Quotes by Edward Yardeni

“[If so, it could only help stocks, which rise with cash flows, as we saw in the go-go 1990s.] You cant have go-go without flow-flow, ... Its always easy money that creates the speculative excesses in global booms.”

“That could be bullish for the stock market if the household sector concludes that real estate is not the place for speculative gains any more.”

“Their systems could be so disrupted that they cant go on with business. They cant export, they cant import. Its hard to place a phone call into Brazil. Its hard to get the parts from Taiwan. All that could add up to a global recession that could still impact our economy.”

“The reality is that the economy is in great shape. Its created lots of good jobs?not bad jobs. We havent created a whole bunch of hamburger flipping jobs.”

“The average Americans real income and consumption is the highest its ever been.”

“Its going to be very hard to find anybody on Wall Street who can complain about Bill Clinton with the kind of performance weve had in the stock market.”

“The economys doing well, [and] Bill Clintons in the White House. Hence, it follows that the administration must be good for the economy. But thinking back, I think the administration promoted all sorts of policies that if they were actually allowed to implement them, they probably would have screwed up the economy big time.”

“We have two surprises in our economy: better-than-expected growth and lower-than-expected inflation, and the growth is based on productivity, ... People are working harder. Theyre generating more products efficiently at lower prices.”

“Im actually very pleased to see they decided not to raise rates because its really not justified by the performance of this economy,”

“Now, I think you have to add an entire percentage point”