Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's going to take quite a while for the BOJ to be able to act, even if consumer prices rise. The yen will continue to weaken for now.

It's going to take more that a one-month decrease in consumer prices to knock the Fed off it rate-rise bandwagon.

It's going to be interesting to see what, if any, PC manufacturers will take a stand and say they're not going to promote the heck out of the Pentium III, ... Some are already saying, off the record, that consumers don't need the P-III.

It?s good for consumers and good for the environment. This is the kind of incentive that would encourage people to make a difference in the environment.

It's easy to show consumers how hybrids save them money at the pump. Now it's easy to show them how much they can save at tax time too.

Kate Warne

Where consumers are likely to feel the pinch more is at the pump, where gasoline prices are likely to rise.

With consumers having ever more choice, corporations must invest more and more in courting public opinion.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn't know what they were doing.

Services and probably consumer spending drove the increase in GDP. It makes a rate cut less likely for the moment.

So far, it looks like consumers didn't shop in the month of March. Basically, the results were mixed to disappointing.

Slowing income gains and increased uncertainty have savaged consumer spending. This has removed the only major support for the economy, insuring the recession will last, at least, into early next year.

Slower U.S. growth may reduce growth in oil demand in the second half of the year. We are seeing proof of reduced U.S. consumer confidence.

Rick Steves

Smart consumers should know what all the options are.

Evidence suggests that many vulnerable consumers are paying more than 3% of income for water...this is a higher percentage of income than the government's own guidelines on what is right for them to pay.

The largest retail sectors would be home improvement, consumer electronics, books, music, toys, office supplies. We describe anything that hurts when it falls on your foot.

The key thing is to make sure the consumer doesn't start flagging,

The Labor Department also noted that for 2005 consumer prices overall rose by the largest rate in five years, partly because of spiraling interest rates and energy prices. The CPI was up by 3.4% for the 12 months ending in December. However, taking out core numbers from food and energy, the number was up only 2.2%.

The Japanese consumer is very isolated from financial market dynamics.

The legislature has given us the task of protecting consumers who pay someone else to prepare their tax returns. One of the ways we're doing this is by providing a free new Internet tool, which helps consumers find tax preparers who are legally qualified to prepare tax returns.

The latest GDP figure confirms Japan's economy is now on a solid recovery trend with consumer spending, wages and employment all showing improvement. There are more than enough reasons to expect that domestic demand-related stocks will rise further.

The leadership in the economy is going to shift from housing and consumers to businesses. There's nothing unusual about that. It's healthy.

Robert Rubin

The introduction provides us with an opportunity to educate cash-handlers and consumers about the importance of authenticating currency, ... These security features are effective only when they are used.

The introduction of the FP93GX represents an exciting breakthrough, not only for the development of global digital lifestyle and consumer market but also in terms of efforts to meet increasing local demands for high performance digital infrastructure. Developers have addressed the issues of performance and we are very excited over the impact this product will have.

The Internet reduces the cost of gathering information about consumers to practically zero, ... Sending a piece of direct mail to a household costs about one dollar, so no one is going to send you 10,000 pieces of mail, but the cost of contacting you in the online world is virtually zero.

The losses could significantly impact the future of e-commerce if online consumers become so frustrated they revert to shopping at traditional bricks-and-mortar stores and decide not to purchase online.

The main story of 2005 is one of the growing importance of consumers in driving sales of semiconductors.

The job market is firm, the outlook for hiring remains firm and hourly wages will pick up. Wages will grow enough to keep consumer spending up.

The consumer can't be sure of what he is getting or from where, and there is no relationship with a pharmacist who can review the entire profile of drugs someone is taking.

Paul Walsh

The consumer anticipates the store will be stocked.

The dirty little secret of the industry has been that 40% of consumers don't file the rebate and that 20% bungle the paperwork.

A much stronger-than-expected showing -- the late September incentives after a poor start to the month had a large impact. This should ensure firm Q3 consumer spending data.

All of this was public information; it was just really hard for the consumer to get.

All the focus is on the core number. The Fed said yesterday that energy has not worked its way down to core consumer prices.