Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to...

The Bank of Korea has been doing well guarding against inflationary pressures. The Korean economy is having a good recovery and the shift of focus is really to guard against overheating.

Why do people look to the government to fix the economy? It’s mind-boggling.

Capitalism , as Marx defined it, is a system in which productive wealth is privately owned. Communism (which Marx proposed as an alternative) is one in which productive wealth is owned by the community, or...

The big picture is that the economy is accelerating and we live in a consumer-driven economy. It seems pretty obvious what the best way is to play this.

What’s great to me is that we’re building jobs, and we’re really building northern Michigan’s brand. We’re helping the economy here.

Since Nigeria has refused to fully embrace the present reality as it is, that is; the importance of science and technology, the redundancy of religion, the need for pragmatic international relations, economic reforms, support of...

Genua had once controlled the rivermouth and taxed its traffic in a way that couldn’t be called piracybecause it was done by the city government, and therefore sound economicsand perfectly all right

I want this to be heard near and far we will have a market economy. But the state will promote development and fight inequality.

I became a Conservative in the late 1980s because I could see that the Conservative party had transformed Britain’s economy and our standing in the world compared to Labour in the 1980s.

Claiming “the budget can’t allow it” reminds me of when you walk into a restaurant at a civilized hour like ten o’clock and they say “the kitchen is closed.” For years I would hear this,...

If our economy depends on options we have a huge problem on our hands. Please don’t insult my intelligence that badly.

give a boost to the economy.

The payroll numbers were extraordinarily supportive for the economy. But counter to that, the report brings back the Fed and inflationary prospects, and that’s why you see just a modest up day.

In a down economy, our survey has found executives always pushing profitability a few years out, and this year is no different. But what the executives are telling us this year is that they have...

Economy: As an adjective, cheap; As a noun, that which compels us to render ourselves as such.

The reality is that the economy is in great shape. It’s created lots of good jobs?not bad jobs. We haven’t created a whole bunch of hamburger flipping jobs.

Economics, finance, foreign affairs, the environment – you name it, they’re there.

For economist the real world is often a special case.

Historically we have seen strong home improvement spending in the wake of a slow economy. The stock market has been less secure in the last 18 months or so than it had previously been. So...

In art economy is always beauty.

The upper end of the economy has done very well and the stock market is at a 3-1/2 year high. This bodes well for the high-end merchants, … Discounters would have had a hard time...

I get to watch traffic flows in every sector of every economy in the world on a real time basis.

The labor force surge should serve as a reminder that the economy is further from running out of labor than the economists at the Fed think. The economy remains strong and the labor market continues...

We now see more and more of these Old Economy-New Economy hybrids cutting their online staffs, … Companies that were hoping, if not expecting to eventually shift the lion’s share of their business to the...

[But a weak economy also means job loss and relocation are more likely.] Mortgage rates have dropped, yes, but a weak economy means people lose jobs or feel insecure in their jobs. Some potential buyers...

Those are sizable gains, … We’re seeing manufacturers, which are a major driver to the economy, feeling a bit better about the sustainability of their demand.

The TV shows and magazines both confirm and propel the trend. With the economy improving, and people making more money, it feels like they’re beginning to spend more than they have in the past couple...

El estudio de la economía no parece exigir ningún don especializado de un orden excepcionalmente superior. ,No es una disciplina muy fácil comparada con las ramas superiores de la filosofía o la ciencia pura?. Una...

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

Self-preservation—this is your new focus. The only obligation of today is to preserve the breath of tomorrow. Then, once footing is regained, you can begin to fulfill debt obligations. Debt is hindsight.

It’s not really that shocking; we kind of expected it, … As the economy begins to moderate, we’ll get these sporadic spurts of growth — like an engine running out of gas. We suspect the...

We’re getting at best an impressionistic sense of what’s going on in the economy. Major policy decisions are being made based on data that is inadequate to the task.

There is a very simple relationship between increased socioeconomic rifts in the society and increased violence, criminality, war, increased lack of trust between people, health problems and social exclusion – but it seems to be...

The economy should grow by about 9% or more, giving next year a good start.

Mr. Koizumi remains willing to pursue structural reforms, so long as the economy permits. He’s not going to abandon reforms. However, realistically it’s also difficult to assume very quick progress.

The economy fired on all cylinders in January.

Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, “What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power.” But the truth is that outside of...

New South Wales has been getting a lot of flak for holding back the national economy, but the latest signs point to a turnaround. We think the state will surprise the doomsters.

The Illinois housing market continues to be a solid driver of the state’s economy and, in 2006, REALTORS(r) anticipate strong demand for homeownership and favorable price appreciation. Home sales in Illinois tend to follow a...

Education is what drives our economy.

You know what’s truly weird about any financial crisis? We made it up. Currency, money, finance, they’re all social inventions. When the sun comes up in the morning it’s shining on the same physical landscape,...

In America, the glass is neither full nor empty. It is buy one, get one free.

Rate hikes bite different sectors of the economy at different rates. For example, one of the key areas that was hit hard and appears to be slowing down is housing. Consumer spending will take some...

In recent years, the U.S. economy has consistently outperformed expectations,

The president is concerned about the economy, particularly after September 11th, and the effect that airline strikes would have on the economy, and on the ability of the public to travel at this time,

Reliability investing requires finding companies trading below their inherent worth–stocks with strong fundamentals including earnings, dividends, book value, and cash flow selling at bargain prices give their quality.

Multinationals in today’s environment have gotten bigger, and hence their hurdle rate for a site to be economic has risen. Indonesia doesn’t offer that as much as it used to.

New Orleans did not have a robust economy to begin with. I think it’s going to be very difficult for New Orleans to truly come back. It will take years,

If you factor in a slowing economy the number would be larger. The ultimate decider of whether you can make your mortgage payment or not is your job.