Moderating Quotes

You've lost your earnings catalyst so we're moving away from the second quarter. With the economy moderating you're looking at earnings estimates that are too high and have to come down. - Richard Cripps

You're talking about an industry that's had almost unprecedented growth rates, remarkably high growth rates. Very clearly, they are moderating over time. Very clearly, they will continue to moderate. But let's be clear, they're moderating from very high levels. - Richard Segal

While demand is moderating, sales remain healthy on an historical basis. - Bill Lovejoy

What it suggests is that the economy is doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing: moderating to more comfortable levels... Higher productivity gains are offsetting higher wage costs, which means inflation should remain restrained, even with the unemployment rate so low. - Mickey Levy

We've already hit some plateaus in the last few months, and in 2006 we are going to see things moderating. But even with that, hotels are going to be full and there will be a good chance of a record year in room numbers. - Joe Toy

We're at the top of the commodity cycle right now. Moderating demand and improving supply will see a fall in prices going forward. - David Thurtell

We still have an environment where the economy is moderating. The story on inflation is that it remains subdued. - Philip Braverman

We expected what we are seeing in the third quarter data, which is a moderating of appreciation that, over time, is likely to bring prices back into line with the economic fundamentals that support them, particularly incomes. - Mark Milner

We are not expecting the trend to significantly weaken from that, but expect that moderating number to be more like what we expect for next year. - Chris Liddell