“It's hard to look at this report and be even more convinced that if housing slows down, there's nothing to replace it in terms of labor income. It leans slightly more to the bearish than the bullish side for the market.”
Dominic Konstam
“We still expect economic activity to slow over the next several quarters as consumer spending slows further and housing declines more because of higher interest rates and energy costs. The absence of inflation will be welcomed at the Federal Reserve.”
Steven Wood
“Making my English better is a hard job, a slow job. But it's getting better. Three years ago it would have taken me a half hour to say this sentence.”
Goran Visnjic
“Employment and wages are stronger and therefore, consumer spending is stronger. Housing is slowing, but not as much as we would have expected, and the price of oil is so far not having that big an impact on the consumer.”
John Silvia
“It was a sluggish response, almost a White House in slow motion. Americans expect not only to see their president on the scene, but a firm hand on the tiller. That wasn't there. There was nobody in charge.”
David Gergen
“We expect housing activity to drop about 8 percent this year -- it's primarily because of the investors' slowing purchases.”
David Berson
“It's hard to get Mark to slow down.”
Andrew Thomas
