Many market players already think the ECB will raise interest rates in March and then several more times later this year.
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As long as they are rising, the ECB tends to raise interest rates.
JOERG KRAEMER Hiring intentions seem to have gone up a little bit and confidence is edging up. It's right to assum...
DARIO PERKINS The strength across all labor-market indicators does suggest the Fed will likely raise rates in Marc...
DEAN MAKI The Fed will continue to raise interest rates. We think they will do so twice more.
KATHLEEN STEPHANSEN I think the Fed still has no other choice but still to raise rates. I know that there's some rumors ...
MARC GABELLI It currently seems a pretty safe bet that interest rates will not change for several more months to ...
HOWARD ARCHER Overall we're in a very good situation; I don't think interest rates will be going up. Greenspan is ...
GREGORY SMITH Shorter dated bonds are very likely to come under pressure. The economic backdrop to allow the ECB t...
CHARLES DIEBEL Usually, they raise fares several times a year, but it's been 18 months since the last hike. This ma...
TOM PARSONS The Fed will raise rates at least two more times and probably more than that.
JAMES BIANCO The economy is going to accelerate but only at a moderate pace and that means the ECB won't be very ...
JUERGEN MICHELS We expect the Fed to raise rates to 4.75 percent in March. The market isn't fully pricing this in, s...
CALLUM HENDERSON The European economy is on course for a good recovery and the ECB is likely to raise rates to 2.75 p...
MASAFUMI YAMAMOTO Inflation is still above target and as long as the economic data keeps coming in strong we expect th...
MATTHIAS RUBISCH It's going to be very difficult for the ECB to raise rates if growth is looking sluggish. Even so pe...
GUILLAUME SCIARD I think the Fed is going to raise interest rates over the rest of this year. I think it will go up a...
FRANKLIN RAINES The flip side is that mortgage interest rates are now in decline, which will give the market a littl...
HOWARD MORLEY The ZEW indicator is at levels which previously have marked a high, and discussion will now start on...
KORNELIUS PURPS Fresh worries about rising inflation in the US and the extent to which the US Federal Reserve will r...
FRANCIS LUN Wages aren't at a level that's going to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. We forecast...
JOSEPH CAPURSO 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 The ECB and further interest rates are still on peoples' minds, but it is not really affecting marke...
GIUSEPPE AMATO Since the Reserve Bank of Australia raised rates in March, the housing market has just been going si...
MICHAEL EVERY I think we're seeing already the start of a relief rally. Investors are fairly confident, or gaining...
BOB DICKEY U.S. durable goods orders suggest the (U.S. Federal Reserve) is almost certain to raise interest rat...
AKIFUMI UCHIDA Nevertheless, limited core inflation in January will not deter the ECB from hiking interest rates by...
HOWARD ARCHER All this suggests that the ECB is in no hurry to hike interest rates. A move in February can effecti...
JOERG KRAEMER I am still a little bit bearish. The market thinks the U.S. economy is strong. Treasuries are still ...
HIROYUKI YAMADA You'll see continuity until the end of May, which probably means they'll raise rates by another quar...
ALLAN SAUNDERSON Supply and demand continue to drive this market out here, more so than interest rates. Interest rate...
DAVE NASH The strength of the housing market this year continues to surprise, despite rising home prices and s...
GREGORY KLUMP In March and April, interest rates were going up very gradually, and tech investors figured Greenspa...
BERNARD BAUMOHL Growth prospects have brightened ... Against this background and due to the excess liquidity in the ...
GERNOT GRIEBLING These transportation projects, especially the metro lines, will further spur the real estate market,...
ZHANG JUN Growth prospects have brightened ... Against this background and due to the excess liquidity in the ...
GERNOT GRIEBLING I think part of what has driven the market today are fluctuations in oil and interest rates and the ...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN I think that the market - once we get through this interest rate fear and we're more certain about t...
GRACE FEY The market's pretty confused but I don't think anything will happen this year because there are oppo...
LUKE SHEARER The ECB does need to cut rates, but the market is happy with the communication of the ECB -- it's do...
MICHAEL LEWIS The market will probably be less active today as players are waiting for the Fed speakers for some d...
MASAYUKI SENDA I think the market has got too pessimistic on interest rates,
ADAM COLE Prices are rising, but not fast enough to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. Inflation...
IM NO JUNG The minutes didn't change the outlook for the interest rate moves priced into the market. The Fed is...
MICHAEL DARDA If inflation gets out of hand, the Fed will have to raise interest rates more than is envisioned rig...
ALLEN SINAI Strong US economic data will put a brake on the dollar's downward trend, which was triggered by the ...
KAZUHIRO NISHINA Strong U.S. economic data will put a brake on the dollar's downward trend, which was triggered by th...
KAZUHIRO NISHINA It seems like the market is obsessing on this bond market fallout, which was somewhat precipitated b...
JACK ABLIN The U.S. economy is very resilient and the Fed will raise rates at least two more times next year. T...
YOSHITAKA MAJIMA The market is responding very directly to interest rates as kind of a one-dimensional thing -- fearf...
GAIL DUDACK The statement fueled market expectations that the Fed will further increase interest rates.
HIROKI SHIMAZU We expect no change in interest rates. The market has been factoring in better interest rates for th...
JOE ROONEY We believe interest rates will continue to rise and therefore believe the timing is right to lock in...
JOE GREEN Today's inflation figures have boosted the dollar across the board on accumulating chances that the ...
ASHRAF LAIDI The expectation is that, over time, interest checking and money market rates will continue to increa...
RANDY ROSEN The (Federal Reserve) should certainly emulate the decline in market (interest rates) and should cut...
FRED BERGSTEN Investors can't really take risks and buy bonds because yields are on a gradual rising trend. The ce...
AKITO FUKUNAGA Our guess is that long-term rates will begin to drift up later this year, albeit modestly.
CARL TANNENBAUM We've had several guys sign already and several more will later on, but it all comes down to the men...
COOPER FARRIS The Fed is not going to raise rates until they see several months of strong job growth. And even if ...
DONALD SELKIN The market generally believes that zero interest rates will continue for the next two or three month...
KAZUYUKI KATO This is going to cement the case to hike interest rates. The numbers do nothing to alter the stance ...
COLEN GARROW Fukui's remarks today fueled speculation that the end of the policy could come as soon as March. Wit...
HIDEO KUMANO The market is more focused on the bigger trends we have seen of late, and that is concerns about inf...
PETER BOOCKVAR There is some talk in the market that the ECB could move today but we think this is unlikely,
CRAIG CHAN So far this year, 15 have already resigned, and it's only March.
JOHN ANDREWS The report isn't so tame as to deter the Fed from bumping rates another notch, especially with Y2K f...
OSCAR GONZALEZ What worries me for Europe is the monetary policy of European authorities. (The ECB) might slow grow...
BERNARD ARNAULT We see now for several weeks already a consensus around a decline of semiconductor market year-on-ye...
GERARD KLEISTERLEE I think pricing has gotten even more aggressive, interest rates have stayed pretty level and there i...
JENNIFER PIERSON We didn't see the big increase in Federal Reserve interest rates. I think that surprised a lot of th...
ADAM MYERS But with interest rates declining, we think Cisco shares will hang tough near-term and then rally as...
ALEXANDER HENDERSON We don't see any change this year. Economic indicators seem to suggest there will be no change in in...
LORENZO CODOGNO We already have as many open orders by March as we had for all of last year. In terms of the number ...
JOEL BLETH The market is looking at other, more important things -- U.S. interest rates, corporate earnings, Ch...
TSUYOSHI SEGAWA Businesses appear stronger than expected, reflecting the lower euro, but we're likely to see consume...
JAMES NIXON Inflation is a massive theme because we are in a rising-interest-rate environment. I think there is ...
JANE FOLEY The market's starting to look further ahead. There seems to be the sentiment that the economy will c...
JOSH STILES Long-term U.S. interest rates have risen as the market has started to price in the likelihood that t...
MASAMICHI KOIKE I think we're very close to the end of this particular correction. The bull market's not over by any...
LARRY RICE [The bond market's woes also spelled] stock correction ... Somewhere along the line . . . interest r...
ARTHUR GRAY One of the main drivers right now for the market is this worry about interest rates.
BRIAN STINE I think we looked at it from the aspect that this would be more beneficial to the charities. They wo...
JEFF NOBERS The yen will weaken some more. There is no need to raise rates.
DALE THOMAS Consumers will be squeezed with higher interest rates, which is not good news for the market general...
EDMUND SHING It is possible that this year will mark the end of the deflation and will bring in a paradigm shift ...
MASUHISA KOBAYASHI Interest rates are creeping up and some might say that this is more realistic that it's more normal....
ALEXIS MUELLNER After a particularly volatile year in 2005 for consumer sentiment, we may be entering steadier times...
BILL EVANS Interest rates probably aren't high enough. The Bank of Canada will keep raising until it sees some ...
FRED PYNN Controlled inflation will allow the bank to hold the rate at its current level. In my view, potentia...
ALBERTO BERNAL They have already tried eight times before in Geneva, and they failed eight times. If they try this ...
YU SHUNING In terms of current interest rate levels and inflation, the ECB has room to cut rates and help the u...
GERNOT NERB This is our first year to do this event. But we hope to be able to do it every year as a part of Mar...
AMY JACKSON There is room for many players in this market.
ALAN HILOWITZ The market seems to anticipate a May increase plus another one, but probably not two after May, whic...
AKIFUMI UCHIDA With the Iran issue, it's difficult to create short positions.
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