We expect to see a marked slowdown in revenue growth in three of Vodafone's major European markets: Germany, Italy and Spain. Each has experienced significant termination rate cuts ... and this will have hit service revenue growth.
Christian Maher
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Fears that Japan may follow the United States into an economic slowdown and downward earnings revisions are likely to worry investors for a while.
Takashi Yamazaki
We've entered a lull again, with tech issues drifting lower on the back of the slowdown in mobile sales.
Richard Champion
In a period when general economic slowdown is the main problem and when inflation is not likely to be a continuing threat, the euro area -- the second-largest economic area in the world -- needs to become part of the solution rather than part of the problem.
Michael Mussa
While this demographic is the first to feel the impact of an economic slowdown, it's the last to benefit when the economy picks up. There's generally a 12- to 18-month lag until this group sees a recovery.
Jeffery Dabbs
Clearly German business sentiment has been on a decline since May last year and what we are seeing now is that German manufacturers are really feeling the impact of the global slowdown.
Peter Dixon
We told the consultants not to give us a two-block area where we should build because whoever owns that land could get real excited. The county is growing in population and nothing shows that there will be a slowdown in what we've seen in the past 20 years.
Richard Becker
We are pleased with the progress of our international operations, whilst we remain cautious about prospects in the UK, where we have experienced the slowdown in consumer expenditure.
John Clare
Frankly, IBM is so large it is difficult for them to hide from an IT slowdown.
Shelby Seyrafi
The slowdown in recurring profits reflects rising material costs in manufacturing and higher personnel costs in non-manufacturing.
Takuji Aida
Inflation is still something to keep an eye on, ... The market has priced in a slowdown but if we do get a surprise on payroll day, we could see a sell-off in bonds.
Bill Davison
The slowdown in housing will have an effect on other areas of the economy, such as sales of furniture, appliances and home improvement stores.
Chris Mccarty
We intend to keep production in line with demand, and are taking aggressive steps to respond to weakened market conditions, ... We expected a seasonal slowdown in the quarter, but rising fuel costs and concerns about the economic outlook are impacting our business across the board.
John Faraci
It clearly indicates a slowdown. The question is just how much.
Richard Waugh
The global economy is slowing. Estimates may still be too complacent regarding the degree of the slowdown.
Michael Joynson
It's a very long expansion period we've been in, but sooner or later there will be a recession. Hopefully it will be a mild one, but sooner or later there will be a slowdown. Something is going to happen.
John Sargent
The September employment figures could be interpreted as signaling a slowdown in the economy with a pickup in wage growth, but don't count on it, ... The impact of hurricane Floyd might well have been larger than indicated.
Mike Englund
The GE Company and the IUE Locals 359 and 380 worked together to minimize the involuntary impact of this reduction, which comes in response to the intense pressure the business has been facing with price erosion and a slowdown in the marketplace. All impacted employees will have layoff benefits, counseling benefits and special placement programs available to them.
Maria Moreno
Unfortunately, this was a necessary next step for us to achieve renewal and stay competitive in today's dramatic business environment, particularly given the current slowdown in the economy.
Mike Zafirovski
We had to react immediately because in December we were beginning to lose customers who were seeing a slowdown in service, ... I'm estimating that we lost 25% of our customer base over the next five months because they got hit with much higher phone connection charges.
Richard Bliss
Heightened concerns over inflation risks in the U.S. and a consequent monetary policy-induced slowdown in economic growth are keeping U.S. dollar bulls in check.
John Kyriakopoulos
Nortel is their largest customer for optical equipment. A sharp slowdown at Nortel in deployment of optical systems certainly is not good for Corning, and I think this new lowered information accelerates or adds a little bit to the time frame (for a turnaround).
Timothy Anderson
Commodity prices are rising, quite dramatically for copper, tin and steel scrap. That would not happen if there was an expectation of a slowdown.
James Paulsen
The housing market only has a smaller impact to any slowdown in the economy.
Yasutoshi Nagai
In 2005 it seemed the local economy was growing at an unusually overheated pace. As interest rates continue to rise, I would expect things to slow down a little. Even if there is a slowdown, there are so many things already on the boards, especially in construction, that it shouldn't be a big slowdown.
Brian Finnegan
I think it's symptomatic of how weak this economy really is. This tells us the slowdown is accelerating more than expected.
Bob Mcintosh
It's a little bit disappointing. Part of it is an industry slowdown and part, I suspect, is the distraction of the merger.
Todd Rethemeier
This indicates that manufacturing activity picked up somewhat in December following the slowdown in the preceding months. The index, however, remains well below the peak of 60 reached in July last year.
André Roux
There's no doubt that the turning point is more obvious now and the signs of a further slowdown are clear.
Craig Ebert
The fact remains that Tesco is the darling of the sector and is best equipped to cope with any slowdown in consumer confidence or the side-effects of a higher oil price.
Richard Hunter
Fund managers are asserting that a slowdown in telecom spending is here for foreseeable future. As far as investors needing a dedicated technology fund in their portfolio, it's not essential because many growth funds will give the exposure and diversification they need, without the risk.
Catherine Benz
Despite continued difficult markets, resulting in an industry-wide slowdown in some investment banking activities, the second quarter proved to be among our best ever in terms of net income and revenues.
Richard Fuld
Despite this anticipated seasonal slowdown, almost all industries, occupations, regions and states show much higher levels of online job availability than a year ago, demonstrating solid growth over the course of 2005.
Steve Pogorzelski
We've gotten to a level where the price is beginning to impinge on economic growth. People are starting to worry about a slowdown.
Jason Kenney
This rise in bad debt, alongside the recent slowdown in consumer credit, suggests that households are starting to feel the pressure of their rapid build-up of debt in recent years.
Vicky Redwood
Any luxury company is susceptible to a slowdown in the U.S. or Japan. The macro issues are really more important for a luxury company.
Claire Kent
On the inkjet side, we have seen a slowdown and we need to understand what that is. So the first thing we've got to do to get that moving is start to move the branded unit sales, which is another reason why we're adjusting the price position on the products and driving more aggressively on the promotions.
Paul Curlander
We still expect that the consumer slowdown will prompt more interest rate cuts.
Jonathan Loynes
Weak U.S. housing data fueled concern of a U.S. economic slowdown, triggering buying of bonds.
Tsutomu Kawasaki
We expect a slowdown in earnings. With oil prices high, we find it difficult to understand how earnings can continue to improve indefinitely. Any disappointment will be taken poorly.
Nick Skiming
We're getting to levels now where to buy bonds you have to subscribe to the notion that the economy's going to experience a slowdown and the Fed may have to reverse course later in the year. We don't subscribe to that.
Colin Lundgren
The Chancellor is blaming the UK economic slowdown on the recent spike in oil prices and the weakness of the European economy, but this is unrealistic.
Peter Spencer
The U.S. economy won't be able to avoid a slowdown given the damage from Hurricane Katrina on top of crude prices, ... This is an element of uncertainty in the market that's weighing on stocks.
Akio Yoshino
The slowdown has clearly become global in scope, and visibility is still very limited.
Robert Wayman
The Philadelphia Feds manufacturers report for September revealed that despite a sharp slowdown, its prices paid index surged 257 points.
Peter Schiff
Clearly, the housing market in terms of price appreciation could not continue to rise. I think everybody knows it. It's just that the degree to which the slowdown occurs. We don't think the bottom is falling out of the market by any means.
Michael Koskuba
Given we are almost 6-8 months ahead of an imminent slowdown in orders, we recommend that clients start to take some profit in equipment names in general.
Avinash Kant
The (Federal Open Market Committee) will welcome this report but will need more evidence that the consumer spending slowdown will be sustained over the balance of the year.
Steve Wood
Like many of the nation's major metropolitan markets, the Orlando area experienced a slight decrease in online job availability during December, due in part to a typical year-end slowdown in recruitment.
Steve Pogorzelski
The Mexican market remains obsessed with the extent of the U.S. economy's slowdown.
Alberto Sanchez
The economy has defied predictions of a slowdown through the first quarter and there is clear evidence that strong industry sales are on track to continue well into the summer.
Yale Gieszl
We expect real consumption growth to rebound above 8% in the first quarter following the sharp slowdown in the fourth quarter.
Rick Macdonald
The November seasonally adjusted figure was much better than we expected, but this will probably be only a temporary slowdown in the rise in jobless numbers and does not mark the start of a turnaround.
Manuela Preuschl
Earlier, if you were to look at corporate results, in one out of 10 firms there would be a slowdown. But now it is four out of 10 firms.
Amit Tandon
The slowdown in PC sales has been pretty well documented, and we're trying to give consumers a reason to buy.
Brad Williams
Plunging business confidence and easing consumption should suppress import growth. Should the economic slowdown be more pronounced than expected, the trade deficit may have benefited.
Tim Bowring
The recent data out of U.S. have pointed to some slowdown in growth and that's helping ease concerns about further interest rate increase in the U.S. I'm more focused on the positive element of an end to U.S. rate increases rather than the slowdown.
Nobuyoshi Tsumori
This can be attributed to the slowdown and restraint ahead of the euro.
Dominique Barbet
An immediate slowdown in the U.S. economy is an unlikely scenario as its growth rate is still quite high. The prospects for exporters remain positive for the time being.
Masaaki Endo
There is no longer a shadow of doubt that the U.S. economy is downshifting rapidly; the only question is how deep the slowdown goes, ... We do not expect to see recession in 2001, but we certainly expect to see significantly slower growth with continued moderating inflation.
Sherry Cooper
We were operating with two (of three) runways after this crash, and that added to the slowdown.
Laura White
The upside for bonds will be heavy. Unless there is a sudden slowdown in overseas economies, Japan's economy will probably extend its recovery.
Makoto Yamashita
Even if Dell does well and raises its forecast, will it matter? It seems like a lot of other companies are feeling the effects of a slowdown, ... Dell is clearly executing better than any other company out there.
Thomas Carpenter
This is a normal, cyclical slowdown in growth, engineered by the Fed, ... That's what the Fed told us they were going to do a year ago. They achieved it and don't want to overdo it.
Bob Goodman
We believe the company's core business could shrink for the next two years. As expected, domain names continued to weaken and [password protected transactions] experienced a slowdown.
Chris Kwak
The correction of these imbalances and associated inflation pressures will require a slowdown in housing, credit growth and domestic spending, ... We also expect a significantly lower exchange rate.
Alan Bollard
Bird flu is like rubbing salt into the wounds. There have not been cancellations but there is a slowdown in bookings.
Oktay Varlier
Despite a slowdown in earnings growth, industry profitability remains strong. With premium rate increases leveling off, insurers will look for more innovative cost-control measures to remain competitive and financially secure.
Melissa Gannon
The markets are focusing on the next interest-rate move by the Fed. We've been getting conflicting signals in the U.S. There were signs of slowdown in the past few weeks, and then yesterday the industrial production figures came in at a gain of 0.4 percent, when most analysts expected a drop.
Chris Hills
There is much on the horizon to support household incomes, which may well prevent the slowdown the Reserve Bank expects.
Craig Ebert
The main reason for the slowdown in February inflation is weaker food price rises.
Song Guoqing
[When it comes to the current state of housing,] there are some signs of a slowdown, but they are very ambiguous signs, ... It's not clear, and it's not overwhelming.
Nicolas Retsinas
Health care offers defensive characteristics against a further economic slowdown that we are currently projecting, while offering growth characteristics that could allow for earnings expansion.
Brad Sorenson
Local housing markets will cool off, leading to a slowdown in spending and some job losses in construction and other real estate-related industries. With this in mind, we are currently forecasting a plateau in home prices, a moderate decrease in sales and new building and two years of weak growth. However, this forecast represents the middle of the road.
Ryan Ratcliff
While there are concerns about the slowdown in the U.S. economy, what's keeping investors optimistic is the expectation that the Fed is going to ease on interest-rate hikes. That's going to provide support for share prices.
Koichi Seki
We are going for a flat market in aggregate for next year, with a bit of upside in the first quarter running through to the last Fed rate hike and then a growth slowdown theme.
Ben Funnell
People in my view have been putting too much emphasis on the slowdown of the economy.
John Cairns
We did see a significant slowdown in Germany in the fourth quarter. Once this supply is out of the way, we do expect the European market to fare better and yields to fall.
John Wraith
The slowdown in the housing market has become dinner-table conversation and it may bring back talk of a second rate cut as the downward momentum saps consumer confidence. We are on the bearish side for the pound.
Neil Mellor
The pickup in imports is in line with the sense we had that the slowdown in the U.S. economy is close to its bottom, ... To some extent, last month's trade balance seemed surprisingly narrow, and this number is more in line with our basic view of the economy. We continue to see a U.S. economy that is growing slowly, but definitely growing.
David Roberts
There are already signs of a slowdown in real estate, particularly in Florida markets that have been bid up due to speculative buying.
Chris Mccarty
It's legitimate to think we will see a slowdown in PCs and servers in 2005 but what the Street may be underestimating is Dell's ability to grow earnings through profit margin expansion.
Harry Blount
Second-quarter sales results were significantly impacted by the greater- than-expected slowdown in the global personal computer market.
David Orton
As long as they're extending the contract, I think that's a signal there will be no slowdown, ... Perhaps there will be a very long drawn out negotiating process that will give us a lot of gray hair.
Robin Lanier
A slowdown in the housing market suggests possible declines in consumption. That would be a negative factor for Japanese exporters.
Takashi Kamiya
There's a problem if rates go up and there's no corresponding growth. A slowdown in earnings growth is definitely something in the back of our minds.
Sailesh Bhundia
While we believe Home Depot is one of the finest names in retailing, we continue to reiterate our cautious outlook on the shares, given the company's vulnerability to a potential slowdown in the housing environment.
Alan Rifkin
The slowdown in Europe and the U.S. has not affected the way we look at China.
Jorma Ollila
Majority Leader Daschle misspoke this morning when he said the Bush administration would dip into Social Security and Medicare funds. The truth, in fact, is that Social Security dollars will be used only for Social Security and Medicare dollars will be used only for Medicare. The only reason for any decline in revenue is due to an economic slowdown that began last September.
Larry Lindsey
The ideal scenario for Mexico would be a slowdown in the U.S. economy of 1-2 percent combined with easing in monetary by the Fed, ... Mexican companies may see a slight slowdown in exports to the U.S., but will benefit from a drop in their debt service costs under this scenario.
Alberto Sanchez
It's slowed down a bit since last spring and summer. The real question is whether it's more than just the seasonal slowdown.
Christopher Cagan
While an industry-wide slowdown in semiconductor demand is something management has little control over, of greater concern to us is management's continued difficulty in executing its handset product transitions and cost reductions in an increasingly competitive market. We do not see this improving anytime soon.
Brian Modoff
Oracle reported it was ahead of plan in December and January but saw a significant slowdown in February. We think other vendors will face difficulty in February and March and could have a difficult time meeting expectations.
Gretchen Teagarden
The results of this QSBO survey suggest the economy is presently in the throes of a potential acute slowdown.
Brent Layton
This points to a slowdown in industrial production growth to 2 percent year-on-year.
Robert Prior
The slowdown in UK GDP growth is mainly being driven by sharply lower growth in household consumption, as the cooling housing market and the higher personal debt burden dampen spending.
David Kern
We are not going to see a slowdown in demand for LCD TVs. Oil hit $60 and there was no slowdown. We are still in the early phase of flat panel TVs.
Nikos Theodosopoulos
A slowdown in the United States would be negative for Japan's exporters.
Paul Heaton
Buy-to-let investors are active once again, which will help dispel fears that an absence in first-time buyers will contribute a significant slowdown in the wider housing market next year.
Jeremy Leaf
It would take a sharp slowdown in both house sales and retail sales for the RBNZ to show some mercy.
Shamubeel Eaqub
Some investors are worrying about the slowdown in the housing market, a key driver of the U.S. economy. The abrupt slowdown in the housing market could lead to a loss of consumer confidence and a decline in assets, which makes investors cautious about buying the dollar.
Toru Umemoto
I am glad to argue that the most likely (reason if there is such a crisis) is an overlapping and greater-than-expected growth slowdown in China and the United States.
Morris Goldstein
You take those three data points together and you start to put together a picture of a company that's performing very well, ... We're not seeing the slowdown at Autonomy that other companies are facing.
John Segrich
We've seen some existing home sales figures starting to look weak or negative. That's usually followed by a slowdown in sales at Home Depot or Lowe's after a six- to nine-month lag.
Stephen Chick
The Asian economies in particular have large links to China and the United States and a slowdown in these two huge economies would lead to an export-led growth slowdown in the regional economies too.
Morris Goldstein
The euro will continue to weaken. The ECB (European Central Bank) needs to do something (cut interest rates) to make sure euro-zone growth is not damaged by a slowdown in the U.S.
Razia Khan
And if this slowdown took place in 2004, it would be offset by an acceleration of Japanese imports from the region and higher global trade growth.
Homi Kharas
It looks like we're finally beginning to see signs of a sustained slowdown, particularly in the interest-rate sensitive areas such as housing, ... This is more evidence for the Fed that the economy is slowing.
David Kaslow
We got stronger on the heels of a feeling that the market got ahead of itself on the downside. We're still in the midst of an economic slowdown and we have not turned the corner.
Peter Coolidge
Buying bonds is difficult for investors these days. The economy is hardly showing signs of slowdown and the timing for the policy shift is getting closer. It is hard to find a chance to buy bonds.
Nobuo Tamamizu
This year there has been a bit of a slowdown, ... In 2004, 19 so-called scary movies generated just over a billion dollars. This year, we've had 20 of these movies generate $580 million.
Paul Degarabedian
The market is basically waiting for signs that the slowdown is for real or not, and if there is a slowdown, just how deep is it?
Doug Porter
We expect a slowdown in earnings. We find it difficult to understand how earnings can continue to improve indefinitely. Any disappointment will be taken poorly.
Nick Skiming
The market always ebbs and flows. Some of that is predictable. Some is not. Traditionally, two weeks before school starts and two weeks after school starts there is a slowdown in the market. This year we've seen none of that. There's been no change. There's been no big drop off as we've seen in the past. The market is going gangbusters.
Bill Ward
A pause today is disappointing but understandable, whilst the Bank reassesses the extent of the slowdown in the USA and impact the Budget has on business and consumer confidence.
Chris Humphries
The performance of the index suggests that Illinois avoided the slowdown of the national economy that occurred in the last quarter of 2005.
J. Fred Giertz
Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises concern about a slowdown in the U.S. economy.
Choi Chang Hoon
Investors are scared of the impact of rising bankruptcies. And on top of that, worries of a war in Iraq and a slowdown in the U.S. economy are really weighing.
Koichi Seki
This (New York) survey suggests that the manufacturing slowdown is more gradual than had been expected, ... The more reliable Philadelphia Fed survey out Thursday will provide a better read.
Robert Mellman
The buoyancy of both the housing and mortgage markets indicates that the marked slowdown in the world economy and the recession in the UK manufacturing sector have so far had little adverse impact on consumer sentiment.
Martin Ellis
The abruptness and severity of the current technology slowdown has clearly impacted 3Com, ... 3Com is taking immediate steps to reduce costs and achieve profitability.
Bruce Claflin
The slowdown in November will give builders an opportunity to clear out their standing inventory. We anticipate that 2005 will conclude with figures matching 2004, which was a very good year for the industry.
Alan Nevin
We're planning on doing some compatibility testing at the labs at Apple. We're not anticipating much of a slowdown, unless Apple does something dramatically different in the architecture of the machines they're sending. We can't guarantee it, but we don't anticipate any problems.
Chuck Rogers
The U.S. interest-rate hike worries have eased and that's behind the gains. I'm more focused on the positive element of an end to U.S. rate increases rather than the slowdown.
Nobuyoshi Tsumori
It's a tough decision with a slowdown in growth and increase in inflation rates, ... The ECB is expected to cut rates by 0.25 percentage point by the end of June.
Ralph Solveen
We believe their leading competitors will continue to take market share from Cisco at an accelerated pace throughout the slowdown -- especially in the service provider focused product arena.
Paul Johnson
Considering what took place in the market during August, it's not surprising to see a slowdown in fund flow.
Carl Wittnebert
We are seeing the effects of reduced capital spending by service providers and other communications market end customers impact our customers' business and hence their purchases. The slowdown in end market activity is prolonging the inventory correction, but we believe that moderate sequential revenue growth will resume in the second half.
John Daane
We expect this will be followed by a slowdown in the second half.
Diwa Guinigundo
The outcome was pretty much in line with what the market had expected, and failed to brush off worries over a possible slowdown in corporate earnings and Japan's economic growth.
Masaharu Sakudo
This suggests the economy is due for a slowdown, much like the one we had in 1995. It's quite possible they'll (the Fed) move in December; if not in December, then in January.
Paul Christopher
In our view, Lucent's problems in optical reflect poor execution, but do not signal a slowdown in the underlying industry spending in optical.
Walter Piecyk
Exporters are gaining as a strong start to holiday sales eased concerns over any sudden slowdown in the U.S. economy, which has been a worry.
Takashi Kamiya
The markets are looking overstretched. There should be some sort of pullback. We'll see a slowdown in growth and that's not priced in.
Peter Lucas
Contrary to what people in the market are saying, inflation is not a problem to the Fed, ... because an economic slowdown is invariably followed by a rise in inflationary pressures.
Kevin Logan
I'm more focused on the positive element of an end to U.S. rate increases rather than the slowdown.
Nobuyoshi Tsumori
I think it's safe to say that the French business community was not thrilled with the way their government handled the country's position on Iraq. If we do see any slowdown in business activity with the French, it will be because of economic factors rather than for any other reasons.
Willard Workman
The strong domestic economy should cushion the impact of an anticipated slowdown in Hong Kong's trade growth this year.
George Leung
While the economy is booming, the slowdown in investment growth must be seen as a welcome sign.
Tim Condon
Homeowners that were expecting quick turnover in their property will no doubt be forced to hold on to it longer. This slowdown in housing will have an effect on other areas of the economy, such as sales of furniture, appliances and home improvement stores.
Chris Mccarty
There is a slowdown in many sectors, including investments, and the GDP figure could have been worse.
Vladimir Pantyushin
We don't see a lot of deepening (of the slowdown), but we don't see ourselves coming out of it in the next quarter.
Chuck Shultz
This bill is strongly and powerfully pro-manufacturing, ... It will stimulate manufacturing jobs in a sector that's been battered by the economic slowdown.
Phil English
This suggests the economy is due for a slowdown, much like the one we had in 1995.
Paul Christopher
There may be a bit of a slowdown now, but long-term, (tech trends are) extremely positive.
Gene Glazer
There are a lot of other businesses tied to construction, such as title companies, insurance companies and architects. So a slowdown in construction would have an impact on the overall economy.
Brian Finnegan
I think it's pretty clear now we are in a Fed-induced slowdown for the third quarter, so I'm sure those [positive] numbers are going to come down.
Chuck Hill
While some of the slowdown ... is likely due to seasonal effects, the significant drop-off is likely the sign of a more pronounced slowing in the real-estate market.
Safa Rashtchy
People are spending to rebuild their lives, even if they don't have a job or have lost their home. I thought we would have seen quite a slowdown. But people are apparently trying to keep as much of their lifestyles as they can.
Greg Albrecht
On top of all this, bird flu is like rubbing salt into the wounds. There have not been cancellations but there is a slowdown in bookings.
Oktay Varlier
It's a very good number for January. But should we get carried away with the seasonally adjusted number? No. We still expect a slowdown in 2006, no question about it.
Phillip Neuhart
[Coke's] underlying business trends are as strong as they've been. There's no slowdown in that.
Anton Brenner
After those several years of great growth, people's expectations have been very high - probably too high. And at the first sign of a slowdown they react they other way.
Donald Marron
We're seeing a general slowdown in earnings growth. That makes me more cautious on the outlook for stocks this year.
Riccardo Marzi
It's not really a broad-based slowdown, ... I find it difficult to be too alarmist.
Chua Hak Bin
This slowdown is expected because they are exhausting their cost-savings from the merger. But their earnings growth in 2003 and beyond will still be above most of their peers', thanks to strong drug sales.
Adam Greene
The financial landscape for UK companies had already begun to change by the start of 2005 as rising interest rates, the consumer slowdown and increased red tape all took their toll.
Richard Lloyd
With the increased focus on the potential of an economic slowdown, driven by the higher energy prices, anything that comes out of the economic data to either support or refute that is going to be key.
John Caldwell
Consumers are wearing this year what they wore last year. We're already seeing a slowdown in apparel and accessories and that's a pretty bad barometer going into the winter season.
Burt Flickinger
The waters remain very muddy in terms of the economy, ... Friday's payrolls report made the case that the economy still has some life to it, but it's not clear yet whether the slowdown in March was temporary.
Timothy Ghriskey
The housing sector is definitely something everybody is focusing on in 2006. If people start to see the value of their homes heading lower, there's no doubt we would see a slowdown in consumer spending.
Rick Klingman
With successive (interest) rate hikes in late 2005, inflation easing and the domestic economy in a slowdown phase, we believe the Reserve Bank will keep rates on hold over the near-term.
Tim Bowring
Mortgage rates have dropped, yes, but a weak economy means people lose jobs or feel insecure in their jobs. Some potential buyers may end up backing off from a purchase. When the economy picks up after a slowdown, interest rates usually rise, but that doesn't stop people from buying.
Mark Obrinsky
[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 may end up backing off from a purchase, ... When the economy picks up after a slowdown, interest rates usually rise, but that doesn't stop people from buying.
Mark Obrinsky
We're looking for a little slower growth and a little higher inflation, but there will be a slower slowdown in growth than a pick-up in inflation.
Robert Mellman
The slide in stocks gave investors a good reason to buy bonds. Weak U.S. housing data fueled concern of a U.S. economic slowdown, triggering buying of bonds.
Tsutomu Kawasaki
Compared with the slowdown at the start of the year, these numbers look a little healthier. In the short term, the numbers don't help the case for rate cuts.
Ross Walker
It is going to definitely cause more of a slowdown.
Brenda Binczewski
The (durable goods) numbers show us the slowdown is accelerating more than expected and the jobless growth shows us at a recession-kind of level, which will clearly impact consumer confidence.
Bob Mcintosh
I think Atlanta has finally hit an economic slowdown, ... For the longest time we've been above all that.
Paul Adams
A slowdown is baked in the cake, ... A big part of economic growth has been driven by consumer home-equity loans and if home prices are subdued, you won't have more loans driving spending.
Michael Cheah
Given the fact the economy is doing a bit better following the steep slowdown late last year, the Fed is not ready to pull the trigger right away. But clearly the Fed is not done with easing just yet.
Gary Schlossberg
And they haven't seen a seasonal slowdown yet. Usually during late Q4 Nokia and others realize that they have shipped enough handsets and tone down their orders from companies like TI. But this hasn't happened yet.
Karri Rinta
The retrenchment in equities will undoubtedly affect the economy later in the year. This is not just a correction, it's an economic event that could affect consumer confidence and consumer spending down the road, leading to a more pronounced slowdown than the Fed is currently factoring in.
William Sullivan
The auto industry is in a slowdown, and our inventory going into winter months is higher than we would like.
Tom Wickham
It definitely is a weak number and is symptomatic of how weak this economy really is. I think this tells us the slowdown accelerated a little more than we expected.
Bob Mcintosh
Our cost efforts are more important than ever, given the softness we have seen in demand, both in past quarters as well as the current quarter, ... Despite this slowdown, it is our intention to return to profitability as quickly as possible while positioning the company for profitable growth.
Bruce Claflin
If you look at the national trend, we are the opposite of the national trend. The national trend had a slowdown in organizing -- here we have not. It's because we've had active new campaigns.
Danny Thompson
Although we did exceed expectations for the first quarter, and we expect to be substantially in line with our previous second-quarter projections, the continuing slowdown in the economy is significantly impacting our business.
James Crowe
We have experienced a significant slowdown in demand for our products, especially the Voodoo 3 and Voodoo 5 boards. This slowdown is consistent with the overall softness experienced by the PC market, especially in Western Europe.
Alex Leupp
The one risk I worry about is a slowdown in residential construction, and if that means a slowdown in construction jobs, that could have a significant impact on job growth totals for the state. A lot of our job gains have been construction and construction-related. At one time, as much as 40 percent of job gains were related to building things.
Howard Roth
The uncertainty of what has happened with the SCC [has been a factor], but not the primary reason [for the change]. The slowdown with the SCC gave us a chance to step back and see what we were going to do.
Stanley Sanger
It looks to us like after a slowdown in the fourth quarter, spending is picking up in the first.
Jim Glassman
We have seen some signs of slowdown in the second half with conditions difficult in Mexico and certain sectors of the United States.
Philip Bowman
For the moment there is absolutely no sign of a turnaround, ... The impact of the global slowdown on the French economy will continue to be felt in 2002.
Emmanuel Ferry
As in all cases where people are involved in tragedies, there does seem to be some slowdown to other causes in the short run, but it doesn't seem to be very long-lived.
Eugene Tempel
It's a respectable number for the wrong reasons. It's still oil that's driving imports whilst electronics, which are the No.1 export, are still down. We will surely see some slowdown in exports.
Euben Paracuelles
In bad times, short-term issues often come to dominate the policy agenda. However, neglecting our long-term priorities in the present economic slowdown would be a serious mistake. Only a dynamic and competitive enterprise sector can pull our economies into a new upturn.
Erkki Liikanen
If we look at 2006, the expectation is identical to the start of 2005. People are talking about a slowdown and therefore corporate earnings growth will also slow down.
Edward Menashy
We are not seeing the big slowdown but we are seeing some weakness around the edges showing the medicine is starting to take effect, ... And I don't think it's just psychological.
Edward Jones
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