Delos Smith
Delos Smith
good nervous year
We had a very good year in 2005. But it was a nervous world.
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I see robins and the grass coming up and all kinds of nice signs. But it has to be proven.
cnn longer mood retail suspense
As long as suspense lingers, you will have a longer CNN effect. That's not what you want -- mood is very important for the retail world.
gasoline higher impact prices
This is not a very pretty picture. The higher gasoline prices had more of an impact that most had expected.
fox hours msnbc people pounding war
A lot of people don't read newspapers, and we don't have 24 hours a day of CNN, MSNBC and Fox just pounding you with war news.
absolutely pressures price
There are absolutely no price pressures in our system.
happened last moderate shows steady
When you take a look at what's happened in the last month, you see the same kind of pace?right on down the line. It shows a nice, steady moderate pace, which is what you want.
eat expenses movies normally people theaters
We're going to see people trimming their expenses here and there. They probably will not eat out as much or go to movies as often as they normally would. So restaurants and theaters are also vulnerable.
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We boosted economic growth in one quarter, but that doesn't mean it's sustainable. We still have a long-range view that the economy is changing, and consumers will have to adjust to it.
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There are no longer really state economic systems that can function by themselves. Most of our largest corporations are in every major market in the world. We're intertwined.