Ian Shepherdson Soon Quotations

We've seen pauses in sales before; (it's) too soon to call this a trend.

My guess is it won't be very exciting because he already told us three weeks ago what he thinks. He's certainly not going to say anything that suggests the Fed might be thinking about not cutting rates as soon as the market thinks but I don't think he'll want to give the impression that they're going to slash rates even more aggressively.

It is just too soon to be sure that the second-quarter slowdown will be sustained, ... The level of consumer confidence is still consistent with 5 percent spending growth.

As the newspapers remind us every day, job layoffs are still high, but the point is that they now appear to be slowing, ... The worst is over, and the decline in output and employment will soon slow.

The upcoming data will soon enough force the Fed to change its stance, otherwise it will begin to look ridiculous,

This may mark the start of an upturn in exports, but it's too soon to be sure.

It is tempting to blame the softness of core sales on the surge in gas prices, but we think it is too soon for that.

It it too soon to be sure, but we think there is a good chance that the industrial sector has now fully adjusted to the summer's steep decline in confidence.