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Markets Quotes

Quotes on trade, economy, and everyday markets

From weekend flea-market hunts to big-picture reflections on how markets integrate the world, this collection explores markets through the lens of Economy and everyday Exchange.

Chinese companies, in their well-capitalized, rapidly growing, and surprisingly lightly regulated markets, have become global innovation leaders.

Quotes by Adam Lashinsky

I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.

Quotes by Zoe Kravitz

Free markets are amazing.

Quotes by Timothy C. Draper

The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

Quotes by Peter Mandelson

Economy Quotes

We all have to think about the emerging markets.

Quotes by Peggy Johnson

There is no safe haven in today's markets.

Quotes by Paul Singer

Globalization is the process by which markets integrate worldwide.

Quotes by Michael Spence

The ECB's interventions in sovereign bond markets should not be perceived or interpreted as a 'freebie' for governments. They are temporary.

Quotes by Lucas Papademos

Markets are really people.

Quotes by John W. Henry

Emotion Quotes

Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag.

Quotes by Jim Rogers

Africa needs access to markets.

Quotes by Jakaya Kikwete

Markets need morals.

Quotes by Gordon Brown

By promising to intervene in vulnerable markets in the event of excessive financial volatility, the IMF, as the largest player, would reduce coordination problems among investors.

Quotes by Gita Gopinath

There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.

Quotes by Gerhard Schroder

Exchange Quotes

The failure of credit markets is one of the major reasons for underdevelopment.

Quotes by George Akerlof

We are in favor of greater free markets.

Quotes by Ed Gillespie

Unfettered markets eventually get out of whack.

Quotes by David E. Sanger

I'm not anti-Wall Street - I'm anti-distortions to free markets.

Quotes by Dave Brat

Markets love volatility.

Quotes by Christine Lagarde

Strategy Quotes

I love vintage shopping in flea markets, vintage stores and even Ebay.

Quotes by Chelsea Leyland

Frequently Asked Questions

What range of "markets" do these quotes cover?
Everything from casual flea markets and thrift shopping to abstract ideas about free markets and global trade.
Is there a quote about globalization?
Yes, one defines globalization as the process by which markets integrate worldwide.
Do the quotes treat markets as purely economic?
Not entirely — one quote reduces markets to their human core, stating simply that markets are really people.
Is there a quote praising free markets?
Yes, one calls free markets amazing, a short but clear endorsement of open trade.
What kind of shopping is mentioned specifically?
Flea markets are mentioned as a regular Sunday activity for one speaker who describes themselves as a thrift shop gal.

One quote strips away the abstraction entirely, insisting that markets are really people — a useful Strategy for thinking about trade as a human activity, not just numbers.