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Wages aren't at a level that's going to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. We forecast...
JOSEPH CAPURSO [They also focus on two areas - healthcare and energy - where inflation is eating away at spending p...
JARED BERNSTEIN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES We anticipate Japanese companies will try to compete in hiring good workers, driving up wages. Impro...
TAKUJI AIDA The problem isn't simply that families are facing higher prices, particularly at the pump. It's also...
JARED BERNSTEIN Inflation is still above target and as long as the economic data keeps coming in strong we expect th...
MATTHIAS RUBISCH Up until recently, oil price hikes have offset disinflation. This time around, we're in a situation ...
ALAN RUSKIN Up until recently, oil price hikes have offset disinflation. This time around, we're in a situation ...
ALAN RUSKIN We don't see inflation shooting up because of what has happened in the labor market. I have a fairly...
AMIT KARA Certainly, the tone of the Inflation Report did not hint at such a pronounced division within the ce...
DARAGH MAHER No one's going to be keen to buy the market now with the ECB meeting looming. We're likely to get mo...
CHARLES DIEBEL You have to be positive on 10-year bonds when you expect lower inflation. I don't expect the Bank of...
ERIC GIRARD There is so much momentum in consumer spending and business investment that economic growth in the t...
DICK GREEN While the decline in inflation can certainly accommodate a rate cut, we believe the bank will defer ...
CHANNA AMARATUNGA The minutes indicate a majority that feels satisfied with the current economic climate. The Bank not...
GAVIN REDKNAP The increase in the rate is intended to address possible second-round effects on consumer prices com...
AMANDO TETANGCO Tight labor market, acceleration in wages -- it's a description of an economy that's simmering, but ...
DAVID HENSLEY Controlled inflation will allow the bank to hold the rate at its current level. In my view, potentia...
ALBERTO BERNAL The Fed will keep raising rates as an insurance policy to prevent unwanted inflation. We haven't see...
CONRAD DEQUADROS For those claiming that inflation is right around the corner, they can point to this number and say,...
GORDON RICHARDS If peace doesn't prevail, there will be some fall on the aid front and that will hit the currency. W...
HASITHA PREMARATNE Concerns over (higher energy prices) feeding into higher wages have so far not materialized, which h...
MICHAEL PENN We think inflation in the middle of this year will be back below target. We are likely to see 5 perc...
DAVID BRICKMAN We still do not look for the core CPI to accelerate rapidly, but it is likely to be persistently fir...
STEPHEN STANLEY Moreover, the four motors of consumption -- that is wages, inflation, unemployment and consumer conf...
EMMANUEL FERRY Inflation pressures are still apparent, forcing the central bank to keep tightening its grip on borr...
ALBERT KING The Fed is not finished yet in raising interest rates. Investors are still cautious on inflation and...
YOSHIHIRO ISHIDA These losses may reflect the fact that consumers facing higher energy prices and falling real [infla...
JARED BERNSTEIN After two or three months of inflation numbers coming in above expectations you start to revise infl...
FELIPE GARCIA![]()
Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 3...
ROBERT REICH Both the earnings and the claimant count data are stronger than expected. But I think any reaction t...
GERALDINE CONCAGH The pool of available labor is diminishing and worker efficiency is growing more slowly. This adds u...
CARL TANNENBAUM Strong figures on growth and inflation will reinforce expectations of higher Fed rates, supporting t...
XINYI LU The presumption that inflation will naturally recede to the middle of the target band seems a courag...
CRAIG EBERT Businesses appear stronger than expected, reflecting the lower euro, but we're likely to see consume...
JAMES NIXON The Bank of Canada remains on the warpath against inflation in an economy where recent job and produ...
AVERY SHENFELD Average earnings growth was far softer than anticipated. It remained at 3.5% ... and is well below t...
JAMES KNIGHTLEY I think we're going to see a worsening in the inflation data and that's going to keep the Fed on a t...
CARL RICCADONNA![]()
I think we do need to try to not just rely on the central bank to, in its wisdom, adjust interest ra...
ROBERT J. SHILLER We believe they'll hike rates at least one or two more times. Expectations the Fed will be vigilant ...
JOSE MAZAS Economic data have been reasonably good, so the bonds continue to sell off. Strong economic growth m...
JAMES DUTKIEWICZ There is better confidence in Asia. Corporate profitability is improving, unemployment is falling, w...
CHRIS REILLY The Fed is doing what it has to do, talking a tough line. It still remains to be seen when the upwar...
KATHLEEN CAMILLI They've got an important race tonight, so we'll be keeping an eye on the computer to see how they ge...
GRANT WHARINGTON Yields are going to continue to trend upward as the Fed keeps raising rates. The Fed believes that t...
JOSEPH SHATZ Even though the surge in inflation was one-off, it was pretty shocking and the jump in fuel prices i...
GEORGE WORTHINGTON Broaddus just reminded everyone that the Fed is going to raise rates. He is clear that the inflation...
DOMINIC KONSTAM The European Central Bank is worried that weakness in the euro will result in inflation.
BOB LYNCH Wages have been outpacing inflation. However, we're also seeing more layoffs this year than we did l...
MARIO DEROSE There remains a lingering risk of higher interest rates should signs of stronger employment and infl...
BRIAN REDICAN Next week's jobs report will be key to the income data and need to be watched as much for that reaso...
JOEL NAROFF The 1.9 percent December year-over-year rise in the core personal consumption expenditure index refl...
PATRICK FEARON The message of solid growth and inflation at the top end of the comfort zone may mean that the Fed i...
BRIAN FABBRI The ECB will come through with a cut, but it will wait to see what happens on the inflation front. T...
BEN RUDD![]()
We know that inflation distorts economic behavior. In the 1970s, a combination of high tax rates and...
NINA EASTON I see more interest rate hikes and this will dampen domestic consumption. Also, the coming 50 percen...
IRENE CHEUNG The Fed will be concerned about inflation pressures building and will keep on hiking interest rates....
INDRAJIT ADVANI The issue for the coming year is whether workers will be able to catch up on their wages.
MICHAEL WALD An increase in domestic fuel prices will be inflationary and controls will have to come through rate...
HASITHA PREMARATNE The outlook for inflation seems very positive to me for some time to come, and therefore, I doubt th...
ROBERT MCTEER Prices are rising, but not fast enough to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. Inflation...
IM NO JUNG You've got this awkward confluence of a Fed that's getting nearer and nearer to some critical level ...
ROBERT DICLEMENTE The good economic data has quashed any idea there may have been that the next move in interest rates...
TOM KENNY We're already seeing an ebbing away of employee rights and we will be keeping a close eye on this ar...
JEN CORLEW Inflation in March will probably be lower because school tuition won't be in the mix. (The car fuel)...
JASON VIEIRA![]()
The public has shown confidence that any increases in inflation will be temporary and that, in the l...
BEN BERNANKE We believe that the Fed will require both consistent solid hiring and a rise in inflation before it ...
MAURY HARRIS [Only a surge in pacifism could dislodge Integrated Defense Tech's IPO and the current war in Afghan...
BEN HOLMES A May rate cut is more likely than not, but the Bank is likely to need to see ongoing signs of lower...
ALAN CASTLE The balance of aggregate demand and sustainable supply today and the distinct possibility that labor...
LAURENCE MEYER Inflation is still something to keep an eye on, ... The market has priced in a slowdown but if we do...
BILL DAVISON There doesn't seem to be any evidence that inflation is accelerating. In terms of when the bank can ...
DARREN GIBBS If you are anticipating higher inflation and a rise in interest rates, it will slow down demand for ...
HENK POTTS A strong inflation figure will heighten speculation the Bank of Japan will change its easy monetary ...
TETSU AIKAWA We are planning to buy Treasuries and the consumer price report reinforced our views that U.S. notes...
SATOSHI ASAI We still expect economic activity to slow over the next several quarters as consumer spending slows ...
STEVEN WOOD The United States knows well that if wages an aggression on Iraq, then its interests in the Arab wor...
TARIQ AZIZ Inflation for August was 0.1 per cent a welcome reduction from the previous months. While increases...
COLIN STEELE Oil prices, I think, are something to keep an eye on. So far, they have not influenced the inflation...
BILL HORNBARGER Nevertheless, limited core inflation in January will not deter the ECB from hiking interest rates by...
HOWARD ARCHER With the economy operating at close to full capacity, it's important that the Fed be vigilant about ...
ALFRED BROADDUS![]()
Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates wi...
MIKE PENCE We will see a change in the drivers of economic growth with capital spending taking a lead. There is...
CARL RICCADONNA![]()
I am in favor of high wages and agree that the higher the wages, the stronger the evidence of prospe...
JOHN C. CALHOUN Obviously the data today was very supportive of bonds. The unemployment report caught everyone by su...
BILL HORNBARGER Obviously the data today was very supportive of bonds. The unemployment report caught everyone by su...
BILL HORNBARGER We are seeing the long bond tell us that the Fed's decision was proper from an inflation perspective...
MATTHEW ALEXY Our efforts to reduce inflation are working; inflation here has now converged to euro area norms. Th...
BRIAN COWEN These savings are a clear positive, but retiree liability cuts are likely to see some almost immedia...
ROBERT BARRY Inflation is a massive theme because we are in a rising-interest-rate environment. I think there is ...
JANE FOLEY Investors will continue to look closely at U.S. macro data for any sign that growth may disappoint o...
ROSS TEVERSON The near-term inflation outlook will cause the Reserve Bank some short term concern,
ALAN OSTER Despite low unemployment, wage growth remains contained. With job gains slowing, the risks from wage...
BILL EVANS I think everybody is waiting for the employment data. If unemployment is still dropping when we've j...
ED PETERS I think, with inflation still rising, the central bank will have to increase the rate again.
FAUZI ICHSAN This pickup in monthly house-price inflation is consistent with the continuing upward trend in marke...
MARTIN ELLIS The inflation data we will see this week and next will support the view the Fed can keep on hiking a...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA![]()
It is human nature that when you see something work well, you do more of it. If, in its ceaseless qu...
MURRAY ROTHBARD The dollar is stronger because of higher rates. Look at the bond market: it's been selling off with ...
JOE FRANCOMANO You're fighting to a stalemate between those people worried about interest rates and high valuations...
CHRIS GRISANTI
JOSEPH CAPURSO [They also focus on two areas - healthcare and energy - where inflation is eating away at spending p...
JARED BERNSTEIN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES We anticipate Japanese companies will try to compete in hiring good workers, driving up wages. Impro...
TAKUJI AIDA The problem isn't simply that families are facing higher prices, particularly at the pump. It's also...
JARED BERNSTEIN Inflation is still above target and as long as the economic data keeps coming in strong we expect th...
MATTHIAS RUBISCH Up until recently, oil price hikes have offset disinflation. This time around, we're in a situation ...
ALAN RUSKIN Up until recently, oil price hikes have offset disinflation. This time around, we're in a situation ...
ALAN RUSKIN We don't see inflation shooting up because of what has happened in the labor market. I have a fairly...
AMIT KARA Certainly, the tone of the Inflation Report did not hint at such a pronounced division within the ce...
DARAGH MAHER No one's going to be keen to buy the market now with the ECB meeting looming. We're likely to get mo...
CHARLES DIEBEL You have to be positive on 10-year bonds when you expect lower inflation. I don't expect the Bank of...
ERIC GIRARD There is so much momentum in consumer spending and business investment that economic growth in the t...
DICK GREEN While the decline in inflation can certainly accommodate a rate cut, we believe the bank will defer ...
CHANNA AMARATUNGA The minutes indicate a majority that feels satisfied with the current economic climate. The Bank not...
GAVIN REDKNAP The increase in the rate is intended to address possible second-round effects on consumer prices com...
AMANDO TETANGCO Tight labor market, acceleration in wages -- it's a description of an economy that's simmering, but ...
DAVID HENSLEY Controlled inflation will allow the bank to hold the rate at its current level. In my view, potentia...
ALBERTO BERNAL The Fed will keep raising rates as an insurance policy to prevent unwanted inflation. We haven't see...
CONRAD DEQUADROS For those claiming that inflation is right around the corner, they can point to this number and say,...
GORDON RICHARDS If peace doesn't prevail, there will be some fall on the aid front and that will hit the currency. W...
HASITHA PREMARATNE Concerns over (higher energy prices) feeding into higher wages have so far not materialized, which h...
MICHAEL PENN We think inflation in the middle of this year will be back below target. We are likely to see 5 perc...
DAVID BRICKMAN We still do not look for the core CPI to accelerate rapidly, but it is likely to be persistently fir...
STEPHEN STANLEY Moreover, the four motors of consumption -- that is wages, inflation, unemployment and consumer conf...
EMMANUEL FERRY Inflation pressures are still apparent, forcing the central bank to keep tightening its grip on borr...
ALBERT KING The Fed is not finished yet in raising interest rates. Investors are still cautious on inflation and...
YOSHIHIRO ISHIDA These losses may reflect the fact that consumers facing higher energy prices and falling real [infla...
JARED BERNSTEIN After two or three months of inflation numbers coming in above expectations you start to revise infl...
FELIPE GARCIA
Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 3... ROBERT REICH Both the earnings and the claimant count data are stronger than expected. But I think any reaction t...
GERALDINE CONCAGH The pool of available labor is diminishing and worker efficiency is growing more slowly. This adds u...
CARL TANNENBAUM Strong figures on growth and inflation will reinforce expectations of higher Fed rates, supporting t...
XINYI LU The presumption that inflation will naturally recede to the middle of the target band seems a courag...
CRAIG EBERT Businesses appear stronger than expected, reflecting the lower euro, but we're likely to see consume...
JAMES NIXON The Bank of Canada remains on the warpath against inflation in an economy where recent job and produ...
AVERY SHENFELD Average earnings growth was far softer than anticipated. It remained at 3.5% ... and is well below t...
JAMES KNIGHTLEY I think we're going to see a worsening in the inflation data and that's going to keep the Fed on a t...
CARL RICCADONNA
I think we do need to try to not just rely on the central bank to, in its wisdom, adjust interest ra... ROBERT J. SHILLER We believe they'll hike rates at least one or two more times. Expectations the Fed will be vigilant ...
JOSE MAZAS Economic data have been reasonably good, so the bonds continue to sell off. Strong economic growth m...
JAMES DUTKIEWICZ There is better confidence in Asia. Corporate profitability is improving, unemployment is falling, w...
CHRIS REILLY The Fed is doing what it has to do, talking a tough line. It still remains to be seen when the upwar...
KATHLEEN CAMILLI They've got an important race tonight, so we'll be keeping an eye on the computer to see how they ge...
GRANT WHARINGTON Yields are going to continue to trend upward as the Fed keeps raising rates. The Fed believes that t...
JOSEPH SHATZ Even though the surge in inflation was one-off, it was pretty shocking and the jump in fuel prices i...
GEORGE WORTHINGTON Broaddus just reminded everyone that the Fed is going to raise rates. He is clear that the inflation...
DOMINIC KONSTAM The European Central Bank is worried that weakness in the euro will result in inflation.
BOB LYNCH Wages have been outpacing inflation. However, we're also seeing more layoffs this year than we did l...
MARIO DEROSE There remains a lingering risk of higher interest rates should signs of stronger employment and infl...
BRIAN REDICAN Next week's jobs report will be key to the income data and need to be watched as much for that reaso...
JOEL NAROFF The 1.9 percent December year-over-year rise in the core personal consumption expenditure index refl...
PATRICK FEARON The message of solid growth and inflation at the top end of the comfort zone may mean that the Fed i...
BRIAN FABBRI The ECB will come through with a cut, but it will wait to see what happens on the inflation front. T...
BEN RUDD
We know that inflation distorts economic behavior. In the 1970s, a combination of high tax rates and... NINA EASTON I see more interest rate hikes and this will dampen domestic consumption. Also, the coming 50 percen...
IRENE CHEUNG The Fed will be concerned about inflation pressures building and will keep on hiking interest rates....
INDRAJIT ADVANI The issue for the coming year is whether workers will be able to catch up on their wages.
MICHAEL WALD An increase in domestic fuel prices will be inflationary and controls will have to come through rate...
HASITHA PREMARATNE The outlook for inflation seems very positive to me for some time to come, and therefore, I doubt th...
ROBERT MCTEER Prices are rising, but not fast enough to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. Inflation...
IM NO JUNG You've got this awkward confluence of a Fed that's getting nearer and nearer to some critical level ...
ROBERT DICLEMENTE The good economic data has quashed any idea there may have been that the next move in interest rates...
TOM KENNY We're already seeing an ebbing away of employee rights and we will be keeping a close eye on this ar...
JEN CORLEW Inflation in March will probably be lower because school tuition won't be in the mix. (The car fuel)...
JASON VIEIRA
The public has shown confidence that any increases in inflation will be temporary and that, in the l... BEN BERNANKE We believe that the Fed will require both consistent solid hiring and a rise in inflation before it ...
MAURY HARRIS [Only a surge in pacifism could dislodge Integrated Defense Tech's IPO and the current war in Afghan...
BEN HOLMES A May rate cut is more likely than not, but the Bank is likely to need to see ongoing signs of lower...
ALAN CASTLE The balance of aggregate demand and sustainable supply today and the distinct possibility that labor...
LAURENCE MEYER Inflation is still something to keep an eye on, ... The market has priced in a slowdown but if we do...
BILL DAVISON There doesn't seem to be any evidence that inflation is accelerating. In terms of when the bank can ...
DARREN GIBBS If you are anticipating higher inflation and a rise in interest rates, it will slow down demand for ...
HENK POTTS A strong inflation figure will heighten speculation the Bank of Japan will change its easy monetary ...
TETSU AIKAWA We are planning to buy Treasuries and the consumer price report reinforced our views that U.S. notes...
SATOSHI ASAI We still expect economic activity to slow over the next several quarters as consumer spending slows ...
STEVEN WOOD The United States knows well that if wages an aggression on Iraq, then its interests in the Arab wor...
TARIQ AZIZ Inflation for August was 0.1 per cent a welcome reduction from the previous months. While increases...
COLIN STEELE Oil prices, I think, are something to keep an eye on. So far, they have not influenced the inflation...
BILL HORNBARGER Nevertheless, limited core inflation in January will not deter the ECB from hiking interest rates by...
HOWARD ARCHER With the economy operating at close to full capacity, it's important that the Fed be vigilant about ...
ALFRED BROADDUS
Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates wi... MIKE PENCE We will see a change in the drivers of economic growth with capital spending taking a lead. There is...
CARL RICCADONNA
I am in favor of high wages and agree that the higher the wages, the stronger the evidence of prospe... JOHN C. CALHOUN Obviously the data today was very supportive of bonds. The unemployment report caught everyone by su...
BILL HORNBARGER Obviously the data today was very supportive of bonds. The unemployment report caught everyone by su...
BILL HORNBARGER We are seeing the long bond tell us that the Fed's decision was proper from an inflation perspective...
MATTHEW ALEXY Our efforts to reduce inflation are working; inflation here has now converged to euro area norms. Th...
BRIAN COWEN These savings are a clear positive, but retiree liability cuts are likely to see some almost immedia...
ROBERT BARRY Inflation is a massive theme because we are in a rising-interest-rate environment. I think there is ...
JANE FOLEY Investors will continue to look closely at U.S. macro data for any sign that growth may disappoint o...
ROSS TEVERSON The near-term inflation outlook will cause the Reserve Bank some short term concern,
ALAN OSTER Despite low unemployment, wage growth remains contained. With job gains slowing, the risks from wage...
BILL EVANS I think everybody is waiting for the employment data. If unemployment is still dropping when we've j...
ED PETERS I think, with inflation still rising, the central bank will have to increase the rate again.
FAUZI ICHSAN This pickup in monthly house-price inflation is consistent with the continuing upward trend in marke...
MARTIN ELLIS The inflation data we will see this week and next will support the view the Fed can keep on hiking a...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA
It is human nature that when you see something work well, you do more of it. If, in its ceaseless qu... MURRAY ROTHBARD The dollar is stronger because of higher rates. Look at the bond market: it's been selling off with ...
JOE FRANCOMANO You're fighting to a stalemate between those people worried about interest rates and high valuations...
CHRIS GRISANTI
The U.K. and Ireland are like-minded on E.U. matters, and the process of working together in Brussel... 
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