16 Quotes by Edward Yardeni

Now, I think you have to add an entire percentage point

It's going to be very hard to find anybody on Wall Street who can complain about Bill Clinton with the kind of performance we've had in the stock market.

The average American's real income and consumption is the highest it's ever been.

Their systems could be so disrupted that they can't go on with business. They can't export, they can't import. It's hard to place a phone call into Brazil. It's hard to get the parts from Taiwan. All that could add up to a global recession that could still impact our economy.

I'm actually very pleased to see they decided not to raise rates because it's really not justified by the performance of this economy,

In the last year, I thought we'd get to 7,600, which looked like a pretty far-fetched forecast back then. Now I think we can get to 8,500 by year end. I think there is still potential for the market to move a lot.

The economy has remained remarkably robust as energy costs have soared since early 2004. Gasoline now accounts for only 3 percent of total personal consumption spending, down from 5 percent in 1981.