#more

Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#economic future #fiscal #fiscal house #future #going

Housing was ground zero for the Great Recession. Between early 2006 and Obama's inauguration in 2009, average house prices fell by a third across the country. In certain areas, including cities as diverse as Akron, Orlando and Las Vegas, house prices fell by more than half. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#akron #areas #average #between #certain

It is time to move on. House prices won't rise and the economy won't fully engage until more distressed properties are resolved and put back into ordinary use. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#distressed #economy #engage #fully #house

When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and open society. ↗

— George Soros

#foundation #free #had #i #made

The average credit score of today's FHA borrowers is higher than the average American household with a score. As it becomes more costly and difficult to get a FHA loan, loans from private mortgage lenders will become more attractive and their market share will grow. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#attractive #average #average american #become #becomes

The biggest culprits in the housing fiasco came from the private sector, and more specifically from a mortgage industry that was out of control. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#came #control #fiasco #housing #industry

The Bush tax cuts should be extended permanently for families with annual incomes of less than $250,000 and should be phased out slowly for those making more than that. Raising taxes on anyone now, when the economic recovery is so fragile, would be a mistake. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#anyone #bush #bush tax cuts #cuts #economic

I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I was younger. ↗

— Ahmet Zappa

#being #definitely #difficult #dyslexia #fully

In how many lives does love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of a 'grand passion' than of a grand opera. ↗

— Israel Zangwill

#capable #does #dominant #grand #how

In the studios days, the public's perception of movie stars was much different, because the stars were so much less exposed. This made them seem more special, more unearthly. Today they're no longer perceived as different - they've become human, so to speak. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#become #days #different #exposed #human