“I think the producers, for the most part, don't want to see prices skyrocket because that will only create problems for them down the road and would also be a, you know, would be a very serious shock for a world economy that can't afford serious shocks right now.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantProblemWould BeEconomySeriousRight NowProducersShockDown The RoadWorld Economy Author:Daniel Yergin
“To the extent that hiring in high-wage, developed economies continues to lag, the sustainability of any impetus to private consumption can be drawn into serious question.” EconomySeriousSustainabilityConsumptionWagesHiringImpetusLag Author:Stephen S. Roach
“You can't have a healthy economy without sound money, which is why we're on the verge of very serious economic problem.” ProblemSoundEconomyEconomicSeriousHealthyVergeEconomic Problems Author:Ron Paul
“The most serious problems lie in the financial sphere, where the economy's debt overhead has grown more rapidly than the 'real' economy's ability to carry this debt. [...] The essence of the global financial bubble is that savings are diverted to inflate the stock market, bond market and real estate prices rather than to build new factories and employ more labor.” RealProblemLyingAbilityEconomySeriousLaborEssenceFinancialDebtSavingSpheresFactoriesBubblesEstatesSavingsOverheadBond Market Author:Michael Hudson
“(I)t is highly questionable whether when 'Europe speaks with one voice', as we are so often told it is doing, anyone is really listening. Europe's reputation as a serious player in international affairs is unenviable. It is a feeble giant who desperate attempts to be taken seriously are largely risible. It has a weak currency and a sluggish inflexible economy, still much reliant on hidden protectionism. It has a shrinking, ageing, population and, with the exception of Britain, rather unimpressive armed forces and, not excepting Britain, muddled diplomacy.” StillsSpeakForceVoiceEconomyTakenPlayerSeriousListeningEuropeWeakAffairInternationalPopulationReputationGiantsDesperateBritainExceptionCurrencyDiplomacyAgeingArmed ForcesShrinkingQuestionableSluggishProtectionismInternational Affairs Author:Margaret Thatcher
“In a time of serious budget deficits, immense war costs and a sluggish economy, we cannot afford to grant such outlandish subsidies to some of our Nations largest corporations.” WarNationsEconomySeriousCostBudgetsCorporationsGrantsImmenseDeficitSubsidiesSluggishOutlandishBudget Deficit Author:Ron Kind
“I am willing to work with anybody who wants to have a serious conversation about our fiscal future. We're not going to do this under the threat of blowing up the entire economy. I will not negotiate over Congress' responsibility to pay the bills that have already been racked up. I don't know how I can be more clear about this.” KnowsWantI CanPayResponsibilityKnow HowEconomyClearWillingSeriousConversationBillsThreatCongressBlowing Up Author:Barack Obama
“I have serious concerns about whether it's prudent to give any foreign country substantial leverage over the U.S. economy. Instead of spending $80 billion on important programs here at home, we're sending this money overseas just to pay interest on our debt.” GivingImportantCountryHomeInterestPayEconomySeriousConcernProgramDebtSpendingBillionsPrudentForeign Countries Author:Tim Johnson
“Consequently many large railroad systems of heavy capitalization bid fair to run into difficulties on the first serious falling off in general business” FirstsRunningFallEconomySeriousFairsDifficultyHeavyRailroadsFalling OffCapitalization Author:John Moody
“If we're serious about building an economy that lasts, we have got to get serious about education. We are going to have to pick up our games and raise our standards.” IfsLastsGamesEconomyBuildingSeriousStandardsPicksRaisesHigh StandardsQuality Education Author:Barack Obama
“Consumer spending is now plunging at serious-recession rate ... even if the rescue now in train succeeds in unfreezing credit markets, the real economy has immense downward momentum. In addition to financial rescues, we need major stimulus programs.” IfsNeedsRealEconomySeriousSucceedMajorsProgramTrainRateFinancialCreditSpendingConsumersImmenseRescueMomentumStimulusRecessions Author:Paul Krugman
“Humour is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought - rather it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy.” WorldEconomyHumourSeriousAfterthought Author:Oscar W. Firkins