John W. Snow Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“And one of our points of continuing conversation with our trading partners is the urgency of their taking steps to remove barriers to their improved growth performance.”

“But clearly an economy that's growing and expanding like this one - and it certainly is doing that with high GDP output, employment numbers strong, capacity utilization strong - that's an environment in which the Fed needs to continually be alert to early signs of inflation.”

“We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms of Social Security, but the problem is there with other entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid.”

“Moderation of oil prices would be very, very welcome. But overall I think we are in a position of stable growth, sustainable growth, and basically with inflation in check.”

“We have to keep our eye on inflation, but so far inflation remains reasonably in check on the global stage.”

“We have the deepest and most liquid capital markets in the world.”

“We must start with the reality that corporations cannot guarantee anyone a lifetime job any more than corporations have a guarantee of immortality.”

“Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct investment.”

“The deficit - the U.S. knows our deficit is too large. We are committed to bringing it down. We are bringing it down. The deficit came in for fiscal year '05 at considerably below where it was the prior year.”

“We can get more energy out of the north slope of Alaska; we have available the ability to make ourselves less dependent on those uncertain sources of supply from the Middle East. And it's important we do that.”