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The decline in the core rate is very good news; it confirms that inflation continues to remain subdued, ... It shows that prices outside of energy are actually falling, which is great news for the Federal Reserve.

Maria Fiorini Ramirez

Inflation pressures are rising, but at a subdued pace.

Richard Yamarone

The market was overly optimistic about the strength of a recovery in technology spending. The recovery is quite subdued. Things are improving but it is extremely gradual.

Trip Chowdhry

If I seem detached or distant, it's because I think this is a more exact reproduction of life, where you hide as much as you show. When I see a scene in which feelings get loudly exteriorized, I say to myself, 'Well, at least this never happens to me.' I very rarely go through this type of expression. Most of the time things are hidden or at least much more subdued.

Isabelle Huppert

Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.

Washington Irving

While the official productivity data look impressive, alternative measures that are equally reasonable show a much more subdued picture.

Jan Hatzius

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

It's a good start in the sense that they're more subdued type of offerings, so less pure speculation is involved.

Steve Tuen

[Color, always an attraction in any Missoni collection, is here in abundance -- but more subdued.] Amber, gold, orange, kind of light olive-greens and yellow, but very mixed, ... They're never, never precise colors. Lots of mixture. Lots of soft interpretation.

Angela Missoni

The numbers are very favorable in terms of indicating that inflationary pressures are very subdued. It takes away any last of inclination of that Oct. 5 Fed rate hike.

Marilyn Schaja

The Japanese economy is coming back to a path of subdued but steady expansion, fueled by demand at home. We expect the central bank will alter its policy by July at the latest.

Jun Ishii

This doesn't really come as a big surprise, because everybody knows that growth was very subdued in the fourth quarter. I would expect a somewhat stronger number in January and a rebound in growth in the first quarter.

Natascha Gewaltig

The crises of our time, it becomes increasingly clear, are the necessary impetus for the revolution now under way. And once we understand nature's transformative powers, we see that it is our powerful ally, not a force to feared our subdued.

Thomas Kuhn

Stocks of unsold goods grew over the last three months, as production went up faster than sales. The oil situation remains iffy. So the question is whether consumers will bounce back, or whether we are headed for an additional period of subdued growth.

Robert Dederick

The recovery remains very fragile. Consumption slowed, investments are still subdued, and exports are having difficulty picking up.

Marc Touati

While the television advertising market is currently subdued, the medium term outlook remains positive.

Gerry Murphy

It was probably a bit quiet, a bit subdued and then we took that outside on the field, and as soon as we made a couple of errors, dropped our bundle a little bit.

Craig Fitzgibbon

Labor costs are moderating, productivity is rising and pricing indicators are all very subdued.

Brian Stewart

Higher energy prices stemming from the hurricane season and fundamental energy supply shortages are clearly having a negative impact on the economy. We are likely to see subdued economic growth until Gulf energy production is fully back on line sometime in the first half of next year.

David Huether

There's quite a healthy outlook for the economy and inflationary pressures are fairly subdued. I can't see why they need to do anything. They'll keep the policy statement unchanged.

Adrian Foster

When I have proved that I am right, and get all the world subdued under me, I think I shall deserve something.

Dr. Joseph Smith

Inflation is under control and inflationary pressures are subdued. We are looking for opportunities to get into the market, preferably in Treasuries maturing in five years or more.

Masayuki Yoshihara

High global commodity prices should have helped to underpin the import value of raw materials, but imports of capital goods probably remained subdued.

Renee Chen

The spring story is about evolving femininity, everything is subdued, understated. It's more about the line and shape of clothing. Interesting textures. Going back to classics.

Gregg Andrews

Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil.

Plato

I'm not sure which form it will take -- maybe a lengthy period of subdued consumer spending or something more violent than that. But it's clear to me that households cannot continue to save 3 percent of their disposable income and grow debt at 10 percent per year.

Jan Hatzius

We still have an environment where the economy is moderating. The story on inflation is that it remains subdued.

Philip Braverman

It's a little more subdued, I think. I think the kids have always been pointing to the state championship, and this is just another step of getting there. They're happy that they won, but they're focused on the next game.

Paul Taibi

At the start of the year, forecasts generally were for a more subdued year than we'd seen in 2004 so 16 percent is a pretty good year.

Alex Scott

The gap between rapid growth and subdued employment is a familiar story reflecting a possible 'once in a lifetime' surge in productivity.

Robert Diclemente

The comparative weakness of the mortgage market in the first half of last year means that current indicators of activity, i.e. gross lending and approvals, are much stronger than they were 12 months earlier when the housing market was somewhat subdued, but they are by no means yet approaching the levels of activity seen in 2004.

David Dooks

Overall, 2006 should be another very strong year for the South African automotive industry and similarly for Ford Motor Company. The positive growth trend in South African new vehicle sales that we have been experiencing over recent years is set to continue in 2006, albeit at a more subdued pace.

Nigel Harris

He had this never-flagging satirical wit that was always entertaining -- except when you were in the path of one of his acerbic bullets. But that evening, he was sweet-tempered and somewhat subdued, ... I asked him if he was feeling well. He said he regretted to report that age appeared to be mellowing him and that people would have to stop referring to him as a curmudgeon.

Arthur Gelb

He sound more subdued than triumphant, more realistic than grandiose.

Washington Post

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

It will be a very subdued day for obvious reasons. People will be reflecting on what happened in the past year as well as what happened this time two years ago. A lot of people will probably just stay away from the market today.

Steve Previs

In 2004, just 54% of contractors were predicting their earnings to rise, while 20% were predicting a fall in earnings, compared to only 3% now. For the last few years public sector IT spending has been a substitute for subdued spending in the private sector - but 2006 is set to be a year of strong growth across the board.

Matthew Brown

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

Washington Irving

There are moments when a man's imagination so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny.

Edith Wharton

This year should be another good one for Asia. At the same time, inflation remains subdued.

Wanda Tseng