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Many investors have been reassured by the strength of the US labor market. Yet…the Federal Reserve is determined to tighten monetary policy until that strength is eradicated — the recession clock is ticking. – Seema Shah	Found on CNN 1 year ago
For the memory business, the decline in fourth-quarter demand was greater than expected as customers adjusted inventories in their effort to further tighten finances. – Samsung Electronics	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I am pro-life, and I believe that we need to protect life, and give every person a chance to live. I believe what you're seeing right now here in Georgia are just more smear tactics from the Democrats and the far left. They know as this race continues to tighten, and Herschel continues to gain momentum, they are trying to come up with everything they possibly can with untruthful allegations. – Katie Britt	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
As we enter a recession tech firms will tighten belts by cutting back on office space and moving to hire cheaper workers outside big cities and abroad. – Nicholas Bloom	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If they concluded the virus was from China, they would have had to tighten quarantine measures on the border area in a further setback to North Korea-China trade. – Lim Eul-chul	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's unclear how Western countries will be able to access sufficient rubles to fund gas imports, or even whether they'd be willing to pay in rubles, the measures taken by Russia may also be interpreted as provocative and may increase the possibility that Western nations tighten sanctions on Russian energy. – Liam Peach	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The measures taken by Russia may also be interpreted as provocative and may increase the possibility that Western nations tighten sanctions on Russian energy. – Liam Peach	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Even with elevated levels of inflation, we expect the Federal Reserve to tighten less than the market expects in 2022. – Richard Saperstein	Found on CNN 2 years ago
2021 set a lot of sales records and yet office towers are still two-thirds empty, the market is expected to tighten up and that's before we see more office workers returning. 2022 is going to be a year of heavy sales volume, a higher share of bidding wars, a sharp decline in listing inventory and higher prices. – Jonathan Miller	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We just have to tighten up and go lean for a little bit here. – Lara Ferreira	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think we need to just get our mind set that the virus is still in control. I don't care about your covid fatigue, we're going to have to deal with this in an ongoing way very, very seriously. ... Tighten your seat belts. – William Schaffner	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Brainard's stock was rising when many thought it was presumably better to not tighten interest rates too quickly, biden's comments on inflation [ have ] changed that balance. – Daniela Mardarovici	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The COVID outbreak has forced more cities to tighten travel restrictions, which will likely affect the service sector adversely in November. The property sector slowdown is getting worse. – Zhiwei Zhang	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Growth will likely weaken in the rest of this year, the COVID outbreak has forced more cities to tighten travel restrictions, which will likely affect the service sector adversely in November. The property sector slowdown is getting worse. – Zhiwei Zhang	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Another acceleration in the monthly annualised trimmed CPI will reinforce our view that the Fed is behind the curve, the longer the FOMC waits to tighten monetary policy, the greater the risk the FOMC tightens more to bring inflation back under control. – Kim Mundy	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Too steep of a curve implies that inflation is getting out of control and the Fed may have to tighten quickly. – Ed Clissold	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We definitely have to tighten up our communication, that play didn't stop us from winning the game, but it may have stopped us from being at our best throughout that game. – Gabe Kapler	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are particularly interested in getting the manufacturers going forward to change the way they do business, to tighten up their distribution systems so that they don't continue to supply unlimited amounts of guns to gun dealers who are systematically selling them to straw purchasers and others who are engaged in trafficking into Mexico. – Steve Shadowen	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Everything started building from, 'let's do something about El Paso' into this is huge 'the negligence of the gun industry is immense,' so let's do something that tried to solve the bigger picture. we are particularly interested in getting the manufacturers going forward to change the way they do business, to tighten up their distribution systems so that they don't continue to supply unlimited amounts of guns to gun dealers who are systematically selling them to straw purchasers and others who are engaged in trafficking into Mexico. – Steve Shadowen	Found on CNN 3 years ago
That helped, and given the broader situation with OPEC+, I would expect for this market to tighten up further. – John Kilduff	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
This is not the time to tighten the belt. The economy is in no condition for austerity. – Joe Brusuelas	Found on CNN 3 years ago
So, it may need periodic adjustments, that's all the more reason to have hand sanitizer with you so that you can always have clean hands to tighten that mask or to pull it back up. – Henry Wu	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The Presidential race will tighten and this Senate class of 2014 is sharp, strong and well versed at winning. – Scott Reed	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We can prioritize either ideological purity or inclusive victory, we can either call people names online or we can call them into our movement. We can either tighten a narrow and hardcore base or open the tent to a new, broad, big-hearted American coalition. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 4 years ago

Many investors have been reassured by the strength of the US labor market. Yet…the Federal Reserve is determined to tighten monetary policy until that strength is eradicated — the recession clock is ticking.

– Seema Shah

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For the memory business, the decline in fourth-quarter demand was greater than expected as customers adjusted inventories in their effort to further tighten finances.

– Samsung Electronics

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am pro-life, and I believe that we need to protect life, and give every person a chance to live. I believe what you're seeing right now here in Georgia are just more smear tactics from the Democrats and the far left. They know as this race continues to tighten, and Herschel continues to gain momentum, they are trying to come up with everything they possibly can with untruthful allegations.

– Katie Britt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As we enter a recession tech firms will tighten belts by cutting back on office space and moving to hire cheaper workers outside big cities and abroad.

– Nicholas Bloom

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If they concluded the virus was from China, they would have had to tighten quarantine measures on the border area in a further setback to North Korea-China trade.

– Lim Eul-chul

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's unclear how Western countries will be able to access sufficient rubles to fund gas imports, or even whether they'd be willing to pay in rubles, the measures taken by Russia may also be interpreted as provocative and may increase the possibility that Western nations tighten sanctions on Russian energy.

– Liam Peach

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The measures taken by Russia may also be interpreted as provocative and may increase the possibility that Western nations tighten sanctions on Russian energy.

– Liam Peach

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Even with elevated levels of inflation, we expect the Federal Reserve to tighten less than the market expects in 2022.

– Richard Saperstein

Found on CNN
2 years ago

2021 set a lot of sales records and yet office towers are still two-thirds empty, the market is expected to tighten up and that's before we see more office workers returning. 2022 is going to be a year of heavy sales volume, a higher share of bidding wars, a sharp decline in listing inventory and higher prices.

– Jonathan Miller

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We just have to tighten up and go lean for a little bit here.

– Lara Ferreira

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think we need to just get our mind set that the virus is still in control. I don't care about your covid fatigue, we're going to have to deal with this in an ongoing way very, very seriously. ... Tighten your seat belts.

– William Schaffner

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Brainard's stock was rising when many thought it was presumably better to not tighten interest rates too quickly, biden's comments on inflation [ have ] changed that balance.

– Daniela Mardarovici

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The COVID outbreak has forced more cities to tighten travel restrictions, which will likely affect the service sector adversely in November. The property sector slowdown is getting worse.

– Zhiwei Zhang

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Growth will likely weaken in the rest of this year, the COVID outbreak has forced more cities to tighten travel restrictions, which will likely affect the service sector adversely in November. The property sector slowdown is getting worse.

– Zhiwei Zhang

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Another acceleration in the monthly annualised trimmed CPI will reinforce our view that the Fed is behind the curve, the longer the FOMC waits to tighten monetary policy, the greater the risk the FOMC tightens more to bring inflation back under control.

– Kim Mundy

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Too steep of a curve implies that inflation is getting out of control and the Fed may have to tighten quickly.

– Ed Clissold

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We definitely have to tighten up our communication, that play didn't stop us from winning the game, but it may have stopped us from being at our best throughout that game.

– Gabe Kapler

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We are particularly interested in getting the manufacturers going forward to change the way they do business, to tighten up their distribution systems so that they don't continue to supply unlimited amounts of guns to gun dealers who are systematically selling them to straw purchasers and others who are engaged in trafficking into Mexico.

– Steve Shadowen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Everything started building from, 'let's do something about El Paso' into this is huge 'the negligence of the gun industry is immense,' so let's do something that tried to solve the bigger picture. we are particularly interested in getting the manufacturers going forward to change the way they do business, to tighten up their distribution systems so that they don't continue to supply unlimited amounts of guns to gun dealers who are systematically selling them to straw purchasers and others who are engaged in trafficking into Mexico.

– Steve Shadowen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

That helped, and given the broader situation with OPEC+, I would expect for this market to tighten up further.

– John Kilduff

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

This is not the time to tighten the belt. The economy is in no condition for austerity.

– Joe Brusuelas

Found on CNN
3 years ago

So, it may need periodic adjustments, that's all the more reason to have hand sanitizer with you so that you can always have clean hands to tighten that mask or to pull it back up.

– Henry Wu

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The Presidential race will tighten and this Senate class of 2014 is sharp, strong and well versed at winning.

– Scott Reed

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We can prioritize either ideological purity or inclusive victory, we can either call people names online or we can call them into our movement. We can either tighten a narrow and hardcore base or open the tent to a new, broad, big-hearted American coalition.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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