Almost Quote by Bill Gross

Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense.

— Arne Duncan

The more we can do to address fiscal austerity, the better our markets will do, and there is a real political shift to doing…

— Meredith Whitney

[T]he next time you hear serious-sounding people explaining the need for fiscal austerity, try to parse their argument. Almost surely, you'll discover that what…

— Paul Krugman

The emphasis so far on fiscal austerity, while to a degree necessary for the countries facing market funding difficulties, is excessive when carried out…

— Charles Dallara

Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending…

— Mark Zandi

The moment a large investor doesn't believe a government will pay back its debt when it says it will, a crisis of confidence could…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

First of all, I don't like to speak about austerity. I'd prefer to speak of fiscal discipline. Fiscal discipline, in the end, amounts to…

— Mario Monti

It's going to be difficult to stimulate the real economy in the U.S. at a faster rate than 2 percent and perhaps even less…

— Bill Gross

We are witnessing the death of abundance and the borning of austerity, for what may be a long, long time.

— Bill Gross

Bond investors want growth much like equity investors, and to the extent that too much austerity leads to recession or stagnation then credit spreads…

— Bill Gross

The tea party movement and its passion arose in response to trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and out of…

— Ari Fleischer

Every Democrat on Capitol Hill professes to be a fiscal hawk.

— Bob Beauprez