Jerry Jasinowski Quotations

China and other developing countries remain a concern with respect to putting in place and maintaining adequate intellectual property rules.

Our nation cannot afford to lose its manufacturing innovation edge and the wealth that it generates throughout our economy. ... Strong productivity growth helps America compete in the global economy and is the key to higher wages and better living standards for U.S. workers.

Manufacturing job recoveries are most likely in fabricated metals, machinery, transportation equipment and computers and electronics, which together have accounted for half of the manufacturing job losses.

The prospect of deflation is one that sends shudders through financial markets.

We give him great credit for raising the priority for education and training. On the other hand, he really did so many things to stick it in the corporate eye, whether or not it was downsizing or siding with the unions in the last two years of the administration.

We expect that manufacturing will maintain a 6 percent rate of growth in 2004 and actually grow faster than the overall economy for the first time in four years.

The Y2K issue is a serious problem not only for the government and larger companies, but especially for smaller manufacturers who often don't have the necessary resources on-site to address this technological challenge, ... We will continue to raise awareness among our membership about this critical challenge.

After edging up only 1.4 percent in 2003, we expect manufacturing production will increase by over 6 percent in 2004,

As a trial lawyer, Edwards brings to his job an inherent bias against innovation and the American entrepreneurial spirit that is essential to compete and create jobs.

This is the first time that all of these sectors had positive orders in at least three months and is the first sign that a broad-based turnaround in the manufacturing sector may be beginning to form,

This is the most optimistic manufacturing survey we've seen in some time.

It really is a broader international issue that requires the general consensus of countries that intellectual property protection is critical to growth and productivity.

It is time for the administration to get tough with the Chinese.

E-commerce will be a central factor in future productivity growth and maintaining low inflation. E-commerce provides cost-effective, time-efficient means of transacting business and distributing goods, thereby lowering expenses and constraining inflation.

It's had a significant, major impact on a lot of industries that are trying to export and compete abroad, and the jobs related to them.

It will be a boon to stocks and to capital investment. Increasing the stock market will give business confidence a very big shock.

Smaller manufacturers have seen some deterioration in the rate of profit growth, but the continued strength in sales, exports and capital investment indicates they have not yet been seriously affected by recent global turmoil,

Inventories have been drawn down, industrial production has stabilized and consumer spending remains strong,

The survey findings reflect the growing trend toward incentive compensation programs as a way for employers to share the wealth with workers, ... Roughly 80 percent of those surveyed offer bonus programs and 401(k) or profit-sharing plans . . . as they compete for the best and brightest workforce.

You can suggest that certain parts of it you may do differently or put more money into ... but all of it is a substantial investment and a major additional support.

The current manufacturing recession that began in the latter half of 2000 is chiefly due to the combined effects of excessively high interest rates, high energy prices, the over-valued dollar and increased regulatory and legal costs,

The case for lower interest rates is a strong one, ... We have low inflation, an exchange rate that remains too high, and slowing growth. Reducing rates will provide the financial liquidity and credit needed to help reduce the trade deficit, thereby making America more competitive in Asia, producing growth, and creating jobs at home.

The likelihood of slower business growth should help dampen the Fed's concern about an overheated economy and quell talk of a hike in interest rates,