Payroll Quotes

You've had obviously a rise in gasoline prices, which is the visible price in the economy... There's (also) a tendency of the public to look at the unemployment rate that actually rose in March, while Wall Street looks at payrolls (which showed a large jump in the number of people working.) - Ethan Harris

You're not going to hear me talk about payroll. It's how you spend it, not how much. - Wayne Krivsky

You're getting selling because of the dollar and the payrolls data, and also you're seeing some fund selling because the charts look a little more suspect. - James Quinn

You typically see, from the trough of a recession to the time when the recession ends, a 1.3-percent gain in payrolls... From when the recession likely ended, in December of last year, we've had 0.004 percent gain, instead of that 1.3 percent gain. There's a pent-up demand for labor, given such a jobless recovery. - Anthony Chan

You look at the National League and I don't think anyone's over $100 million [in payroll]. In the NL West everybody is between $60 and $90 million. We've got a chance. - Kevin Towers

You know, in the beginning when your first payroll comes up and you have to borrow money to meet the payroll, you lose sleep the night before, and you say to yourself real fast, 'Well, maybe I should keep working a couple more years. It's sobering. - Bill Kurtis

You can borrow up to half the account balance or $50,000, whichever is less. But if you borrow, you have to repay, typically through a payroll deduction. - David Wray

You are seeing business confidence increasing to the point where people are willing to add permanent jobs to the payroll as opposed to trying to fill that need through additional overtime. - Hank McKinnell

You are 25 percent more likely to lose a job after Labor Day [Sept. 1] than in the preceding eight months... The reasons: employers are finalizing budgets and business plans for 2004, and payroll levels are heavily impacted by both. - John Challenger