Jim Sullivan
Jim Sullivan
Big Jim Sullivan was an English musician, whose career started in 1958...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth14 February 1941
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Certainly, the degree of strength through August is not sustainable; we'll get a much weaker number in September. But the third quarter as a whole will still show 5 to 6 percent consumer spending growth, even if we get a negative number in September.
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Consumer spending growth has generally been trending at about 2.5-to-3 percent at an annual rate -- not booming, but not terrible, ... The fact that the job market is still weak is restraining optimism a bit; hopefully, as the recovery gathers pace, we will start to see more job growth.
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In the whole post-war rebound story, the first part has come through -- we've clearly seen a bounce in consumer confidence. The next key step is business activity measures improving, including employment indicators. Hopefully we will see weekly jobless claims coming down soon -- in the next three-to-four weeks.
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In our forecast, we see consumer spending slowing a little bit in the fourth quarter to 3.1 percent from 3.8 percent for the same period last year, ... The rationale is that as the housing market slows , there'll be a cooling effect in the home wealth effect and the fluctuating energy prices will also have some drag on spending in the months ahead.
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The clear message seems to be that while oil is a drag, it's not a downward driver of consumer spending, ... The labor market is generating good income in general and the housing market continues to deliver a positive wealth effect. These factors are helping to offset the impact of higher oil prices.
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We hung out for three days together then lost all contact.
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It was weaker than expected, but it wasn't a dramatic surprise. It was already pretty clear that sentiment came off in January.
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Bill has pointed me in a good direction as far as what to smoke and the difference in quality.
took yoga
I used to get nervous so I took up Yoga to help me calm down.
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Everyday was like a holiday allways something new always something different, but it was allways for someone else and never for me.
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There's nothing like it in the area that I'm aware of. We're excited about it.
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Most of the groups couldn't handle the studio, it was a very nerve racking experience if you never worked in studio conditions before.
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I think most people expect the economy to weaken in 1999, but certainly there's no sign of a collapse yet.
Well I know I was contracted to Polydor so they couldn't use my name.