Recession Quotes · Page 4

There is always some chance of recession in any year. But the evidence suggests that expansions don't die of old age.

— Janet Yellen

If oil prices will go too high, it will slow down the world economy and would trigger a global recession.

— Khalid A. Al-Falih

Its a recession when your neighbor loses his job; its a depression when you lose your own.

— Harry S Truman

History shows that tax increases during a recession are a recipe for greater unemployment and economic loss.

— Pete Sessions

This global recession has had a detrimental effect on my sex life. It's ages since I've been able to afford it.

— Anonymous

“saving a year’s worth of expenses will provide a sufficient buffer to weather nearly any recession.”

— Anonymous

Like other presidents before him, Barack Obama inherited a recession. But unlike them, he has made it worse, not better.

— Mitt Romney

Recession leads to depression, from our obsession, of what was once our possession

— Anonymous

An overheating economy, characterized by accelerating inflation and rising interest rates, is another precondition for recession. This doesn't describe today's economy.

— Mark Zandi

Recession-resistant development produces things people need. Unsustainable growth churns out tinsel products that consumers have to be seduced into buying - until…

— Donella Meadows

The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement, explain American development.

— Frederick Jackson Turner

What happened is we went into a recession beginning in December of 2007 that was the worst since 1929. And it is…

— Austan Goolsbee

“They had stumbled either upon a serious flaw in modern financial markets or into a great gambling run. Characteristically, they were not…

— Michael Lewis

Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently…

— William Greider

A recession is when your neighbour has to tighten his belt. A depression is when you have to tighten your own belt.…

— Tommy Douglas

They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a…

— Rick Majerus

It was a recession when I graduated, but I was so unequipped to have a job anyway, I don't think it would…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Cold-turkey deficit reduction would cause a significant recession. A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that going headlong over the…

— Christina Romer

I believe that we do best when the middle class is doing well. And by giving them those tax cuts, they had…

— Barack Obama

“When you’re a conservative Republican, you never think people are making money by ripping other people off,” he said. His mind was…

— Michael Lewis

At times of recession, running a budget deficit is highly desirable. Once the economy begins to recover, you have to balance the…

— George Soros

Let's stop for a second and remember where we were eight years ago [in 2008]. We had the worst financial crisis, the…

— Hillary Clinton

The exposure from 'Iron Chef' has been helpful, but at the end of the day your product and your service determine whether…

— Michael Symon

The recession of the late 1980s was a very visible humiliation. Cities across Britain had become the victims of botched battlefield surgery…

— Simon Beaufoy

Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it.

— Paul Johnson

You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt.

— Daniel Hannan

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.

— Harry S Truman

I favor the extension of the middle-class tax cuts because in a recession they're stimulative and they help with demand.

— Peter Welch

“If war is gods way of teaching geography to Americans, then recession is his way of teaching little economics to everyone”

— Raj Patel

I don't know if you call a burger 'recession food.' It's comfort food.

— Michael Mina

I don't see any significant recession or depression in the offing.

— George M. Humphrey

Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.

— Ronald Reagan

Our first goal is to stop the recession and start with recovery.

— Antonis Samaras

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

— Mitch McConnell

History has shown that even in a recession, consumers go to shows.

— Michael Rapino

People stop buying things, and that is how you turn a slowdown into a recession.

— Janet Yellen

Nobody's profitable at this moment, because recession is on; advertising dollars are down, and expenses are way up. So that kind of…

— Brit Hume

I've lived through periods of illiquidity before. Asset prices come down. The economy slows or even goes into recession. Then the cycle…

— Stephen A. Schwarzman

“He’s always complaining about the fucking recession and how the government is working against people like him. He calls himself working class,…

— Ida Løkås

The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not…

— Julianna Baggott