#recession

Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#especially #middle #raising #raising taxes #recession

Things are pretty good in Canada. We weathered the recession fairly well. And, of course, were up here up living here, we're watching American news and we're constantly saying, wow, it's not as bad as it is in the United States. ↗

— Rick Mercer

#bad #canada #constantly #course #fairly

I see nothing that points to a recession in Germany. But I see considerable long-term tasks ahead of us that have to do with markets regaining confidence in Europe and that have a lot to do with reducing debt. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#confidence #considerable #debt #europe #germany

Doing nothing and shrinking spending may save us public money in the short term but could cost us a great deal more over time as the recession takes hold for much longer. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#could #deal #doing #great #great deal

Surely, the best and most effective measure is to get the economy moving and shorten the period of recession or slowdown. That's the rationale for Gordon Brown's 'fiscal stimulus' and it sounds like a good one to me. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#brown #economy #effective #fiscal #get

And so Fannie Mae produces very strong results for investors in - when interest rates are high and when interest rates are low, in recession and during booms. ↗

— Franklin Raines

#fannie #high #interest #investors #low

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#depression #his #job #lose #loses

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the current economic recession, which is particularly powerful in New York City, have put a number of building plans on hold for the time being. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#being #building #center #city #current

Everyone drinks more during a recession; they want to forget. ↗

— Christian Audigier

#during #everyone #forget #more #recession

If we did go into a recession, something that's always possible for the U.S. or Europe, we could lower interest rates and expand the money supply without worrying about the price of gold. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#always #could #did #europe #expand