Economics Quotes (2156 Quotes)

We've had a great run, but it's too much, too fast. The economic data haven't been strong enough to justify the kind of gains we've seen recently.

Unfortunately, the fire and the potential financial obligation associated with rebuilding the plant forced us to re-examine the economic soundness of such a large capital investment.

It has got to have some economic drag. Out-of-state corporations come in wanting to build, and are challenged by codes that are not consistent. It costs more to build here than elsewhere where the codes are standardized.

We expect that near-term growth will now be a bit weaker than had been anticipated, due in very large part to the disruption in economic activity brought on by Katrina last week.

We did OK for the first half of the month and then faded out -- a lot of the economic data in the last few weeks have been a little discouraging. It's kind of a sour way to end a good quarter but not too bad for the month.

The State becomes society or humanity on the ethical side, a production and trade system on the economic side.

Without the resources of the mainland, Taiwan cannot go far. Let us work together for prosperity for the whole nation and let us join forces ... to push forward the economic miracle of the Chinese nation.

Michigan Sentiment may be the key to activity today. Otherwise it may be a case for waiting for some confessional news next week and the next quarter's results from Morgan Stanley, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers often a good barometer of economic and business activity.

It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider than national scale, made the mistake of underestimating the pace of economic change in our modern world.

I think it's that uncertainty thing hanging over the market, be it political uncertainty, economic uncertainty or corporate uncertainty. Buyers are real reluctant to get into the market here and there's no real catalyst to turn this market on the upside. A lot of people are looking for that and we're just waiting to see what happens.

It's an earnings season very much in line with what we anticipated. We're at the point in the economic cycle and in this earnings cycle where a little bit of a slowdown is not too surprising. You're up against some pretty tough comparisons over the last couple of years.

There's literally billions of dollars of economic opportunity at stake. North Carolina needs to figure out how to position its businesses and economy to take advantage.

The flat pace in the leading indicators points to continued moderation in U.S. economic activity. This is reflected in indicators for manufacturing, housing, consumer, labor, and financial markets. The economy is starting to reflect the impact of growth restraints.

U.S. treasury yields are rising and we've seen that support the dollar across the board. The dollar remains strong on the back of solid U.S. economic data and expectations that the 10-year yield is going to continue to go higher.

If we do our job well in telling our story, I think we'll be all right. People in Jackson County that are not sports fans need to understand what an economic generator for the entire city the sports complex is.

Politicians need to justify what they're doing, so they'll get some economist to put together a study that put out a job-creation figure that depends on multiplier effects and a lot of economic variables to come through,

If more and more enterprises and industries sell their U. S. dollars or foreign exchange maybe the yuan will have appreciation pressure. We don't want these kinds of capital flows to have a very strong impact on the economic growth trend.

My training is in business and economics, so my mind gravitates toward the business model,

I think it's time to do something, ... I don't believe any political pressure, economic, any kind of pressure will work.

So far as the economic condition of society and the general mode of living and thinking were concerned, I might claim to have lived in the time of the American Revolution.

While vehicle deliveries were somewhat resilient last week, it is too soon to determine the effect on consumer confidence, ... We will closely monitor the economic outlook and will be prepared to make appropriate production adjustments.

There's a real connection between the misrepresentation of African Americans in popular culture and the violence that has been lodged against them, both physical and economic.

Theoretically, the incumbent wants the economic recovery to coincide with the election, but really it's a coincidence that those years tend to be positive. I think it's more that there's a good feeling overall during that year -- everyone is promised the world and no one says anything bad to upset the markets.

On the margin, the statement reads as if the Fed has quite a bit of confidence in the economy. There's a fairly optimistic undertone about the economic momentum.

Domestic consumption is very robust and manufacturing and service outputs are posting faster-than-expected growth. There are latent inflationary pressures due to the economic recovery and persistently high oil prices.

Tourism is an economic driver. If we get people here to spend money, then we all benefit.

We are very focused on improving our fleet's velocity and creating additional capacity for our existing and prospective customers by applying economics, which maximize the utilization and performance of our fleet. Ultimately, by improving the velocity and utilization of our fleet, we lower the cost to the shipper community for barge transportation.

To be sure, mathematics can be extended to any branch of knowledge, including economics, provided the concepts are so clearly defined as to permit accurate symbolic representation. That is only another way of saying that in some branches of discourse it is desirable to know what you are talking about.

The real estate becomes so horrendously expensive that, from an economic standpoint, it doesn't make sense to farm it anymore. We're still losing over a farm a day, but the remaining farms are getting larger.

The July numbers are still double what we saw in the period of economic expansion, ... They're the lowest in some time, but they're not good by any means.

Advances in computer technology and the Internet have changed the way America works, learns, and communicates. The Internet has become an integral part of America's economic, political, and social life.

It's a concern, second terms never turn out how they are sold. He brings perception of safety, but can he push through what he has promised on the economic front

European companies have a lot of cash on their balance sheets, so it's good to see them making deals to grow. Earnings have been very good. Rising rates won't derail any of the economic growth we're seeing.

Investors may become cautious about buying bonds given the plunge in U. S. Treasuries and European bonds. Bonds will probably stay lower ahead of the series of the economic indicators.

There has been a frustration that some of the economic impact studies have been less than complete. It's worth us just challenging academics as a whole and commissioning our own study to see what the facts are.

We saw a run-up near the close of the last session, so you're seeing some selling off of that, not to mention the huge rally in the last week. In addition, the economic data we've seen for July hasn't been very good.

I think that the averages are holding their own. You've got to keep in mind that we're coming off five weeks of gains on the Dow and the SP. The housing numbers were strong, so we're starting off the week on the right foot, but we've got a lot of economic data to get through this week and we're going to be looking for signs that the economy is holding up.

The suburban schools have traditionally done better than the city schools, and I believe that's due to economics, plus, in the city schools we water each other down. We're fragmented, but in the suburbs you have one high school that everybody goes to.

This petition should be a wake-up call to those claiming that the Columbia Basin salmon can be recovered without significant change. We should focus on identifying solutions to the challenges we face, such as improving water use efficiency and finding alternative means of providing the economic benefits of the lower Snake River dams.

We know that to arrive at these goals, there is no greater engine than the industrious and well-educated people of Iraq themselves, ... Along with our coalition partners, we would help Iraqis begin the process of economic and political reconstruction. We would assist the people of Iraq in putting their country on a path towards prosperity and freedom.

This was a friendly and cordial meeting in which the Iranian vice-president said that bilateral trade does not reflect the full potential of economic relations between the two countries.

For the last couple of months there has been a buildup of economic optimism in Japan. Any evidence the pace of expansion may slow can have a negative impact on the yen.

The U.S. Supreme Court has established that the tribes own their water. What I'd like to focus on is doing something with the water that results in economic development.

We aren't at all opposed to disciplining Microsoft, but we think a breakup is simply too harsh. We continue to believe that a more appropriate remedy would relate to behavioral changes, government changes and perhaps an economic hit.

I think it's something we're going to have to learn to live with until the fundamentals can reassert themselves. But I do believe that the favorable fundamentals of strong U.S. economic growth and low inflation are here to stay for awhile.

Evidence from many countries on the earnings, unemployment, and occupations of blacks, women, religious groups, immigrants, and others has expanded enormously during the past twenty-five years. This evidence more fully documents the economic position of minorities and how that changes in different environments.

The big picture is still that 10-year yields are up 100 basis points (1 percentage point) in basically a month, so to see a 5- or 10-basis-point pullback is not a big deal. It's just a wiggle on the charts. You will get wiggles here and there, and whether it's driven by surprises in economic data, or in geopolitics, oil prices or stocks is anyone's guess.

There were racial, economic and social divisions -- strains that were very real and very important. The moon landing was the culmination of forces that brought everyone together to pursue a common goal.

I was criticized at some level within the Republican Party by those who say government should not be in the economic development business at all. My response is that the only country I know that doesn't have an economic development plan is Papa New Guinea.

Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised.