Bill Dedman Quotes

The economy is showing encouraging signs of recovery.

But clearly an economy that's growing and expanding like this one - and it certainly is doing that with high GDP output, employment numbers strong, capacity utilization strong - that's an environment in which the Fed needs to continually be alert to early signs of inflation.

I believe most people think the economy is very important.

We believe that - the President believes that the economy will continue to grow, that the economy will continue to create jobs, and that we need to do everything we can to enhance that growth and enhance that job creation.

With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that.

In the typical economic recovery, a resurgent housing sector helps fuel reemployment and rising incomes.

We believe that the Federal Reserve has to carry on with a progressive increase in interest rates as a consequence of the American economy.

In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade.

As America's head coach, President Obama needs to make some big and smart adjustments to jump-start economic growth and business investment, stimulate job creation, and get wages up for ordinary Americans.

The economy grows when families can spend money on personal priorities rather than priorities imposed by the federal government.

Inflation is lower and more stable and the real business cycle fluctuations are more modest.

Domestic inflation reflects domestic monetary policy.

I don't think money itself has any causal relationship to nominal GNP. The dominating causal force is interest rates.

What you need to be concerned about is the rate of inflation and the direction of interest rates. If they are both going in the wrong direction in 1980, you're not going to be re-elected.

Economic growth is based partly on reality and partly on perception.

I spent my whole life in the private sector, 25 years in the private sector. I understand that when government takes more money out of the hands of people, it makes it more difficult for them to buy things. If they can't buy things, the economy doesn't grow. If the economy doesn't grow, we don't put Americans to work.

During the slow recovery after the Great Recession, inflation was very low, and it took us a while to get it back moving up.

It is an established scientific fact that monetary policy has had virtually no effect on output and employment in the U.S. since the formation of the Fed.

I think it will get moving faster. I mean once you get it off the - once credit flows - now the recession is going to get worse.

The government would also be wise to press on with its further measures to promote growth, as it will want to outperform the low figures in this outlook. This will mean delivering measures to ease money and credit and to stimulate demand.

The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

Increased spending, growing government debt and overreaching regulations are stifling job creation and economic growth.

In general, the PC's always had a fairly decent tie to GDP.

I don't think I've been too optimistic. The government believes the contraction will be around 1.5 per cent, as the central bank said. However, we're waiting to see the Commission estimate.

Recent economic data shows that our economy is robust, growing and headed in the right direction. The numbers don't lie. Americans are currently enjoying falling gas prices, low unemployment, increased job creation, and a stock market that has reached an all-time high.