Legislators need to support privacy to establish consumer…

Markets don't like instability, investors shy away from uncertainty, and consumer confidence goes down in difficult times.

— Richard Quest

Even in the face of continued good news, Kerry clings to his message of gloom and doom, supporting it with twisted statistics. Kerry's complaints…

— Steve Schmidt

I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.

— Bennie Thompson

Meaningful rules in the consumer credit market can accelerate economic recovery. Rules would increase consumer confidence and, more importantly, weed out all the tricks…

— Elizabeth Warren

This is the crisis! Difficulty getting credit, slow growth, high unemployment, low consumer confidence-these are challenges entrepreneurs can overcome with hard work, smart risk…

— Oliver DeMille

Our cattlemen have given us the safest, most abundant, most affordable beef supply in the world and I trust their judgment. And if you…

— Norm Coleman

I think it's scary for consumer confidence and for confidence in U.S. businesses and potential credit ratings if we don't make sure that we…

— Andy Jassy

I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the economy, commodity prices or consumer confidence…

— Howard Schultz

I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing -…

— Jack Welch

When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to…

— Mick Cornett

The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence.

— Mohamed El-Erian

The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile.

— Julie Bishop

The crisis in Europe has affected the US economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on business and consumer confidence and…

— Ben Bernanke

Consumer confidence in an industry can be a very fragile thing. It only takes a few builders who promise but don't deliver, who cheat…

— Virginia Knauer

Even if consumer confidence hit rock bottom, that most likely would not be enough, by itself, to cause a depression.

— Charles Duhigg