Economy Quotes

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.

The hard-working folks across this country deserve an economy that supports them.

In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility that greater caution and weakening asset values in financial markets could signal or precipitate an excessive softening in household and business spending.

During the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation.

Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.

The U.S. is facing a structural competitiveness problem that is leading to the weakest economy we have seen in generations.

The economy is turning, and credit comes in with a lag, .. To the extent that a number of small firms are finding it difficult to get the credit they need at a price they can afford, that’s likely to change for the better.

The economy is not the problem, how people respond is the problem!

That’s how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow it with opportunity. And we build it together.

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.