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Quotes About Economy

As a general rule, durable-goods production tends to be the most volatile sector of the economy. Since people usually have a stock of durables in use, when times get tight, they put off new purchases. What seem like small cutbacks to the end buyer translate into big swings for the producer.
~ Virginia Postrel
Very few countries grow at high rate if inflation is high and volatile. I think, in a way, we are doing our bit to support a higher growth rate, but on a durable basis.
~ Urjit Patel
I don't rely on off-shore tax havens, and I don't want to invest in stocks and shares as we have seen how volatile that game has been since the financial crash.
~ Sol Campbell
Uncertainty of any sort results in volatility, and Brexit will be no exception.
~ Raghuram Rajan
Markets love volatility.
~ Christine Lagarde
My sense is that economic anxiety means electoral volatility.
~ Tim Kaine
Anytime you introduce volatility, it is not good for business and not good for travel.
~ Dara Khosrowshahi
We will not allow our country ever to be at the mercy of commodity price volatility or external markets.
~ Mohammad bin Salman
The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
~ Urjit Patel
The reason bubbles are spherical is that a sphere is the smallest, most economical form possible to contain a given volume.
~ Tom Noddy
We are the country that has attracted the biggest volume of foreign investment in southeastern Europe in the past few years. Romania doesn't need to beat itself, believing that it is a second-class citizen.
~ Traian Basescu
From the Chinese perspective, Korea ranks about third or fourth in terms of trading volume and about third in terms of investment.
~ Lee Myung-bak
We live in an age of great jitteriness in the financial markets. And there's no doubt at all, I think, that the volume of computer-traded stocks has helped contribute to that.
~ Robert Harris
Because deep-frying requires a high volume of oil, it's okay to reuse the oil a couple of times for economy's sake. When the color or smell of the oil starts to change, it's time to discard.
~ Claire Saffitz
When we foster an economy without hope, we guarantee that a segment of our population will be destined to know homelessness on a permanent basis, and not for the one night I voluntarily spent at a shelter.
~ Jackie Speier
The 'private sector' of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and the 'public sector' is, in fact, the coercive sector.
~ Henry Hazlitt
We remain open to explore options on a voluntary approach built on a realistic outlook for the Greek economy and restoration of Greece's market access.
~ Charles Dallara
You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play.
~ Mike Lee
During an economic slowdown, one needs to be cautious, but I think it's equally important to not get sucked into the vortex of defensive thinking.
~ Pankaj Patel
I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up and that is why our economy is on the brink.
~ Ron Paul
As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship.
~ Arthur C. Brooks
President Obama has earned my vote on the basis of his excellent judicial appointments, his consensus-building foreign policy and the improvements he has brought about in the disastrous economy he inherited.
~ Alan Dershowitz
On economic policy, Pence has held to the key building block of growth. He is a budget hawk who voted against President George W. Bush's fiscally bloated No Child Left Behind education bill and hyper-expensive Medicare prescription-drug bill. He said he would not support new middle-class entitlements. He was consistent.
~ Lawrence Kudlow
I've got a really long record around progressive politics, especially when it comes to the economy. Voted against the Bush tax cuts. Voted against the Trump tax cuts. Believe in investment into lifting people up, closing the opportunity gaps that exist in our society.
~ Tim Ryan