Given the persistence of high energy prices that the global economy has confronted of late, policymakers cannot be complacent, ... actively leaning against inflationary pressures long before inflation itself builds.
Roger Ferguson
Related rise in inflationary pressures caused by higher energy prices. ALAN WILLIAMSON I think that fears of inflation are overblown, and that when we consider energy prices have pulled b... EDWARD KEON Inflation remains under control. We're concerned of inflationary pressures developing in the economy... GUS FAUCHER If global oil prices or commodity prices are high, then it is bound to create inflation. So, we shou... ADI GODREJ Unemployment is sufficiently high, and the economy has just come out of a relatively mild recession,... CHARLES LIEBERMAN We're going to have high energy prices, a little bit more inflation. Underlying inflation is going t... DONALD RATAJCZAK Following the higher-than-expected headline producer price inflation data for January... (Tuesday's ... HOWARD ARCHER Concerns about inflation are well tempered by concerns about how quickly economic growth will be und... LOUISE PURTLE The weakness in the household sector of the economy has helped to contain core inflation despite ris... ANDREW HANLAN The key turning point for the market was the Fed language. The things they were most concerned about... JEFF SCHAPPE Over the past six months, the core PPI is up at about a 0.5 per cent annual rate. There is no indica... DICK GREEN The stock market has been anticipating a slowdown because of pressures from interest rates and energ... RON BARON The Fed is concerned that higher energy costs may give an adverse impact on growth rather than posin... HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA In the short-term yields may increase. Slack is decreasing in the economy and that is leading to inf... YOSHIHIRO ISHIDA A mild winter has allowed the U.S. to avoid much higher energy prices, particularly for natural gas ... MARSHALL VEST Higher fuel and energy prices have hit purchasing power, amid a high inflation rate. JEFF ADAMS The economy has been having some problems. Recently some of the numbers have been picking up again b... MARINO VALENSISE Buoyant spending and borrowing have not yet been inflationary, and will not necessarily become infla... ELNA MOOLMAN Those high oil prices are a burden on U.S. families, on firms' production costs. But the good news i... BEN S. BERNANKE This agreement builds on Bristol-Myers Squibb's long-standing commitment to the global fight against... PETER DOLAN People are focusing on the impact of higher energy prices on the consumer instead of focusing on the... DREW MATUS High energy prices act like a consumption tax and consumption taxes eventually hurt the economy. LARRY GOLDSTEIN These inflation effects should fade even if energy prices remain elevated, so long as monetary polic... BEN BERNANKE We have an economy that has shown signs of slowing. With energy prices at extremely high levels -- a... ANTOINE HALFF The main driver behind the strengthening of the external position has been high global oil prices. FAROUK SOUSSA Something's fishy when the Bush administration delays a report showing no improvement in fuel econom... DANIEL BECKER Models used to describe and predict inflation commonly distinguish between changes in food and energ... JANET YELLEN Even before the hurricane hit, rising energy prices were having a dampening effect on the economy, NARIMAN BEHRAVESH It appears the fear of temporary inflation pressures associated with disrupted energy supplies and r... CHRIS LOW It appears the fear of temporary inflation pressures associated with disrupted energy supplies and r... CHRIS LOW The broad impact of this storm is going to be on energy prices and how that feeds through to the res... EDMUND COWART China has been adjusting energy prices for a long time, and indications are that helped improve the ... LOUIS KUIJS The outlook for Asia Pacific's aviation industry in 2006 remains fairly positive although the burden... ANDREW HERDMAN The outlook for Asia-Pacific's aviation industry in 2006 remains fairly positive, although the burde... ANDREW HERDMAN Despite the decline in headline producer price pressures, the risks of deflation have clearly vanish... BRIAN WESBURY it's somewhat surprising how resilient the economy has been, despite higher energy prices. MARK VITNER That's a prime example of where higher energy prices can rein in core [non-energy] inflation. JOHN LONSKI There's some concern that although inflationary pressures do appear to have receded in recent days, ... MATT BUCKLAND Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant. SIDNEY HOOK Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant SIDNEY HOOK Inflation is under control and inflationary pressures are subdued. We are looking for opportunities ... MASAYUKI YOSHIHARA This is a new paradigm. The fact that we have higher productivity has allowed the U.S. economy to gr... JOEL KENT The consumption and production of energy is a major component of the global economy. BARRY RITHOLTZ It's at that stage where I think policymakers will start to become concerned (about high petrol pric... BRIAN REDICAN The fact that natural gas prices are competitive in California has to do with the lasting effects of... SCOTT CLARK Clearly, high energy prices will have a large negative effect on the California economy and could po... DOUG OSE Greenspan said that the U.S. economy had showed resilience despite soaring global crude prices, sugg... GIDEON LO Inflation hawks may be eating crow today. Despite their fears of tight labor markets and a strong ec... OSCAR GONZALEZ Rising oil prices are being looked at as a further weight on global growth as opposed to inflationar... ANN HURLEY Should the global economy suffer a period of slower demand, which is a distinct possibility given ri... WILLIAM ADAMS Sentiment is drifting higher on softer oil prices. All eyes remain on energy. As long as oil prices ... BEN ROGOFF Any bets on dollar weakness will be a bet that higher energy prices will divert consumer spending, w... JEFF GLADSTEIN Concerns over (higher energy prices) feeding into higher wages have so far not materialized, which h... MICHAEL PENN The global economy has been growing the last two years at rates not seen since World War II, fuelled... LUISA KROLL Unless you see substantially weaker growth and low core inflation, if energy prices remain high and ... BILL MEEHAN I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Now we have another confirmation that there is no (inflationary) pressure in this economy. There's s... AUDREY FREEDMAN Given the declining inflationary scenario, inflation should further drop in March due to seasonal fa... HASITHA PREMARATNE There's quite a healthy outlook for the economy and inflationary pressures are fairly subdued. I can... ADRIAN FOSTER Everything points to an economic recovery free of inflationary pressures. Today's cut reaffirms that... ALEXANDRE LINTZ The Bank of Canada does accept that manufacturers are struggling under the weight of energy prices a... CARL GOMEZ The history of the twentieth century - America's century! - has been pretty much a history of rising... PAUL A. SAMUELSON It's not an environment to be seriously thinking about cutting interest rates. The economy is going ... CRAIG EBERT Last year, food price inflation was 38 percent and this year it's only 1.6 percent, so that's the on... HONG LIANG Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark remind... JUDY BIGGERT He writes, to me, more like the late Roger Miller than anyone before him. HAZEL SMITH The Fed is keeping an eye on core inflation because they were concerned about prices spilling over f... GARY SCHLOSSBERG Even at 10 percent [of body weight], the pressures were still high, and that hasn't been quantified ... BRANDON MACIAS It's really taken an awfully long time to convince all the authorities that there is no inflationary... AUDREY FREEDMAN Treasuries can still fall some more. Some people are worried about the outlook for inflation because... MASATSUGU YAMAMOTO We were not expecting to get caught up in the global warming debate when we published our initial re... JUDITH CURRY We think we've seen the peak in import prices. Even if energy prices stay around current levels, inf... CHRISTIAN JASPERNEITE We have a remarkably resilient economy. It's taken hits from a hurricane, and increased oil prices, ... CLIFF BREWIS Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global re... KENICHI FUKUI The crusade to convince us that global warming can only be dealt with by wealth destruction and high... DAVID HARSANYI This is just the first step on a long way. We cannot lean back and be complacent. WOLFGANG BERNHARD The market has some power today. Continued lower energy prices and the belief that the economy is re... BARRY HYMAN He continued the fight against inflation that Volcker began and has gradually managed to squeeze inf... MARSHALL VEST The economy has shown tremendous resilience in the face of energy prices so far. But this latest spi... DAVID GREENLAW The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY Because food and energy prices are volatile, it is often helpful to look at inflation excluding thos... JANET YELLEN This is a big surprise, it's the core of inflation that's falling. Energy prices were expected to fa... DOMINIQUE BARBET Life is the gift, itself. And any other additions, are the blessings! FLOYD WILLIAMS Overall, I think they'll be OK, given that the economy is improving and fuel prices are starting to ... ALAN SBARRA We're looking at companies which are taking advantage of high energy prices, and we've been buying e... MARKUS STEINBEIS In this century, the seminal driver of innovation is knowledge. Given that universities are major pr... MARK ROSENBERG High oil prices were one factor in dampening the global expansion. ANDREW BURNS Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about sleep. MARK STRAND I would be uncomfortable raising the federal funds rate if readings on wage growth, core consumer pr... JANET YELLEN September sales were surprisingly resilient in the face of significantly higher gasoline prices. Whi... EMME KOZLOFF it will not hesitate to take this step to plug any possible shortage in supplies, especially when we... SHEIKH AHMAD This is great news on the inflation front. It will be very difficult for the economy to generate any... DAVID GREENLAW The recent hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico highlighted that crude oil prices are following those of... JACQUES ROUSSEAU The importance of energy to government is clear. Pressures of declining fossil fuel resources, geopo... PHILLIP PAULWELL Oil is uncomfortably high; it is inflationary, ... If you are struggling a bit on the continent, as ... HILARY COOK The perception has been sort of an 'us-against-them' mentality in the NHL for a long period of time.... DAVID POILE The high oil prices are surely not wholesome for the economy. AXEL WEBER We think the market is in certain circumstances complacent and not enough consideration is being giv... GRAHAM SECKER It's really taken an awfully long time to convince all the authorities that there is no inflationary... AUDREY FREEDMAN
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I maybe have a short fuse but it goes away quicker no... ALEX FERGUSON It's debatable whether it's a booking in the context of a game like that but you can't applaud the r... ALEX FERGUSON Yes, an individual could be electronically stimulated to fear, anger, or euphoria from a distance. H... MARILYN FERGUSON It's all very well for us to sit here in the West with our high incomes and cushy lives, and say... NIALL FERGUSON Roy is the same. There has been speculation that he is going to Celtic, that he has had a massive bu... ALEX FERGUSON Our second goal was a great example for any person who wants to get to the very top. Wayne has a fan... ALEX FERGUSON Everyone remembers Stuart Pearce as a determined, aggressive player, who played with great heart and... ALEX FERGUSON Despair is a cop-out, the ultimate abdication of all responsibility, in which people feel justified ... MARILYN FERGUSON The day of the great jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over. MAYNARD FERGUSON As a financial historian, I was quite isolated in Oxford - British historians are supposed to write ... NIALL FERGUSON I've just grown as a person, accepting my flaws as well. Before I was very insecure and I used t... REBECCA FERGUSON Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music. MAYNARD FERGUSON