Douglas Duncan
Douglas Duncan
Douglas M. "Doug" Duncanis an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. Duncan served as County Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland from 1994 to 2006. Duncan held the office longer than any other county executive in the county's history. In 2006, Duncan was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the Maryland gubernatorial election. He abruptly dropped out of the race on June 22, 2006, citing clinical depression, handing the nomination to Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley. Following his exit...
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Companies are losing money to keep market share. The consumer is being subsidized because the competition is so fierce. For the short run, the consumer is getting a better deal.
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I am disappointed, but not surprised, that the Bush Administration would deny hard working people access to cheaper prescription medications,
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People are trying to judge the degree of the (housing) slowdown and whether it is a slowdown, and if they are on the margins in terms of making a final decision, a small interest rate change one way or the other can have the effect of changing people's minds.
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It comes down to what people are doing with their home equity.
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Some companies were just assigning people a closing date.
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We expect home sales will drop marginally -- about 3 percent -- in each of the next two years from this year's level, which will be an all-time record.
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We expect modest rises in delinquencies in the quarters ahead, particularly as related to Hurricane Katrina and its effect on the Gulf Coast.
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We're asking people, as best they can, go about your normal routine: Make sure you go to work, make sure you send your kids to school.
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We see housing as being strong over the next three years within a strong economy.
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We're forecasting that 2006 will be a trend growth year for the economy with an increase of about 3.5 percent in the GDP,
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