Recession

I wonder why Trump chose the cheap import over the US-made suit.

— Quoted in The Daily Beast by Derek Guy, editor of Put This On, commenting on Trump's Jos. A. Bank suit exposure.

"We continue to hear that a lot of Americans are struggling to make ends meet," he said. "If you're catering to the upper-end of the K, you're doing fine. If you're catering to the lower part of the K, you're seeing some challenges in the last couple of months."— Chad Moutray, chief economist at the National Restaurant Association, commenting on consumer spending and the 'K-shaped' economy

"These are being now investigated by Telstra, and welfare checks are in progress, as is required by the law," Wells said.— Statement by Communications Minister Anika Wells on Telstra outage and the welfare checks required by law.

Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders' equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief.

— Alan Greenspan, testifying before the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 2008

That the economy is still growing at all this year is entirely thanks to the public sector.

— Geraldine Dany-Knedlik, DIW Chief Economist, commenting on the impact of public spending on growth.