“Given a strong concern that (politics) would plunge into huge confusion if the prime minister pushes with revision, there is a view that the pregnancy actually rescued him and he is still in luck.”
Yomiuri Shimbun
“After the revision last year, I think from the political point of view the commission and the ministers have learned a lot about the importance of establishing good dialogue channels to avoid these kinds of conflicts.”
Joaquin Almunia
“What's promising about this report was not only were November-to-December job increases strong, they went back and revised up the October-to-November increase.”
Jack Kyser
“If you take into account the revisions, the average for the last three months are still very strong. It's consistent with the housing starts number. People are still active in home buying. This decline in January is probably a month dip. It's a head-fake.”
Stuart Hoffman
“I expect Sony and Matsushita to revise up. Sony's revision could be quite large.”
Fumio Osanai
“Strong December durable goods and the upward revision to November show that perhaps there isn't enough monetary restraint after all.”
Chris Low
“We do expect to continue these strong results, and to that end we have upwardly revised our full-year outlook.”
Terry Semel
