“If high prices do continue much longer, they will certainly have a bite on GDP growth. At the moment, we are at the stage where prices are really driven by short-term factors that the market has been dealing with for the last few months.”
Daniel Hynes
“What the people needed most from the forthcoming Budget was certainty. I am calling on the government to establish a ceiling on utility tariffs and to commit itself not to raise administrative fees.”
Joseph Muscat
“High oil prices may raise inflation but longer-term it's negative for growth and that's how the Fed sees it.”
David Mann
“The longer prices stay up this high in April, the less likely our scenario is and we may have to increase our forecast.”
Patrick Chidley
“Of course, we don't know whether the price is going to stay at $3. But the longer prices stay at this level, the harder it is to believe that consumers will just carry on doing what they were doing.”
Nigel Gault
“I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about.”
Chuck Palahniuk
“The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressure into passive receptacles.”
William Osler
