“I'm not predicting a double-dip recession, but the odds of it have gone up. Instead of 5 percent, there's maybe a 15 or 20 percent chance of it now.”
Robert MacIntosh
“Two recessions in more than eighteen years is not a bad E.R.A. -- earned recession average. The bottom line is he did a very good job as Fed chairman.”
David Kelly
“You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't do well in the markets.”
Peter Lynch
“Wall Street indices predicted nine out of the last five recessions!”
Paul A. Samuelson
“Both were in recession last year and the recoveries there have not been particularly strong yet,”
Tim Condon
“We're not in a recession. We're not going to be in a recession. Recovery is on the horizon. The decks are clear. The economy is in direct drive,”
Paul Kasriel
“This level of the ISM is not consistent with recession,”
Ian Shepherdson