Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's possible we'll see at least one more rate increase in November and we could see another one or two after that if things don't slow down. It may take that much to convince consumers and the stock market to take a breather.

It's our expectation that when a consumer pays $25 for something it should be worth $25 for a reasonable period.

Despite all of the news coverage about credit scores over the past year, many consumers still do not understand important facts about these increasingly influential numbers.

Domestic-demand related stocks will lead the market on speculation consumer prices may finally gain.

Consumers should never wire money to someone they do not know,

Consumers seem to increasingly see search as their starting point when they go online.

Consumers say they're ready and willing to pay for downloaded content,

Consumers really felt the pinch of higher gas prices and job growth is stagnant.

Consumer spending will weaken in the months ahead.

Consumer spending will remain strong in the first quarter following the final quarter of last year. Supporting this is improving employment and wages.

David Cohen

Consumer spending, together with domestic investment spending, are leaving the Japanese economy a little less dependent on exports. Over the past decade, Japan has been notoriously unable to develop a self-sustaining recovery. We're gradually getting out of that rut.

Consumer spending remains the mainstay of this weak economic recovery. With tax cuts enacted, the consumer is likely to continue hanging in there. But a real recovery, including a slowdown in layoffs and the opening of new jobs, is far more dependent on recovery in (business) investment than on stronger consumption growth.

Consumer spending numbers continue to be very good and manufacturing continues to surprise to the upside, which all suggests the economy has a lot of momentum right now.

Consumer spending has remained relatively robust into 2006.

consumer spending has not been dented by the hurricane-inspired rise in gasoline prices and fears of higher home heating oil bills.

Consumer spending has been surprisingly resilient, and I don't expect any kind of a drop-off. But, at the same time, this is a softer report than we've been expecting, given retail sales in April.

Consumer spending has become a credible engine of growth for the Japanese economy. Wages and incomes are increasing, job security is improving. It's a virtuous circle.

Mark Zandi

Consumer spending growth will moderate, but it won't impede the current pace of economic expansion.

Consumers need to look at all three of those to help lower their risk of cardiovascular disease.

Consumers need to develop a new set of shopping skills for shopping safely on the Internet.

Consumers need to be notified when and what location information is collected,

Consumers might think (restocking fees) are unfair. As long as they feel it's unfair, they'll be less likely to go back to that store.

Michael Gregory

Consumers may be wobbly, owing to high energy prices, a vulnerable housing sector and increasingly uncertain medical and pension benefits, but there is nothing like the whiff of solid job growth to keep them on their feet.

Consumers look around and see (the Home store's) $1,299 sofa and see others for $699 or $799 at other stores and it's a reality check. I find after the hoopla is over, they become retail museums.

Consumers like this format. It tends to become a destination-oriented trip for people.

Consumers have suffered enough from tight fuel supplies and soaring prices at the pump, while the petroleum industry continues to reap record corporate profits.

Consumers have stagnant real wages and they are getting hit with the shocks of higher energy prices. This is not a good combination for the overstretched consumer.

Consumers have spent the weekend with their family and they've been in the stores. They now have a holiday list going. And today is the first day that people are back at work in front of their computers,

Consumers haven't seen the worst of it yet.

Consumers have moved up to products that they perceive as being higher quality.

Consumers have many options for entertainment and leisure time. Theater operators must continue to innovate and to create the optimal experience.

Consumers have hung in there and done better than people expected, It's really going to be more about businesses.

Consumers have decided what the real video-on-demand is, and that's owning it.