Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Soros

I don't think you will see the Fed jumping to interest rates,

Ron Hill

I don't think you want to fight the Fed going into the end of this year.

Given the president's gaping political wounds from Katrina, you're seeing the federal government weighing in with overwhelming force and supplies. The system is energized this time.

If it does happen, it'll be over time. It's not going to be like losing 1,000 oil industry jobs in Anchorage or even 1,000 federal jobs.

If we see any upward revision (in unit labor costs) that would give the Fed reason not to pause.

Jalal Talabani

There are no obstacles but discussions on federalism in the south and the relation between religion and state.

Shirley Franklin

The ramifications would have been a moratorium on new development, all new development, residential and commercial; heavy fines from the federal government through the federal courts; and possibly the takeover of the city's water system,

There are observances of the occasion occurring at the Fed on a modest scale. I'm not surprised that there isn't anything more.

Megan Smith

I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

If we get another jobs report as weak as this, there's no way the Fed will hike in September.

David Fine

If the ruling is simply that nothing in federal law prohibits mid-decade redistricting, that will not help them.

If this (the discrimination decision) was made by a federal court, and not a federal agency, we might look at it differently,

I have cooperated fully with the federal investigation for the past three years because I have nothing to hide.

Mark Zandi

If the Fed were going to pause in response to Katrina, it probably would be in November and December,

Hugh Johnson

If the Fed raises rates three times, they're not doing it just to have fun. Life is good.

If the Fed lowers rates next week, the questions become 'How much further can they go?,' 'Is it effective?,' and 'Can the Fed really turn things around?,'

If the Fed isn't happy, the market isn't happy.

If the federal government would have responded as quickly as Wal-Mart, we could have saved more lives.

Richard Pombo

If the federal government comes and takes someone's land, we all pay for it, ... If we take land to make a wildlife refuge, we pay for it. No one's down here screaming that's (the government's) entitlement.

If the Fed doesn't come through we could be in for another move to the downside.

If the Fed doesn't at least hint that a pause could be on the way, I think that would surprise the market.

He is keeping his options open, but he also is suggesting that we may not see a straight-line path for interest rates. I think he is trying to knock down the notion that the Fed could come to a stop and that the story will end there.

There is enough strength in this report to suggest at least one more hike from the Fed and possibly more.

We've been wanting him to do that since Day 1. I think he was fed up.

Movements in the unemployment rate will tell Fed officials whether growth is absorbing unused capacity.

Moving forward, the Fed will be focused on what they can do to get us out of recession.

McCoy went back before the Senate in Washington, D.C., and testified in front of the Senate subcommittee and pushed for a federal anti-freeze law.

Medical research is needed, and I just saw there was a need for help that the government - state or federal - was not spending the taxpayers' money on helping people get through college.

My fellow Katrina survivors and I have experienced more tragedy in the last six months than most people have in a lifetime. We have lost relatives, friends and our community. The federal government should live up to its responsibility to rebuild.

One of the things the market wants to see is that the Fed is finished raising interest rates.

Mike Johanns

One of the things that I always say about bioterrorism, whether it's ourselves at the federal level, folks at the state level, or folks in the private industry, we've done many great things, especially since 9/11.

More and more strategists are of the opinion that the Fed may be completely through.