24 Quotes by Gina Martin

Consumers have access to cash. They took out a record $804 billion in mortgage equity withdrawals in the third quarter.

Consumers are experiencing very strong income gains and that's helping them deal with these gas prices a little better. It's providing quite a cushion.

It's not a coincidence that commodities prices are increasing simultaneously with capacity utilization.

Economists all realize this number is not a big deal, but people will be trading on the number this week whether it's a big deal or not.

The biggest item affecting trading next week will be the consumer price index, because everybody wants to determine how far the Fed will go. And the forward forecasts of the retailers are worth watching as well, because consumers are going to face greater constraints this year due to higher interest rates and a slowing housing market.

The underlying labor market is probably about the same, with claims in the 300,000 to 320,000 range and job creation of 180,000 to 200,000 a month.