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You can always talk yourself into a recession, if businesses start shedding jobs in anticipation of a recession, that is going to spook consumers -- and that can get us into a recession. – Dana Peterson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The inflation boogeyman is back right on cue, and will continue to spook markets for the coming months. – David Carter	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
Sometimes we spook ourselves, so it remains to be seen how slow is slow, how bad is bad, let's see how the first quarter looks. – Laura Cha	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Anything that comes on Twitter is just really noise, I don't think you can use that as an official medium to make global policies, but certainly it's enough to spook the stocks into the weekend. It's a space people will be trying to avoid until the dust settles. – Alastair Sandler	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The wage numbers were a little warm, but that wasn't enough to spook people. – Stephen Massocca	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It will definitely spook China as it shows political will, the U.S. has political leverage over China and we don’t use it because we’re trying to engage the Chinese and don’t want to upset them, and we think they have more power over us -- but that’s absolutely wrong. – Gordon Chang	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
This development will surely spook bank purchasers who have become an increasing part of the company’s funding base, further frustrate the investment community, and ultimately result in stricter scrutiny from both federal and state regulators. – Isaac Boltansky	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The rules will spin a complex web of provisions and requirements for compliance. I fear that many traps for the unwary are hidden in the regulations, creating potential nightmares for small business owners that fail to place regulatory compliance at the top of their business plans, such burdens will spook many small businesses from pursuing crowdfunding as a viable path to raising capital. – Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I fear that many traps for the unwary are hidden in the regulations, creating potential nightmares for small business owners that fail to place regulatory compliance at the top of their business plans. Such burdens will spook many small businesses from pursuing crowdfunding as a viable path to raising capital. – Michael Piwowar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There is still too much uncertainty in the markets and investors would be watching developments in Greece and China very carefully before jumping in, chinese authorities wouldn't want to trigger a meltdown which would spook investors and we may see more market stabilising measures on the way. – Karine Hirn	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Chinese authorities wouldn't want to trigger a meltdown which would spook investors and we may see more market stabilising measures on the way. – Karine Hirn	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The perpetrators don't have to attack in a large way to spook people who are trying to visit the country. All they need to do is have a few incidents here and there to shape perceptions, oNE-OFF. – Kamran Bokhari	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Too strong jobs numbers will spark rate hike fears and hit equities, while a weak figure will spook investors as they will doubt the strength of the economy. So either way, profit taking looks likely. – Philippe Gijsels	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. – Ralph Ellison, "The Invisible Man"	added by anonymous 13 years ago

You can always talk yourself into a recession, if businesses start shedding jobs in anticipation of a recession, that is going to spook consumers -- and that can get us into a recession.

– Dana Peterson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The inflation boogeyman is back right on cue, and will continue to spook markets for the coming months.

– David Carter

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Sometimes we spook ourselves, so it remains to be seen how slow is slow, how bad is bad, let's see how the first quarter looks.

– Laura Cha

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Anything that comes on Twitter is just really noise, I don't think you can use that as an official medium to make global policies, but certainly it's enough to spook the stocks into the weekend. It's a space people will be trying to avoid until the dust settles.

– Alastair Sandler

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The wage numbers were a little warm, but that wasn't enough to spook people.

– Stephen Massocca

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It will definitely spook China as it shows political will, the U.S. has political leverage over China and we don’t use it because we’re trying to engage the Chinese and don’t want to upset them, and we think they have more power over us -- but that’s absolutely wrong.

– Gordon Chang

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

This development will surely spook bank purchasers who have become an increasing part of the company’s funding base, further frustrate the investment community, and ultimately result in stricter scrutiny from both federal and state regulators.

– Isaac Boltansky

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The rules will spin a complex web of provisions and requirements for compliance. I fear that many traps for the unwary are hidden in the regulations, creating potential nightmares for small business owners that fail to place regulatory compliance at the top of their business plans, such burdens will spook many small businesses from pursuing crowdfunding as a viable path to raising capital.

– Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I fear that many traps for the unwary are hidden in the regulations, creating potential nightmares for small business owners that fail to place regulatory compliance at the top of their business plans. Such burdens will spook many small businesses from pursuing crowdfunding as a viable path to raising capital.

– Michael Piwowar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is still too much uncertainty in the markets and investors would be watching developments in Greece and China very carefully before jumping in, chinese authorities wouldn't want to trigger a meltdown which would spook investors and we may see more market stabilising measures on the way.

– Karine Hirn

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Chinese authorities wouldn't want to trigger a meltdown which would spook investors and we may see more market stabilising measures on the way.

– Karine Hirn

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The perpetrators don't have to attack in a large way to spook people who are trying to visit the country. All they need to do is have a few incidents here and there to shape perceptions, oNE-OFF.

– Kamran Bokhari

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Too strong jobs numbers will spark rate hike fears and hit equities, while a weak figure will spook investors as they will doubt the strength of the economy. So either way, profit taking looks likely.

– Philippe Gijsels

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

– Ralph Ellison, "The Invisible Man"

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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