Anthony Chan
Anthony Chan
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Our own studies have shown that consumers tend to switch over to non-store outlets in times of higher energy costs .
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The market doesn't want to see too much exuberance on the part of consumers in order to keep the central bank at bay.
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The bottom line is that consumers experienced a soft patch in the first quarter and they appear to be emerging from it,
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Consumers at this juncture are fighting the forces of the economic slowdown with patriotism, ... As economic conditions continue to deteriorate, this challenge will become greater.
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Consumers at this juncture are fighting the forces of economic slowdown with patriotism. As economic conditions continue to deteriorate, this challenge will become greater.
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Consumers are stressed. Consumers are at the crossroads.
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It appears as though the level of job security is rising and that's a very encouraging thing to consumers, ... Consumers are spending more on general merchandise as well as on eating out. People don't go out to restaurants a lot if they're not feeling good about their economic situation.
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A declining deficit may be signaling a slight loss of economic growth momentum.
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This economic recovery is a lot more fragile than most of us thought.
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You're seeing inventories creeping up and affordability pinching more and more, and you're seeing long-term rates creeping up. All that suggests a trimming of housing activity.
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Oil prices have not been a positive for the equity market with the potential for rising inflation.
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The resiliency of the consumer is very impressive in the wake of so many terror warnings. One cautionary note is that, moving forward, these numbers may soften, as those warnings are still coming.
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Despite the fact that the unemployment rate remains low relative to prior economic downturns, the burden on the unemployed population has been the most severe, by one measure, since at least 1972.
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More globalization means there's more pressure to increase productivity, not to reduce it. No pricing power means there's more pressure to increase productivity, not less, ... There's so much pressure to push it higher, it will be difficult for cyclical factors to push it lower.