It was all energy prices, so I wouldn't make too much of the soft rise in the core (rate).

Ram Bhagavatula

Most people were kind of holding off because they thought energy prices would be going down. Now everybody is filling their tanks.

Dan Webster

We see prices as entirely consistent with our forecast for the year as a whole.

Andrew Burns

Key to American's and the broader sector's future performance will be the industry's ability to raise prices and offset higher fuel costs, which is a function of capacity, in our view.

Gary Chase

The main negative is pressure on margins due to increased wholesale traffic and call prices coming down.

James Ross

Housing prices are going up because the wealthy want to live along the coast. That's who's driving prices up.

Christopher Thornberg

We haven't seen these violent moves [in prices] in several weeks.

George Gero

The primary factors that drove prices higher in 2005 remain operative.

William O'neill

At this pace, all the pieces are in place for both total crude and gasoline prices to ease before the peak summer driving season sets in, as we expect.

Rakesh Shankar

The shares are likely to stay at a record because of high copper prices.

Yoshihisa Miyamoto

The luck I've had has all been bad. I've had the Concorde crash, 9/11,foot and mouth, the Gulf war, Sars and high fuel prices. It might make you doubt my sanity, but I've enjoyed it.

Rod Eddington

The market is short-term oriented, so even a small rise in commodity prices drives the market as potential future earnings.

Glenn Macneill

Imports seem to have continued to grow rapidly, reflecting higher energy prices. The near-term outlook for exports remains positive.

Paul Sheard

We've insulated ourselves from higher oil prices, but we're not immune to them.

Larry Goldstein

For the first time in 20 years, Hawaii gas prices are in line with the mainland – that shows they're manipulating prices.

Scott Foster

People are increasingly concerned, given what Wal-Mart said, that higher gas prices are going to hurt the spending power of the consumer.

Alan Rifkin

Given how low that U.S. production is, prices are extremely low, but that's the effect of these worries about China.

Sharon Johnson

In the next few months, there's no upside. And this winter, we're going to feel it more noticeably as people pay record gas prices and record home-heating bills.

Mark Zandi

I don't think we're going to see jobs collapse or disappear. There is a bit of fear in the air with what's been going on with oil prices and the hurricane that there's going to be some kind of collapse. But I think this economy is resilient.

Lakshman Achuthan

Higher oil increasingly will creep into the indicators. Today, it biased the trade gap higher and pushed up import prices and also impeded the consumer sentiment number.

Drew Matus

You didn't have a job half the time and couldn't get a meal for your family to eat. But I'll say this: Today, your salaries are bigger, but the prices eat it all up.

Phil Harding

We have had to lower the price of some of our products, but the downward pressure on prices has weakened a little bit in the third quarter, compared to what we had expected beforehand.

Toshizo Tanaka

They've had to bite the bullet and really cut prices.

Jonathan Shantry

We have been good, complying with everything buyers have asked. It's extremely costly to keep high standards and these costs tell on our unit selling prices.

Tuly Cooray

Fuel prices are heading back up. It will give us some relief.

Mike Steenburgh

The real debate is how low can prices go.

Jeff Leiper

That's mainly because of gas, fuel prices.

John Rose

Oil production has been constant or slightly increasing every year since 1999. The last time oil production increased annually was from 1979 to 1985, another period when energy prices were up.

Tim Carr

Even with prices falling, companies like Sharp are going to be able to keep the second-tier manufacturers in China and Taiwan out of the market.

Stephen Hall

The market may cool off a little bit because prices are higher than they were a couple of years ago and that takes people out of the market.

Marvin Rose

The median person still thought that their prices were going to go up. That's the definition of a bubble.

Richard Thaler

They must be offered at universally affordable prices to the developing world.

John Doerr

Consumers are very aware of the economy and they don't want to pay premium prices anymore. They're shopping for value.

Larry Weindruch

If energy prices go up to the high 60s, you can't ignore that.

Michael Cuggino

The Prepaid College Plan provides Florida families with an affordable means to save for their children's future college expenses. Families can save hundreds -- if not thousands -- of dollars by locking in the prices now and avoid paying higher fees in the future. If families were ever considering college for their children, now is the time to enroll in the Prepaid College Plan.

Tom Wallace

There's a likelihood of a crash in 2007 if prices are pushed beyond justifiable levels in 2006.

Tobias Just

The price increases are at levels that are catastrophic for most people. And I can't predict that prices are going to go down. I wish I could.

Carol Biedrzycki

Overseas buying is the biggest support we have now. Any stabilization in crude prices helps boost sentiment.

Masayuki Ito

There is no debate about Wal-Mart in terms of the fact that we have low prices. There are also indirect savings if you don't shop at Wal-Mart because our competitors have to lower their prices.

Ray Bracy

You really can't have a situation where something as basic as home prices gets that far away from economic fundamentals for that long a period of time. It's just not sustainable.

Beth Haiken

Energy issues are stronger on higher oil prices.

Hideyuki Suzuki

Strong crude oil prices were generally lifting sentiment in the precious metals market.

Akira Doi

The shorter the time until maturity, the less impact rising rates will have on bond prices.

James Stack

Still, with fuel prices so high, the last thing you want is an interruption in your revenue stream.

John Heimlich

The people for whom the costs are incurred -- the patients -- have no idea what the true cost of these procedures are. It's appealing because Americans respond to prices because the availability of comparative information often puts them in a position where they can make meaningful choices.

Steve Weisbart

Any time you have increased market competition, that's generally a good thing. It will help moderate prices or price increases to California customers, to Oregon customers, and from Washington to Nevada.

Jon Tremayne

I don't know if the problem can be solved, but we're going to have another go. It's incredibly important. There's a lot of concern over the greenhouse effect and Swedish industry is struggling to cope with electricity prices.

Lars Leijonborg

At this point, we have no plans to limit athletic or co-curricular (music, speech, etc.) trips, but we also do not intend to have an increase in these areas beyond what we did last year, ... We will, of course, keep open the possibility of review if fuel prices continue to increase.

John Newby

With near-term market outlook fairly unclear and not helped by current oil prices and the [post-Q2 earnings] lull, we expect the STI to continue to trade within the parallel channel.

Carmen Lee

My guess is we've seen a little bit of a blow-off on oil and it's going to be a little bit more of a hospitable climate, as far as oil prices are concerned.

Michael Metz

It would save, I suppose, with the gas prices.

Richard Brooks

The market is changing positions today, and a rise in US Treasury prices is one of the factors that pushed up the market.

Osamu Tamada

If crude prices are near their trough, earnings should start to flatten out and move up.

Abby Joseph Cohen

Our $20 drive-offs have gotten to $50 now, thanks to the higher prices.

Bob Rice

I am optimistic that pump prices of kerosene will crash as soon as the product is pushed into the market.

Dr. Levi Ajuonuma

As soon as share prices corrected, you saw people coming back. That shows you the strength of the market.

Nestor Aguila

Unlike in the United States, where it feels like high prices are going to last forever, in the Middle East, the feeling is that it will not last. So how do you avoid the problems of the 1980s that followed the boom of the 1970s?

Rachel Bronson

Consumers will continue to battle through the high energy prices as Christmas approaches, so look out for a large amount of activity in the retail sector as battle lines are drawn up.

Anthony Hill

I am certainly worried about oil prices but not worried about indigenous manufacturing inflation which is under control.

Abheek Barua

Fundamentally, we see a positive correlation between gas prices and sales of vehicles. We're certainly seeing fuel economy becoming a more important issue with consumers as we continue to see gas prices rise.

Sage Marie

We are pleased with the quarter's results, ... Despite low aluminum prices - which are down 14 percent since the beginning of 1998 -- we have maintained strong earnings.

Paul O'neill

You, me - everybody else is going to see it. The general consumer is going to see it - in the grocery stores, everywhere. You are going to see prices increasing. Shipping costs have gone up, and they are going to pass it on to the consumer.

Tony Johnson

We stock hundreds of thousands of items and can make more than 5,000 price changes per week, often lowering prices on certain items during the course of the day. We are constantly working to adjust our prices to offer our customers the best possible price.

Kelly Hobbs

Weather forecasts going warmer, colder, warmer will gyrate oil prices around.

Peter Luxton

We expect the prices to be higher than that.

Russ Landen

The figures are better than expected and although petrol prices have come down, there is an improvement in core rate of inflation.

Philip Shaw

If fuel prices come down drastically, we will refund the difference the following year.

Bill Swank

Companies have been doing well but the oil price remains a concern. High oil prices bring uncertainty to corporate profits.

Rene Clerix

If Brazil has a small crop, we could continue to have higher prices for a couple of years.

Kevin Barley

Prices now appear to be settling into a trading range that may persist into the first of the calendar year.

Darrel Good

We've seen prices pushing higher since about the middle of February.

Cathy Hay

We want to be about premium quality and premium prices.

Brad Haley

We have an economy that has shown signs of slowing. With energy prices at extremely high levels -- and now moving above those levels -- this is kind of a double whammy.

Antoine Halff

It's so difficult to estimate because the market is changing so rapidly. The issues that drive the market aren't domestically controlled. Things happen in China, India and Mexico that influence construction material prices.

Joe Levens

Commodities prices are lower, which could be slightly negative for the Canadian dollar.

Reid Farrill

We're suffering from our success as a great community. Our real estate prices are out of sight.

Nancy Floreen

Surveys have shown that Minnesota farmers have often been over-applying N at a range of 30 to 60 pounds per acre. With higher nitrogen prices, applying too much N means poor economic returns.

Gyles Randall

The question is whether OPEC allows prices to slip to a slightly lower range without formally abandoning its basket price.

Mehdi Varzi

That's why gas prices are so fast to go up and so slow to go down.

George Hoffer

When the barrel prices go up, the prices at the gas stations go up. And you know the fuel at the tank was not purchased at the higher price.

Dorothy Jones

Right now what is going on is prices are high and they are going higher.

David Hackett

What we have to do is make sure more people are in that pool of having some opportunity to have some coverage so that we lessen that pressure to increase prices to make up for those losses.

Mike Beebe

I think most of the concerns for this industry have been factored into these stocks already as power prices have come down, ... But as you look longer-term...growth for these companies will be slowing.

Gordon Howald

Our big concern is the combination of rising bond yields, sustained high energy prices and weakness in US housing.

Abhijit Chakrabortti

You're seeing a knee-jerk reaction to the tremendous gain in energy prices. It's also a reaction to the contrived gain on Friday.

Donald Selkin

It can't do any harm. Any form of competition will even the market out. It might lower prices.

William Carey

Despite this decline in prices, we maintained flat gross margins.

James Schneider

We now think that (U.S.) crude oil could reach $61 before a meaningful sell-off occurs. Long-term price patterns point to even higher prices.

Morgan Stanley

The market is overstocked and it is not feasible to take prices lower with the current exchange rate, so we have to reduce production to try to bring the market back to balance.

Deon Dreyer

We must make sure that prices are reasonable, that the whole family of mankind can enjoy the fruits of production.

Tao Xinliang

I think we'd better get used to it. I think we're going to see prices roller-coaster like this for a long time.

Tom Crosby

They're very good cost cutters. It's obviously a pretty tough time for airlines given the way fuel prices have gone up, they've done a pretty good job managing it.

James Holt

I hope these prices are here to stay. If the discount fares are on average 50 percent cheaper than the legacy carriers, we'll have achieved our goal.

Gilberto Lopez Meyer

For the low-cost producers, they are very profitable now, at (steel) prices that are probably not going to fall.

Tim Rocks

We had low commodity prices for almost 20 years. I think we're going to have high commodity prices for almost 20 years.

Ian Telfer

If prices keep going up quickly, you?re going to see a real shock to the economy.

Andrew Logan

They are facing the same headwinds in terms of input costs and trying to raise selling prices.

Matthew Kaufler

Gasoline inventories are expected to decline going into March, which may lead to a further rise in oil prices.

Hiroyuki Kikukawa

I joke that you give up low gas prices for Lent.

Tom Kloza

In Missouri, nine items increased in price, four decreased, and three remained constant. Meat prices were higher with the exception of ground chuck.

Diane Olson

The key drivers as we invest in these markets are fuel prices. The decision whether to build a new coal plant is: What do you think will happen to gas prices?

Alex Urquhart

It looks like corporate profits in the second quarter won't be good across the board if you compare with the first quarter, and that's because prices are still falling.

Frank Lee

The focus this year will be on how effective companies are at cutting costs as oil prices will continue to go up over time.

Alan Richardson

Yields are now close to attractive levels. There is a chance of somewhat higher bond prices.

Bernd Weidensteiner

We have to brand everything coming out of here as exotic high-quality enough to account for the higher prices--both for the actual commodity and for the shipping to get it to you.

Jim Hollyer

Higher oil prices, and fears over Japanese stocks are affecting the dollar more than any other currency.

Niels Christensen

We're remaining optimistic on the market as we see it staying pretty much where it has been, with possibly some stabilization of some prices.

Scott Morris

The market has shifted. Instead of land prices tending to push upward, more than likely, they're flat or downward.

Brad Hunter

Certainly, the gas prices are also contributing. People are realizing that it's just as, if not more, economical to take the train to drive their car.

Patricia Douglas

In the latter stage of his career he became a product of his time: deal-driven, acquisition-oriented and power-oriented. It forced him to do things that he wouldn't have done earlier in his career when he was picking up valuable merchandise at discount prices.

Charles Peabody

If we do have oil prices at this level for another week or so, it's going to make investors reconsider the whole outlook for consumer demand, which of course has been the real fuel for the economy.

Michael Metz

A sudden and violent crash in crude oil prices cannot be dismissed.

Thorsten Fischer

The current manufacturing recession that began in the latter half of 2000 is chiefly due to the combined effects of excessively high interest rates, high energy prices, the over-valued dollar and increased regulatory and legal costs.

Jerry Jasinowski

[Analysts] are being vocal about a 25-cent increase in the summer. So we expect to see gas prices increasing right now up until Memorial Day.

Yvette Lopez

The weather was a blessing in that it helped blunt the increase in prices.

Beth Nagusky

Oil prices are artificially high because of geopolitical premiums, particularly the crisis between the West and Iran.

Luc Girard

The luxury market seems to be more resilient to changes in the economy, whether its gas prices or (other) things like that.

Stacey Widlitz

Zinc stockpiles keep coming down. Consumers are still buying at high prices.

Andrew Silver

We received and negotiated the lowest prices and best offering of any other recent lottery in any state.

Tom Shaheen

After a summer of high demand for fuel, gas prices have reached a level that forces many motorists to reconsider travel plans.

David Parsons

Our profits would increase, gosh, a lot, ... Of course, we?d lower our prices.

James Davis

But for that, prices must fall lower to become attractive for the funds.

Marcos Basaglia

He would like to sell a big lump of it at very low prices, ... This is a moment in history where they know there is a huge demand.

Michael Levy

Fundamentals point to continued strength in crude oil prices and Canadian Oil Sands Trust is in an enviable position to benefit from this market.

Marcel Coutu

Investors want to see if the savings are going to justify the hype we're reading about. I don't expect that people will pay for them [potential savings] in advance with higher stock prices.

Chris Mecray

There is an improvement in the overall economic atmosphere and a better than expected increase in company profits due to tax reductions. But share- prices were still overvalued.

Nashwa Saleh

While they won't admit it, the primary driver of lower procurement costs will be by lowering prices out there, increasing competition through versus auctions.

Chris Mecray

We could see prices ease from record highs, but it's unlikely we'll see them return to historical averages we're used to.

Glyn Lawcock

Subdued has been the word I've heard to describe the general feeling of people here at the fair. I don't know if it's gas prices or things our nation is going through. But fair attendance is down about 10 percent statewide. If it becomes a trend, it'll be something to address.

Kathy Bennett

We're looking at a somewhat flat start to the week. Oil prices look set to play a key role in directing equities.

Matthew Buckland

Production (growth) will be (relatively) flat but...the increase in revenue will come from rising oil prices.

Hilmi Panigoro

The cable-franchising processes may have made sense 20 years ago in a monopoly environment, but applying those processes to new entrants is merely protecting consumers from lower prices.

Robert Quinn

Used-car prices for the most part are set up by new-car prices.

Art Spinella

Customers that will see the price drop are seeing it after a series of high prices on the electricity market. They are not as low as they had been, but this is a step in the right direction.

Mike Durand

Sugar prices in the past few months have pulled back because of the weaker oil price. Now that oil is at around $70 a barrel, sugar has to follow.

Christoph Eibl

There are a lot of different things going on than there was ... People talk about a bubble in housing, but I think there is a lot more bubbleness in oil prices.

James Paulsen

It's hard to explain with a straight face why prices are going up 10 cents a day.

Mike Doyle

We have the same concerns a lot of other folks are having. It's really too early to tell [if gas prices will be affected]. It depends on how long pipelines stay down.

John Warren

Prices will come down on imports. There are lots coming our way.

Sarah Emerson

I would think that this would be especially attractive for fuel, considering the high prices we are currently paying.

Gary Banowetz

When you're looking at oil prices at over $70 a barrel and the ethanol industry's ability to supply the demand that is there, we feel there is a need. We intend to persevere.

Scott Welsh

Risk managers who saw their renewal prices drop said they felt lucky, because those who experienced the hurricane effect are now explaining to their management why renewal premiums just went through the roof.

David Bradford

Market prices are continuing to soften for natural gas (nationwide). You see that show up in electricity prices, too, because so much electricity is generated by natural gas-fired plants.

Claudia Rapkoch

Oil is strong and that is helping oil companies, but it is surprising the broader market is as strong as it is, given higher oil prices.

Mike Driscoll

We think the best years of commodity prices are probably behind us.

Charles Shioleno

You know, you either drop these prices or we just won't go to work! How's that? I think that we need to do it. I think the truckers need to do it. I think the people need to let the president know we're not going to keep paying it!

James Hughes

Our customers would consume more energy. If prices don't change, and we have a colder than normal winter, this could go up, substantially.

Tom Sanders

The established markets in Asia are getting very competitive, valuations and prices have come up. People have to go to the rest of the emerging markets like India and China.

Kelvin Chan

If anything is going to trigger an increase in prices down the road, it's $65 a barrel oil.

Rich Yamarone

There is no evidence here of prices topping out, ... On the contrary, house price inflation continues to accelerate, as some areas that have experience relatively slow appreciation are picking up steam.

Patrick Lawler

People are betting on strong earnings growth for miners, and the argument is that metal prices will stay firm, if not climb up.

Peter Wright

These prices have not been seen since mid-2004, when the Fed Reserves began the first of a long series of rate hikes.

Neill Pickering

We show great films at very reasonable prices.

Frank Normile

The prices are soaring. With the end of final government oversight of cable rates, the prices will continue to soar, because most consumers do not have a choice. There's only one cable company in their community.

Gene Kimmelman

Everyone in town is adjusting prices every two hours now.

Mike Barnes

(Oil prices) shouldn't have got up so much on Friday because of the Saudi scare that became a non-scare.

Douglas Davis

If a company bids enough, it can exclude all other competitors, leaving airlines with only one possible supplier and passengers with no choice. Experience shows that if a company has the chance to buy a monopoly license, it will pay a premium for it. That is because it allows them, with one fell swoop, to ensure that competitors will not be able to keep prices down or force them to innovate.

Michael Copps

Share prices rose as technology shares here benefited from gains in the Nasdaq index.

Toshihiko Matsuno

Even though the surge in inflation was one-off, it was pretty shocking and the jump in fuel prices is likely to have some knock-on effects. It's better to move now than to be forced to move more later.

George Worthington

Given the election situation, I don't see a sharp rise in fuel prices, but further interest rate hikes won't be a negative political factor.

Hasitha Premaratne

Longer-term, I don't think there is going to be an economic impact as long as there isn't a longer period when energy prices are affected.

Shawn Campbell

If they don't have the staying power to be able to carry the property, that will have an effect on single-family home prices.

Terry Feinberg

Look at historical prices. You shouldn't buy if it's at its height.

Josh Thomas

Global demand has pushed oil prices to a new higher platform, and risks of serious supply disruption (Iran, Nigeria) are adding a premium to prices.

David Thurtell

Imports on the other hand are up because of rises in oil prices. Still, on a volume basis exports are growing more than imports.

Koji Kobayashi

Higher fuel and energy prices have hit purchasing power, amid a high inflation rate.

Jeff Adams

We'll be watching the commodity prices again for the next little while in terms of direction for the Canadian dollar. We've gone through now C$1.14 and we're in a new range again.

Carolyn Kwan

That will allow everybody to judge whether prices have come down or not.

Martin Selmayr

Coal prices on the market have been high, while electricity tariffs are fixed by the government, which has put great pressure on the country's power generators.

Wang Yonggan

In our view, the message that is emerging from buyers is that acquisition candidates are becoming too greedy. Prices are reaching unsustainable levels.

Clive Mcdonnell

That's part of what's keeping her on this track. Once you do that, it's hard to go do a film about oil prices.

Rachel Dretzin

Short-term prices bounce around. I think we will see the long end of most curves move upwards.

Mark Mathias

I feel that gas prices are going to skyrocket because the hurricane's supposed to hit tonight.

Ron Hays

If raw materials pick up again, of course we have to go back to product prices. But if raw material prices are stable we will not go through to our customer.

Matthias Zachert

Are supportive of higher stock prices.

Paul Nolte

The good news in electronics is that the prices are always getting lower, and that isn't true of much else.

Jim Barry

Our general feeling is that we will see continued moderate advances in equity prices, with earnings being the driving force, offsetting potential increases in short-term interest rates.

Robert Balentine

Price cuts come when you see a need in the marketplace, ... We saw a lot of momentum during the holiday at good prices.

Robbie Bach

Prices will keep pace with inflation, which is expected to reach 10-10.5%, given no cataclysms.

Alexei Nebolsin

Hurricane Katrina caused already skyrocketing energy prices to soar even higher, and as the months grow colder, it could leave many low-income families and seniors struggling to heat their homes.

Chris Dodd

Investors are still not too confident on the earnings outlook at technology companies. Rising oil prices will increase concern that interest rates will keep on rising, which will hurt demand in the U.S.

Jeon Jeong Woo

If you are not stuck with fixed machinery costs and simply hire equipment when necessary, you have far more flexibility in business decisions. You can reduce or increase production dramatically depending on prices.

David Houghton

The low energy prices are more beneficial than any tax break, particularly for discount shoppers.

Bill Dreher

The onslaught is more a competitive response to the success Scion has had attracting buyers than it is a response to fuel prices.

Jeff Schuster

It's always easy to convert industrial to housing because the rewards to a developer for housing are significant enough to pay for the change of use. But when you insert artists . . . typically they are not able to support the kind of prices the housing developers can. That will make implementation there a bit more challenging.

John Weis

Commodities prices are lower, which could be slightly negative for the Canadian dollar. The market is a little bit on edge as they wait to see what Dodge has to say about interest rates.

Reid Farrill

In the customer's mind, we all do the same thing. The prices are about the same. What is it about the customers that drive them to us? It's not about you car, it's about you.

Vic Tarasik

We feel there will be premium of some measure in an IPO, particularly if oil prices are rebounding.

John Parry

Wal-Mart has brought lower prices to people, but some of Wal-Mart's labor practices are questionable.

Jerry Hausman

When the size of the aircraft orders is so big, the economics of the engine prices being offered by GE would've been a key factor in determining the orders.

Kapil Kaul

Although demand was about what we expected during the quarter, the average selling prices for our DRAM product line were lower than we planned. DRAM selling prices were under pressure, especially in November and December.

Jimmy Lee

Many are wondering how prices could go up so quickly after the hurricane.

Mark Sullivan

People recognize that the economy is getting stronger and job creation is more in their favor, but the outlook is impaired by oil prices and events abroad. Uncertainty is overwhelming what consumers know to be better economic conditions.

David Littman

We're not likely to raise prices in the fixed-line area.

John Stanhope

The prices keep going up. You can't try and sell a piece of junk around here. People won't buy that. But people definitely are still looking to buy.

Charles Clark

A rising gold price makes merger activity really active. Everyone wants to grow their business when commodity prices are rising and you can make money on almost anything. We're going to see more of this.

Deron Collins

Ordinarily comfortable inventories would mean lower prices -- probably closer to fifty-five dollars. But the Iran situation, and several smaller actual interruptions to crude supply, are keeping prices higher.

Tobin Gorey

We're already in a situation where prices have gone up so much that the working guy is having a tough time buying a house.

Brad Monroe

That's the way I can offer the best prices to my customers.

Andrew Pantano

We've had a little bit of a relief rally because the ISM was softer than expected, but the prices paid were higher so it's hard to get too excited about it one way or another.

Scott Gewirtz