38 Quotes by Maureen Allyn

"Private sector credit from 1999 through the first half of 2001 was adding $1.2 trillion per year. It was the mother of all credit expansions."

"Companies have to learn to live with keeping their costs down. They're not going to get pricing power not in our lifetime, I'm afraid. The world is just much too competitive."

"You really don't want to do any sudden moves. The economy is doing really well. Why fix it? It doesn't need fixing."

"This is still very flat inflation. We do not have an inflationary worry."

"This may be what throws us into recession."

"At least it's a beginning... They'll do more if they need to."

"A strong dollar takes away companies' pricing power because imported goods come in a lot cheaper, and it impacts earnings because they can't raise prices."

"It's not a dramatic fallout, and I don't see any evidence of panic. It's much more of a gradual adjustment; people have to diversify a little more. It just slows things down a little bit."

"The August jobs report gave Wall Street just what it wanted."

"It was just the sheer demand of people wanting stuff and the demand of supplying it."