David Wessel

I think the one thing that's going on here is that people are saying, uh-oh, the Chinese economy might be slowing more…

— David Wessel

People have put a lot of faith in the government's ability to get growth going in China. People have this, what I…

— David Wessel

If you don't have a set of principles that you can explain for what you are doing, then how can anybody know…

— David Wessel

I think that the feel that maybe China is slowing down means it will be buying less from Africa and Latin America.…

— David Wessel

I think it's hard to understand in economics. It's easier to understand on psychology.It's a kind of panic or a sense that…

— David Wessel

Nobody really knows what the market is going to do, but it sure looks like we are going to have a lot…

— David Wessel

I think what the Fed fears is that, if Donald Trump gets big tax cuts and big spending increases that take effect…

— David Wessel

There is the fact that - people have had a lot of confidence that the Chinese leadership could fix what is wrong…

— David Wessel

The stock market was relieved that the Fed didn't sound tougher, and the stock market seems to figure that everything they like…

— David Wessel

I think it was seen as a symptom that the Chinese leadership may be really scared about their economy.Why would you want…

— David Wessel

China's stock market is not very big. And yet when stock market has a bad day in China, it seems, Europe has…

— David Wessel

At some point, people may decide that the U.S. stock market has fallen enough. After all, the U.S. economy seems to be…

— David Wessel

Chinese don't really believe in markets. They like stability, they like control.

— David Wessel

There is also a concern that there is a lack of demand of oil. And so when commodity prices fall, it's good…

— David Wessel

The only reason you would want your currency to fall, if you could control it, is in order to get more exports.

— David Wessel

I think the Chinese are really amateurs when it comes to running markets.

— David Wessel

If the government can't get the economy moving again, they have a lot of fundamental problems.

— David Wessel

It may be that the U.S. stock market starts to rise if people think it's gone far enough.

— David Wessel

I think oil prices are down for two reasons. One is, there is a lot of supply. There is a lot of…

— David Wessel