Quotes About Economy

the hard-working, honest rich are the primary providers of jobs that allow us to have a middle class in this country.

government that continues to tax the rich until there are no more rich, and then begins to tax everyone else without ever curbing its growth or its appetite for money. Eventually it destroys itself.

small businesses create 80 percent of the private sector jobs in this country.

When it comes to defending the economic viability of our nation, it is naïve to count on the honesty and integrity of people responsible for our markets when they stand to gain so much by manipulating the system to their advantage.

A un certo punto non meglio identificato, l'America è diventata un gigantesco centro commerciale con una nazione accanto.

Likewise, investors were delighted to earn 11% on bank certificates of deposit (CDs) in 1980 and are bitterly disappointed to be earning only around 2% in 2003—even though they were losing money after inflation back then but are keeping up with inflation now.

The stock market's performance depends on three factors: real growth (the rise of companies' earnings and dividends) inflationary growth (the general rise of prices throughout the economy) speculative growth—or decline (any increase or decrease in the investing public's appetite for stocks)

This has fluctuated, of course, with the general rate of economic activity, but it has shown no general tendency to advance with wholesale prices or the cost of living.

High valuations entail high risks.

Is the stock market riskier today than two years ago simply because prices are higher? The answer is no." But the answer is yes. It always has been. It always will be.

Instead, let's tune out the noise and think about future returns as Graham might. The stock market's performance depends on three factors: real growth (the rise of companies' earnings and dividends) inflationary growth (the general rise of prices throughout the economy) speculative growth—or decline (any increase or decrease in the investing public's appetite for stocks)

we advised the readers to buy their stocks as they bought their groceries, not as they bought their perfume.

Everything changes, including companies, regulations and the economy, but people do not, and people are what drive the market.

An offering of New Housing issues in July 1971 yielded as high as 5.8%, free from both Federal and state taxes, while an issue of (taxable) New Community debentures sold in September

Rising prices allow Uncle Sam to pay off his debts with dollars that have been cheapened by inflation. Completely eradicating inflation runs against the economic self-interest of any government that regularly borrows money.

In our view there is no superior advantage in any fixed pattern of diversification. It is not essential to spread the risk around, in pre-established proportions, so that each of the major categories of American enterprise is included. What is essential is that a reasonable diversity of industries be achieved, so that the investor can feel he has his stake in a fairly good cross section of the economy. p143

Without banks, you would be burying your money in coffee cans in the back yard

Overnight business could go down enough to hurt; yet as a rule it slowly recovered--sometimes it seemed to take forever--went up, not high enough to be really up, only not down.

It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer.

Jesus alone is supreme. In His economy, the mark of greatness is worn only by the servant to all. Under Jesus' reign, the self-exalted are ultimately humbled and the self-humbled are ultimately exalted.

Our greatest leaders - both Republicans and Democrats - have recognized the power of a strong and growing middle class.

And I want to be able to - you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California.

Republicans and Democrats are obsessed with making sure that illegal aliens are granted citizenship. The American people are not. They're concerned about jobs, the economy, debt. They're concerned about a plundering country. They're concerned about a decaying, dying country.

Citizens, the priority now is to recover trust between the Egyptian - amongst the Egyptians and to have trust and confidence in our economy and international reputation and the fact that the change that we have embarked on will carry on and there's no going back to the old days.