Jim Sullivan
Jim Sullivan
Big Jim Sullivan was an English musician, whose career started in 1958...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth14 February 1941
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Certainly, the degree of strength through August is not sustainable; we'll get a much weaker number in September. But the third quarter as a whole will still show 5 to 6 percent consumer spending growth, even if we get a negative number in September.
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Consumer spending growth has generally been trending at about 2.5-to-3 percent at an annual rate -- not booming, but not terrible, ... The fact that the job market is still weak is restraining optimism a bit; hopefully, as the recovery gathers pace, we will start to see more job growth.
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In the whole post-war rebound story, the first part has come through -- we've clearly seen a bounce in consumer confidence. The next key step is business activity measures improving, including employment indicators. Hopefully we will see weekly jobless claims coming down soon -- in the next three-to-four weeks.
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In our forecast, we see consumer spending slowing a little bit in the fourth quarter to 3.1 percent from 3.8 percent for the same period last year, ... The rationale is that as the housing market slows , there'll be a cooling effect in the home wealth effect and the fluctuating energy prices will also have some drag on spending in the months ahead.
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The clear message seems to be that while oil is a drag, it's not a downward driver of consumer spending, ... The labor market is generating good income in general and the housing market continues to deliver a positive wealth effect. These factors are helping to offset the impact of higher oil prices.
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Just recently I worked with Van Morrison and I came to realize that money can't make a decent human being out of you.
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It could be great for six months for a worker, and then he loses his job.
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I did loads of sessions with Andrew Oldham.
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It gives the listener a good workout, to listen to the music, the same as it does us to play it.
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It is hard for 2 creative people to work together for that length of time and not fall out.
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I am a very lucky man. I am living my life with my hobby as my profession.
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We can make science personal, like a love story or your best friend.
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Historically this number tracks the economy, in general, pretty well. And of all the numbers, this report really has almost the least amount of noise.
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He's dominant. I think he brings the level of play up for everyone else. He is very intense, and that rubs off on the other guys.