Quotes About Economy

The pitch that works best in tough economic times is, 'I can do that for less.'

It's the old adage: You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it.

Limits should be placed on how big big banks can become.

What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.

Canadians need a plan for jobs and growth.

The people of Australia would be staggered to learn that Australia has no national development plan.

We see the sea as this place of leisure and this place, you know, a blue patch on the map to fly over because we all go by plane these days, mostly. And we don't really see it as a place of industry anymore.

Which would you rather have, capital lined up on your borders, trying to get into your country or trying to get out of your country? We are the capital magnet of this planet and we are the savior for not only people, for not only freedom, but also for capital.

Climate change and dependence on foreign oil are problems that won't go away on their own. Tabling plans to deal with them doesn't make it easier for companies to plan and invest; it makes it harder.

We know this much about how Barack Obama plans to govern: He will deploy the fattest checkbook ever at the disposal of an incoming American president.

If elected, Bill Shorten and his team would hit the ground running, implementing Labor's plans and setting the nation up for a stronger economic future.

Yes, we absolutely need to eliminate the single-use plastic bag, but we don't have to eliminate the jobs of hardworking Californians to accomplish this goal.

We're aiming to be the leading investment platform for the clean-energy economy.

My overall goal is to level the playing field for American businesses.

Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way.

I really believe in U.S. manufacturing and U.S. exports, but we have to have a level playing field.

I think it's really important that we have a level playing field for global trade.

The 'economy' became a god such as never before, and a happy, successful society was one that could please this god - sometimes by sacrificing beautiful things - to keep the deity from getting angry and harming the people by withdrawing favours.

When I look at how the banking world has changed and at the role Chinese banks, for example, play today, Germany, as an export-oriented economy, should be pleased to have a major global player in its camp.

Coal boosters like to tout coal as cheap and plentiful - well, not anymore. At least not in China.

There's plenty of juice to keep this economy going.

Once you're a saver, you're always a saver. At the end of the day, it's more money in your pocket.

You know government needs a haircut. If we keep their spending down, that's more money in your pocket.

No matter how much money you have, it's just smart to use coupons. It's like free money in your pocket.