Famous Quotes & Sayings

A waiver right now would be counterproductive for the consumer over time,

A two-month gain in consumer prices shows that household finances are finally benefiting from the recovery in the economy and corporate earnings.

Judd Gregg

Banks, health insurance companies, schools and employers often identify consumers ... We need to find ways to ensure that people's privacy and safety is protected by ensuring that the Social Security number, which is issued by the federal government, is not used to reveal to criminals personal and financial information about our citizens.

A solid increase in January sets the stage for a quarter where real consumer spending is expected to grew at a greater than 5% pace.

As long as we continue to see good earnings and the reaction to good earnings positive, then you will see Nasdaq as the sector of choice. The Dow is being weighted by this conflicting (economic) story -- stronger consumer spending and OK-looking inflation numbers. But the tech (sector) is merrily rolling along.

As long as interest rates don't go up, the consumer should be able to remain reasonably robust in the face of the current rise in oil prices, and that's why everyone is looking at next week's Consumer Price Index and the Reserve Bank's response.

We will be looking to enhance the consumer versions of our product later this year with similar features.

We will be demonstrating how consumers can use Yahoo throughout their lives.

This way the creditor risk is minimized, but (the consumer still has the convenience of having a credit card).

This week's focus will be the January US consumer price index, due Wednesday, as the market is awaiting the key inflation data.

This week, consumers can expect to be hearing from retailers reminding them of all the strong promotions they are offering.

This tells me the Fed is correctly looking forward, looking at the risk of consumers pulling back in spending because stocks have fallen. They're working in anticipation of that to make sure the U.S. economy does not slip into recession. I'm very encouraged by the Fed's action.

Bill Richardson

What is important to us is not just that OPEC and other nations make a decision to increase production, but that they do it and get oil into the market because this is not just the United States, ... ...What is most important here is consumer and producing countries need to have a stable price, and that helps them both.

We want to offer the consumer the most integrated way of doing business,

We knew going into this that one of the most popular days for streaming video throughout the year is the Super Bowl. We knew with the hype this year, there was going to be more of an emphasis placed by consumers on historic video commercials.

We knew consumers weren't satisfied with traditional payment options online.

Dick Durbin

it would have put millions of American consumers and families at risk of losing coverage for necessary health care.

Things are very good for consumers right now because there are so many (financing) options.

The worry with Intel is many investors are expecting higher corporate spending to offset potential weakness in consumer spending for GDP growth this year.

The way it hurts is when housing prices peak and then we no longer have this wealth effect that has been driving consumer spending. And so far, housing prices are growing at double-digit rates. But it's going to happen sometime, and we think it's going to happen probably starting in the second quarter.

Michael Oxley

These are strong new protections for consumer privacy.

The risk to the economy is that we lose the consumer -- and I think we are losing the consumer.

William Adams

The ripple effect from Hurricane Katrina may be far reaching, ... already sent fuel prices soaring which are going to hurt the U.S. consumer and therefore the economy.

The sales warning from Target is dampening optimism toward consumer spending during the holiday season and outweighing the better-than-expected (October) retail sales data.

Brad Smith

The routine that was described in court today in fact does not remove all of the Internet Explorer files; it only removes about 3 percent of them. It's designed to be very easy for consumers to use, but does not do what we were ordered to last week, which was to remove all those files in their entirety.

I've thought there would be some moderation in consumer spending this year, but I also thought that job growth would be better at this point than it has been. It may be that consumer spending will moderate even more than what I'm forecasting.

Though Mother's Day celebrations and gifts will vary, many consumers see this as an important day to honor the women in their lives. With all the sacrifices mom has made over the years, Mother's Day is an opportunity to give something back.

Though many consumers are more financially comfortable now than they were a year ago, they are still looking for great prices and savings on gifts and everyday merchandise. The retailers that succeed this holiday season will be those that continue to focus on sales and promotions to drive traffic.

With incomes outpacing spending I think American consumers will keep spending like crazy going into the New Year, ... That's going to be taken into consideration by Greenspan, who's trying to slow things down.

With household finances already under considerable stress, one has to wonder if another round of rate hikes will lead to a more severe cutback in consumer spending.

With higher gasoline prices putting a dent in consumer spending and underlying inflation looking to be contained, further interest rate hikes seem unnecessary.

You have a consumer decision to make, but you don't have a frame of reference to work with.

You have to have a 'wow' factor. The consumer is more demanding, more educated, and hospitals have to adapt. We want to stay in the forefront of creating change.