Consensus Quotes

You try to work through the political stuff to get to the government stuff and get things done. It?s like any other organization where human beings are involved. You come to some consensus. - Donald Mancini

You might be able to get a franchise bill in an ordinary year, but not in an election year. You're going to be forced in an environment like this one to see something that has perfect consensus. - Kevin Book

You know, there were five different teams that had it all locked up, and they all lost within the last week. And so Nebraska sort of backed in, and Oregon was the consensus No. 2, and the computer polls didn't like them, so then ended up the Fiesta Bowl. And then it was a rotten game. - Mitch Dorger

You had ISM this morning and Chicago PMI yesterday [Wednesday] as well as weak gross domestic product... Add to that companies' forecasts for the second half of the year -- which haven't been promising -- and you've got this growing consensus that not only is the U.S. economy weak, but globally, as well. - Mike Farrell

You are coming off a banner year and comparisons are more difficult. There's no doubt about that... But there appears to be a consensus of 3 percent to 4 percent GDP growth in 2005 and with that backdrop, leisure and recreation companies should have a good year. - George Smith

Yet the effort to inform the public also encouraged responsible public discussion that succeeded in developing a consensus for the measured approach that many scientists supported. - Paul Berg

Yes, the published consensus estimate was higher, but that survey was compiled before the Chicago PM was released. After that number was released, many Wall Street investors feared that we could see a 47 or 48 reading [for ISM]. - Anthony Chan

Yes, the market developed a fear that employment would be stronger than it turned out to be, but it was still a pretty solid number, above economists' consensus forecast, so in general you're looking at recent economic numbers that have bond traders a little bit concerned. - John Canavan

Yahoo's revenue in the quarter was just below consensus, with profitability lagging further behind. - Heath Terry

WPP has delivered strong preliminary results, ahead of our forecasts and the consensus. We expect to upgrade following this morning's meeting. - Lorna Tilbian