Famous Quotes & Sayings

Holy Katrina! The economy weathered two major hurricanes and in spite of that showed accelerated growth. I think what this shows is that fundamentally the economy was and is in really good shape.

Because male spending is really the slowest to pick up, a recovery there is a strong sign that the overall economy is doing very well.

High oil prices and their impact on the global economy are a major risk.

Higher energy prices are not providing any big headwinds for the economy and inflation remains very contained,

Higher economic growth without curtailed inflation is impossible.

Lois Capps

California's coastal economy and environment are just as important as Florida's.

But with the recent data, I expect that to move north of 5 percent. The economy is pretty strong.

But with interest rates declining, we think Cisco shares will hang tough near-term and then rally as the economic picture improves.

Before the storm struck, (the Fed) thought the economy was on sound footing, ... I don't think that's changed. The only thing Katrina may have done is raise some uncertainty about the near-term outlook.

Alan Greenspan

Before the recovery process gets under way, stability will need to be restored to the American economy and to others around the world,

Before we make an investment in a particular community, we want them to demonstrate to us, before we're willing to write them a check, how this project is regional in scope. Show us that this isn't just a project for this community, that this supports a regional strategy. Do you have the private sector at the table? Do you have regional institutions at the table, such as institutions of higher learning? Do you have economic development initiatives, work force initiatives ...

Greg Walden

As the GAO report recognizes, the long-term health of our forests relies on additional fuel reduction options and funding to reduce the risks that catastrophic fire poses to our nation's ecosystems, communities and federal budgetary resources.

In economic development, there are really at least two competitions: One is to get into the game and the next is to win. I think this will get us into the game a lot more often.

Industrial output data, which showed a rise for the fifth straight month, suggested that the economy is on the recovery track, even though the number fell short of the market consensus.

Jim Wallis

In an economy with record-breaking prosperity, it's past time to put poor people on the political agenda.

George H. W. Bush

In an economic recession, I'd rather that in order to get out of this recession, that the people be spending their money, not the government trying to figure out how to spend the people's money.

I like the rally today and the volume is good, but we still have a lot of economic reports to get through the rest of the week that could either undermine it or strengthen it.

If there's a bubble, it's in this four-letter word: Debt. The U.S. economy is just awash in it.

If retail sales remain healthy, it will give further support to the economic growth in the first quarter. This put pressure on bonds.

If rates rise it's because the economy is getting better.

If prices remain where they are, and the rest of the economy performs well, that won't be the end of the world,

Jay Rockefeller

If planes don't fly, the whole economy shuts down,

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I often read that China's economy is likely to become the largest in the world over the next 50 years,

If you don't have migration you won't be able to fill important jobs to keep the economy going.

Harry Reid

I regret that the American people have still not received a plan that identifies the remaining political, military and economic objectives that must be met in order to succeed. The window of opportunity for the Iraqi people and this administration to get things right will not stay open forever.

In the short run, it's a no-win situation for the administration. But longer term, it's a win-win situation because you keep financial flows going, and economic growth will become a lot firmer.

I have to be grateful to our society here in China, grateful to the economic reforms for letting me get rich, and grateful for the efforts of my staff. If there had been no reforms, I would have been a farmer.

Alexis Herman

I really don't think we can make too much out of one month's report. I don't think it's enough for us to predict where the economy is headed right now.

Hopefully we'll see the economy slowing down by the summer and technology will take off.

Mark Zandi

Housing is a fault line in the economy that Greenspan is indeed worried about, but he doesn't think a housing (slowdown) will undermine the expansion.

Housing activity, which has contributed significantly to economic growth over the past 2-1/2 years, has now passed its peak and will be largely neutral to negative over the next several quarters, ... This slowdown will be welcomed at the Federal Reserve.

Households had to spend a lot more on energy in 2005, and that's reflected in retail sales figures. Private consumption won't improve enough to sustain the economic upswing.

Housing starts dovetail with the stronger outlook on the economy.