62 Quotes by Nariman Behravesh

There is no question that we are going out in this year with a lot of momentum.

There is no question that the deficit this year will be worse than last year. A number of the improvements in May were temporary.

With these discounts out there, people who were thinking of buying cars later in the year bought them earlier instead.

There is beginning to be evidence that high energy prices are starting to spill over into the rest of the economy.

When India was the new trend, companies had a gold-rush mentality. Now companies are taking a more mature, sober attitude.

Let's be clear -- for the next couple of months the employment numbers are going to look terrible. There's going to be a lot of noise and problems gathering the data, so it's going to be tougher than usual to sift through the tea leaves and really get at the heart of what's going on here.

Natural gas prices are going to go through the roof in the next couple of months, and that is going to hurt a lot of families.

Perhaps the single best piece of economic news in 2005 was that record-high energy prices did not spill over into the rest of the economy. While the Fed can be relaxed about inflationary risks in the U.S. economy, its role is to preempt.

Bush has probably made the best choice among the top contenders for the post and one that is likely to reassure financial markets.