOINOVICH Germany's economy is going to remain rather flat... with some recovery coming next year. ADOLF ROSENSTOCK There is a recovery, it's doubtless under way. There are signs that indicate that the economy is imp... MARIO DRAGHI There have been signs recently that some of the forces that have been restraining the economy over t... ALAN GREENSPAN In Italy, after stagnating in 2005, the economy now shows some signs of recovery. MARIO DRAGHI This is a segment of the market that forecasters have missed year after year, CARL SEWELL The action this week does indicate that the recovery horizon has been pushed out further. Investors ... ELVIS PICARDO NBC is stable and our vital signs are encouraging. Most predictions were that we were going to go fr... KEVIN REILLY A catalyst for a higher Australian dollar versus New Zealand's dollar could be relative monetary pol... ASHLEY DAVIES A catalyst for a higher Australian dollar versus New Zealand's dollar could be relative monetary pol... ASHLEY DAVIES The market has somewhat anticipated a half-point rate increase next week, so if they can see signs t... PETER CHANDLER Conditions in our markets are mixed, and we do not yet see clear signs of a recovery in end markets. GENE SAPP Meanwhile, that's been in the midst of reasonably stable pricing in the processor business and I thi... DREW PECK We are going to see some recovery in the economy, but maybe not as much as some people expected. ANDREW WALLACE Signs of economic recovery continue to boost investor sentiment on stocks. Earnings at exporters wil... CHOI MIN JAI Friday's Dow movement shows that the market is in an uptrend. That's encouraging. The market is tryi... DONALD SELKIN Generally the cabinet's performance in the past year was not encouraging. The proof is that our econ... YUSUF KALLA The bottom line is housing is not plunging and it's not soaring, ... There are signs that housing is... JAMES O'SULLIVAN Though there are some prices that are declining, in fact deflation means most prices are declining a... ROSANNE CAHN There were some signs of recovery, but the latest outbreak has proved disastrous. BHARAT TANDON While the economic data have been all over the place in recent weeks, there are no obvious signs tha... DOUGLAS PORTER If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining... DAVID KORTEN I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER The New Zealand dollar is at risk of disappointment at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand meeting and t... ASHLEY DAVIES The economic impact of this tragedy has been immediate and, we believe, will persist for some time t... ALEXANDER CUTLER With the economy being sluggish as it is, even though there are some signs of improvement, now is th... LINDSEY GRAHAM Still, this is a hugely encouraging report, pointing clearly to a vigorous recovery. IAN SHEPHERDSON We'll see it ramp up this year and into next year. PETER JARICH There has never been a split between us and Rafa over Michael Owen or any other player. It's not a n... RICK PARRY We may see some of the capital expenditures spent this year were more or less pulled through from ea... BARRY RITHOLTZ Indeed, we continue to believe the fourth quarter will mark the trough for revenues - a firming econ... JUDAH KRAUSHAAR This is a report that suggests that economic growth is slowing very sharply. It's a report that indi... ELLIOT PLATT Right now we see ourselves on a continuing declining path in the deficit out over the next several y... JOSHUA B. BOLTEN Danny is amazed that he feels so comfortable. He is amazed that while there are some people you can ... DAVID LEVITHAN This is a historic moment. This is not a false dawn, it's a real recovery. There will be setbacks, b... DONALD COXE As long as we see signs of stable growth in the economy, you could have gains in the market. Things ... JANE COFFEY Most of the rescue operations have been completed and they're moving into recovery mode, BILL LACY The economy is still doing extremely well. We're declining, but declining from a high level. JEFF THREDGOLD While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to som... GABRIELLE GIFFORDS I haven't felt like this in a while. There is some unity among us out here. A lot of us have been pl... EZRA SMITH We've been rallying most of this last quarter on the basis of a little more hope that we have bottom... HENRY CAVANNA There's no case for no cut at all at this point. There have been better economic numbers, but [polic... WAYNE AYERS We are expecting the Treasury market to continue to weaken in the next few months. There are no sign... YASUTOSHI NAGAI We do not think there is a mode shift (from air to ground shipments, ... We believe that the express... ALAN GRAF This is the next step in that road to recovery and it will buy us some time. BILL LOKEY Most of our other deals this year have been strictly aerospace and defense contractors, ... But this... WENDY MITCHELL The pattern of job cutting that we saw in the third quarter mirrors what we have been seeing almost ... JOHN CHALLENGER There has been plenty of speculation and we will see next week. It's always encouraging when a playe... RICK PARRY Here's the interesting part. The people who go to Everest on a regular basis, like the commercial ex... GORDON JANOW While the equity market and accounting issues and corporate scandals are weighing on the economy, it... GERALD COHEN My sense is that an earnings recovery is further away than expected and there is no immediate cataly... ALAN ACKERMAN The key to a resilient global recovery, where growth in each country advances growth in every countr... LAEL BRAINARD President Obama has called for economic and political empowerment of women globally. The Equal Futur... LAEL BRAINARD The use of pirated software in China is really quite a sizeable loss to our software producers. LAEL BRAINARD President Obama has a good sense not just of the economic requisites for financial crisis firefighti... LAEL BRAINARD Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity f... LAEL BRAINARD When women were excluded from New Deal programs, Eleanor Roosevelt fought to include them. Roosevelt... LAEL BRAINARD Women with minimal access to resources and no access to child care have limited choices that too oft... LAEL BRAINARD Big trade deals require political engagement from the White House. But I don't see any political lea... LAEL BRAINARD message to the world that all people should have access to basic education, to modern technology and... LAEL BRAINARD The president ... has been very clear that he will not tolerate unfair trade in the steel industry, ... LAEL BRAINARD People lose in trade, and because our social safety nets here are so thin to begin with, the resista... LAEL BRAINARD Does it really make sense for countries who really are producing very little IP of their own to be s... LAEL BRAINARD It was an exciting round for me, the most encouraging all year. Because I made some birdies, which I... BART BRYANT The euphoria we saw at the beginning of the year about the world experiencing a synchronized cyclica... DAVID BOWERS With the economy starting to show signs of recovery, employees would be strongly advised to fully ex... HERNAN DAGUERRE It was an exciting round for me, most encouraging round that I played this year, because I finally w... BART BRYANT I've always been a coach that likes to pressure teams. You'll see a much more aggressive team next y... PAUL DRETSCH Advertising signs that have been misplaced, are expired or have been put up in advance of a sale's s... CHARLES GARDNER We do not see this V-shaped recovery in corporate profits. DAVID TICE So I guess I wonder, where is the line separating me into this culture or that culture, saying I hav... EOWYN IVEY Valuations are getting stretched, especially in the technology sector. There may be some recovery in... CHUCK CARLSON We have had some bad luck this season. Hopefully things don't carry into next year for us. ERIN SAMPSEL Even though it's declining currently, we would still like to see a great deal of progress in coming ... ELIZABETH WARD This is not a flash in the pan, ... This is going to go into the next year. STEVE CAPUS We think it trades at a discount. We think that it's a good opportunity, especially when we look for... DIANA YATES Fundamentally, this economy is in recovery. But we do need to bring it to the bottom line. JOE CANGEMI We swam great. We are still going to be young next year, but I saw some good signs from our young ki... DENNIS DAVIS Going into Division I is a great opportunity for us. I just hope that people understand that what th... JIM CASCIANO There's been a sense of complacency in the market all week. It's very difficult to read too much int... JOE CANGEMI There's still general nervousness around. The major event of the week has been comments from various... ARTHUR CASHIN Let's see what has kept this guy where he's been, ... Is he a usable part for next year? FRANK ROBINSON We were criticized by the seasonal forecasters for not including the other environmental factors, li... KERRY EMANUEL This is a very valuable opportunity to have open and frank dialogue as a country about the potential... CAPT. LYNN SLEPSKI It was very clear that industry was lagging behind, especially in terms of export-driven growth. In ... DOMINIQUE BARBET I think there is risk in the market. If there is weakening in the economy, then an earnings recovery... GAIL DUDACK There is a recovery story in Asia [while Kosovo] is a way to rationalize what's been happening to th... MITUL KOTECHA As long as we're focused on spending, there are only two ways to do that: One is spend less, and... GROVER NORQUIST Iraq's economy is forecasted to grow at a rate of 4 percent this year, and accelerate into the doubl... HEATHER LAYMAN We practically have a whole new team, so this is a rebuilding year. We plan to have some success her... CHRIS HOUSTON While most employees do not believe there are concrete ethical breaches in the workplace, some clear... ILENE GOCHMAN There has not been a lab yet this year that we have investigated. ROB TEUTEBERG My mentality is just play hard and see where things fall. Yeah, I know I have to put in work this ye... DEVEAN GEORGE The fact is that the economy is really posed for the kind of recovery that people can see and unders... AL D'AMATO The main message here is that the recovery is becoming more fragmented. (But) we should not be misle... LORENZO CODOGNO There has been a whole new level of interaction. I have not seen the gay and lesbian community activ... BRIAN WINFIELD Every coach handles it a little bit differently, but it makes sense to have universal policies [for ... DAVE MAGGARD Most high-tech companies have forecast a recovery in the second half, but that won't happen if the U... NOBUAKI KURISU The forecasts for the second-half of the year for the most part seem to support a recovery, but to s... DOUGLAS ALTABEF We should start to see some recovery. But I'm looking for very high volatility for the next three to... JOHN MOON
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