276 Quotes About Auto

  • Author Gene Sperling
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    We want to provide an incentive for the auto industry and the American consumer to produce and purchase the cars of the future.

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  • Author Harley Shaiken
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    Whatever the final language, it will be the benchmark of how other negotiations are judged. Since the auto workers won pensions in '48, a lot of things Detroit has done, for good or for bad, has set a pattern. This will be the case, even if the rhetoric of lifetime jobs guarantees outstrip the language.

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  • Author Harley Shaiken
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    Historically, GM has been the most tone-deaf of the auto companies when it comes to labor issues. But York is speaking plainly and directly about critical issues between GM and the UAW.

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  • Author Ian Shepherdson
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    Nominal spending was held down by a 0.4% energy-induced plunge in the PCE deflator, so real spending rose a hefty 0.7%. A rebound in auto sales after the awful October was largely responsible for this.

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  • Author Ian Shepherdson
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    Auto sales did not fall as far as the unit sales numbers suggested. This means there'll probably be a catch-up -- downwards -- next month.

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  • Author Ian Shepherdson
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    The Chicago PMI has been very volatile over the past couple of years, probably as a result of the tribulations of the auto industry. As a result it has become a less reliable indicator of movements in the national ISM and the January dip does not necessarily mean the ISM will follow suit.

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  • Author Jacob Snow
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    The Auto Show Drive interchange is another project that will contribute to our goal of improved regional mobility.

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  • Author Jim Sanfilippo
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    Sales are going to be down a bit, and it's because of gas prices that haven't seemed to come down. The end of the month hurt the auto manufacturers. People were saying, 'Are gas prices finally going to fall?' And they didn't.

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  • Author John Schmitt
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    Union jobs in auto (plants) has been one of the most importance sources of well-paid employment for African-Americans since World War II.

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