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In our view, we're going to have another down leg here because of the consumer. If you keep laying people off, that doesn't bode well for future consumer purchases. We have a negative savings rate and we no longer have the gains from the portfolios which were increasing wealth.

Clearly, these headlines will assuage some of the fears of a consumer collapse, and they mean the Fed will wait till the meeting before easing again. We still look for at least a 25-basis-point easing on Jan. 31.

Clearly, malls continue to struggle. Consumers are focused on easy in and easy out.

High prices are eating into consumer demand, and the focus is on gasoline because of the upcoming driving season.

Higher energy prices are (affecting) the economy - and it's a big deal. It's putting a squeeze on consumers and Corporate America.

Higher crude oil prices and other factors mean consumers are in for another year of price volatility.

High-definition plus today's DVD equals good enough, ... It has been and continues to be so ugly that consumers are going to stay away.

But I think the underlying trend in terms of consumer spending and overall economic spending is actually up.

Peter D. Mitchell

But, there's a difference between doing it naturally and making a concerted effort to be more consumer oriented. You realize 85 percent of consumer purchases is made by women. If you're going to be consumer driven, the first group you have to identify with is women.

This increase shortchanges American consumers and national security because automakers already have the technology to raise fuel economy much more significantly.

This has been a long transformation, having consumer electronics devices and PC devices in the house play well together.

This has become a very serious disruption in what could otherwise be a much better consumer spending climate,

They spent a lot of money on incentives, most of which are not quite visible to consumers except for some lease deals.

They're trying to find all sorts of different ways to re-energize the consumer and the power of their brand.

The idea is to set up several programs and let the consumer choose, ... But the problem is that a competitive model isn't good for everyone.

The household spending number highlights the risks facing the consumer sector,

The housing sector is definitely something everybody is focusing on in 2006. If people start to see the value of their homes heading lower, there's no doubt we would see a slowdown in consumer spending.

The hope is on the consumer to spend, to pull us out. If the consumer doesn't do that, then who?

The five percent drop is shocking. It indicates that perhaps the consumer tax rebate stimulus that benefited retailers during the back-to-school season has petered out.

The Hispanic consumer market is exploding. Who knows that consumer market best?

The hike in pump prices, and electricity and gas tariffs that have also been raised, fed through to overall consumer prices. Given that the MAS expects a higher pass-through from oil, and for inflation to be higher even in 2006, the current policy stance will remain appropriate.

The heavy manufacturing side of the U.S. economy -- which is pretty much under the radar because it's dwarfed by the consumer side -- is doing really well and will continue to do well for a while.

The heaviest weight on the shoulders of investors shying away from the sector is the rise in oil prices potentially crimping consumer spending.

The hands-off policy has given us the flexibility to innovate and respond to consumer demand.

The growth slowdown anticipated by consumers is very mild, but just enough to result in smaller job gains and a somewhat higher unemployment rate during 2006.

The inflation news due out on Friday with the producer price index and next Tuesday with the consumer price index will probably be unfriendly,

Rick Rubin

The inflationary environment we're seeing is still having a disproportionate effect on their consumers for now.

The increase in oil prices is going to be problematic to the consumer as well as higher home heating costs, which are going to come this winter,

The improvement in jobs and wages means we can expect spending to be pretty good this year. Consumer spending will be reliable source of growth that will support the economy.

A higher oil price is like a tax on consumers. It pushes up price levels and consumers are going to spend less on everything else.

Tony Kushner

And 'Queer Eye' is fascinating. It has a pinch-me-I'm-dreaming quality. It's very bourgeois, of course, and much more about the liberation of the consumer than the liberation of the democratic citizen.

The markedly reduced mortgage equity withdrawal since its fourth-quarter 2003 peak has undoubtedly weighed down significantly on consumer spending since mid-2004.

The major problem weighing here this morning is Dell, ... They missed revenue projections by a lot, and their earnings were also at the low end of the target, so that is reminding market participants that there may be a consumer slowdown taking place.