Famous Quotes & Sayings

He's got the formula right. He's entering the market at the right time in terms of European liberalization and during a strong economy and he's entering with the right concept.

Historically we have seen strong home improvement spending in the wake of a slow economy. The stock market has been less secure in the last 18 months or so than it had previously been. So instead of the stock market, people were investing in their homes.

Historically, markets are much more interested in things like how the economy is doing and what interest rate policy is than who is in power.

I think it's going to be hard if everything stays the same, ... If the economy drops, it's going to be even tougher.

I think the market senses something good going on. On the one hand, the feeling is that the economy is starting to show signs of improvement. But there are plenty of skeptics around who say that feeling may be a little premature, and they are selling on strength,

I think the market is in pretty good shape right now. The economy is improving, and you're seeing investors react to that.

I think the performance gap between the new-economy and old-economy stocks is like a rubber band; it seems to be snapping the other way. The new economy sounds very exciting, but you're still going to need food, medicine and electricity to survive.

I think the Fed meant to say something reassuring about the economy, but the result was very confusing.

I think the economy will surprise us on the upside because of what the Fed has done.

I think the economy will be surprisingly strong in the first half. The real question is: What comes after that?

I think the back-up in rates should rate a mention -- it's the most significant thing that's happened to the economy in the past seven weeks.

Subodh Kumar

I think that the objective of the interest rate hikes is to keep the economy in the 3-1/2, maybe 3-3/4 range. So the Fed has been saying all along, give us 12 months from when we start to raise rates and we'll get the trajectory down. And I think that's what they've done.

It is good because it shows the economy is not growing too quickly.

Michael Deaver

He needed to reassure us on the economy and reassure people there is a future they can be positive about.

We're producing as many engineers and scientists as South Korea -- an economy about one-tenth the size of ours.

We're nowhere near the same economy as we were in the 1970s. We're more service-based. We're much more energy efficient.

Chris Shipley

What impresses me more than anything when we look at the economy and we say, 'Things aren't going so well' is to see what great technology is really happening here.

There are obviously signs the economy is slowing but it's not showing up yet in earnings, and probably won't in the third quarter.

There aren't any (economic) numbers to say, 'Hey, the economy is slowing,' or 'Hey the economy is strengthening,'

Herb Asher

When he comes to Ohio, the economy really gets emphasized. They have incorporated the fact that Ohio is not doing very well into their strategy.

Dennis Hastert

It is something that will help the economy.

I think we'll see a higher market in 1998, ... The economy is very sound. We've had inflation low, going lower, and we'll see disinflation rather than deflation.

I think it's symptomatic of how weak this economy really is. This tells us the slowdown is accelerating more than expected.

I think it's probably them worried more just about a very weak economy than whether it's a soft landing or a recession. But the Fed, they don't really care. They just want to see the economy get back up.

From the tone of his testimony today, it's obvious he sees a pretty strong economy.

Fortunately, most emerging markets are in relatively good shape economically.

Given the rise we saw, it shows you the importance of interest rates and what the Fed thinks. This gives us hope that the Fed will be sensitive to the economy and we can get back to that nice 'Goldilocks' economy where growth is just right.

If we see them increasing their outlook for the world economy in terms of growth and we see that feed into Canada, it may justify another rate hike to 4.50.

If we see a slowing there, it could pull the entire economy down a bit. I don't think it will pull us into a recession, but the pace of growth could slow considerably.

If we are in an economy that is weakening ... that's not good for profits.

If the economy turns up by next spring, we should see housing doing better by then, ... Between now and the end of the year will be the worst period for housing.

If the economy is indeed slowing down, wouldn't it be nice to have some money set aside?

Larry Wachtel

If the Fed is seeking to slow the economy down that's always the conundrum,