Economic News Quotes

Thank God the economy is not as bad as you read in the newspaper every day.

The White House is now urging Americans not to 'read too much' into last week's jobs report. In fact, they said it would be best if you didn't read it at all.

You folks feeling the economic pinch? Are you a little fed up with the economic news? It's bad. The department stores, this holiday season, no Santa Claus. They're laying off department-store Santa Clauses. So more bad news for John McCain.

When the former Fed chairman was in, Alan Greenspan was in, there was a saying back in those days that you called the 'Greenspan put.' Any time the treasury secretary - for the Fed chairman - said something, the market saw that as good news, and it took off.

When the economies of emerging markets don't just grow but beat expectations, there's scarcely a mention.

The White House says that the unemployment rate is good news because it means more people are looking for jobs. More good news like that, and everyone at the White House will be looking for jobs.

These are challenging times for all Americans. We face the specter of war abroad and a steady stream of bad economic news at home.

It’s being reported that the economy lost 95,000 jobs in September. And that’s just people leaving the White House.

To be sure, if you watch CNBC all day long you'll pick up some interesting news about particular companies and the economy as a whole. Unfortunately, to get to the useful information, you have to wade through reams of useless stuff, with little guidance on how to distinguish between the two.

The public has no idea that the deficit has been falling like a stone.

It says something about this new global economy that USA Today now reports every morning on the day's events in Asian markets.

There are 300,000 new jobs and Bush said he's confused, 'Can I take credit for good news that I didn't even make up?'

We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.'

Given the rest of the economic news, including the fact that GDP growth is positive, inflation is still low, jobless claims are still moving downward and temporary services are firming up, that means the recovery continues, and we hope it will continue in a more robust fashion.

I never understand why 'economist makes forecast' is ever a headline. Whether the economist in question is from the International Monetary Fund, a City forecasting group or the Treasury - a forecast is still not news.

State-controlled Associated Press: 'The gross domestic product declines 1% in the second quarter, better than expected.' The bottom line is the economy is still shrinking! It's contracting. There's negative growth. One percent, big whoop, we're supposed to feel happy about this? The only thing that would make me happy about this is if I saw a story that said the government shrunk by 1%. Then we'd be making progress.

The information-deprived general populace might have been surprised this week to see a lower paycheck.

These days, even out of office, I still read economic reports.

Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.