The ECB probably won't do very much, maybe one or two rate hikes, and if the Fed keeps tightening then the rate differential won't improve substantially for the euro.
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KELLY JONES He's been very clear. The Fed may take a pause for a month or two, but that doesn't mean it's the en...
ART HOGAN As long as the Fed keeps raising rates, yields are going to move higher. The Fed decision definitely...
JOSEPH SHATZ The risk is for the ECB to accelerate the pace of interest- rate hikes. There seems to be very littl...
CYRIL BEUZIT We primarily see dollar strength because we're expecting one to two more rate hikes from the Fed. Al...
KATHY LIEN For the Fed, continuing 25-basis-point rate hikes seem to be the best bet.
ELISABETH DENISON If you look back to 1994 when the Fed was hiking rates continuously, after every rate hike the Fed a...
HARVINDER KALIRAI Bond prices rose because the market was excited at the idea that the number of further rate hikes ne...
CARY LEAHEY The residual impact from the Fed is definitely positive for the dollar. The Fed message is clearly a...
BORIS SCHLOSSBERG The residual impact from the Fed is definitely positive for the dollar. The Fed message is clearly a...
BORIS SCHLOSSBERG The question is: Will we get to a 4.25 percent fed funds rate in December?. If we do, then two-year ...
ERIC HILLER A lot of the gains are due to the earnings story. I think the market can deal with one or two more i...
BARRY HYMAN The euro is becoming firmer, supported by a better economic outlook and expectations of further inte...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA On balance, the macro outlook continues to point to further rate hikes by the Fed.
CHARMAINE BUSKAS We think there's going to be two more rate hikes. One in March and then another in April.
TED CARMICHAEL The economic data points to the Fed stopping (rate hikes) sooner rather than later, and that's encou...
JACK CAFFREY The Fed will probably slow the pace of interest-rate hikes after October. Should the reports signal ...
TETSU AIKAWA Fed officials' comments point to the risk of faster inflation. We expect three or four more rate hik...
JUN KITAZAWA Interest-rate support for the Australian dollar will lessen quite substantially as the year progress...
NICK BENNENBROEK We doubt that economic activity in the euro zone will afford the ECB scope to raise the refinancing ...
PAUL CHERTKOW While the US Fed appears to have shortened its commitment to rate hikes by deleting the word 'measur...
KAZUHIRO NISHINA Strong figures will certainly re-ignite expectations of further Fed rate hikes.
TORU UMEMOTO I think everybody is waiting for the employment data. If unemployment is still dropping when we've j...
ED PETERS It was a very strong report. It shows the rate hikes engineered by the Fed so far have had little or...
MIKE RYAN The market is closely watching if there are any other comments on the US economy or interest rate hi...
MASAMICHI KOIKE The Fed is close to the end of its rate hike cycle while the ECB is just beginning, which removes su...
CARSTEN FRITSCH Fed officials are sounding hawkish. They're signaling further rate hikes and that's making investors...
TETSU AIKAWA Boy, we've been waiting for this. The feeling is that the market does not need further rate hikes an...
LARRY PERUZZI Today's inflation figures will reinforce the belief that the Fed only has one or two more interest-r...
PAUL ASHWORTH The ECB could never argue in the way the Fed did in justifying its most recent rate cuts, by citing ...
ERNST WELTEKE From March, the year-on-year inflation rate will probably come off quite substantially.
IRENE CHEUNG From my perspective it leaves the door open to further rate hikes. Remember: the Fed is taking back ...
DICK BERNER The things that helped support the dollar over the last 18 months or so, such as the Fed interest ra...
BRIAN ROSE The market has somewhat anticipated a half-point rate increase next week, so if they can see signs t...
PETER CHANDLER Overall, in the short term this is not going to deter the Fed from continuing its measured rate tigh...
ALEX BEUZELIN This is the highest inflation rate we've seen in over three years and much higher than 0.3 percent i...
EMMANUEL FERRY Few people thought that he would be that explicit. We're getting closer to the end of the Fed intere...
FREDERIC DICKSON The year-over-year gain of 1.7 percent reinforces the sense that the current series of Fed rate hike...
JOHN LONSKI The dollar's bearish (weaker) trend is expected to continue unless the GDP figures are significantly...
YASUHISA ISHIDA Strong figures will boost expectations of higher growth in consumer spending in the U.S.. That will ...
YUJI SAITO We're coming to the end of the Fed interest-rate tightening cycle. That usually isn't a bad time to ...
FREDERIC DICKSON The most important initiative you could take to improve the world economy would be to stabilize the ...
ROBERT MUNDELL We certainly do think there are another two (rate hikes) left in the Bank of Canada before they tag ...
ERIC LASCELLES What's causing the rate hikes has nothing to do with the legal system.
JOANNE DOROSHOW On balance, the steady increase in payrolls in conjunction with yesterday's comments by [Fed] Chairm...
CHARMAINE BUSKAS That will probably keep the ECB waiting until September, rather than going for a rate rise, as a don...
JUERGEN MICHELS The consensus appears to be a likely pause in June as the Fed assesses the effects of past rate hike...
WILLIAM O'DONNELL We still don't know how many more rate hikes there are in the cycle and the minutes don't really she...
MARC CHANDLER Despite all the rate hikes, the (Federal Reserve's) overnight lending rate is still less than inflat...
JAMES TURK I think rate hikes will become more difficult for the BOJ.
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TOMOKO FUJII The Fed's not finished. More rate hikes loom.
JOHN LONSKI It really comes down to the fact that the Fed is saying demand is excessive, ... Until they see enou...
JOSH STILES Given the market is looking for another rate hike at the end-March FOMC meeting, it seems likely tha...
ASHLEY DAVIES We expect a hike of 25 basis points and probably 50 basis pints, ... Any smaller rate hike or no rat...
CARL WEINBERG We expect a hike of 25 basis points and probably 50 basis pints. Any smaller rate hike or no rate hi...
CARL WEINBERG The yen is more likely to fall than rise. The BOJ probably won't raise rates anytime soon, keeping t...
YASUNORI KURODA There's probably not enough indication that the Fed is ready to end (rate increases) to help the sto...
BENJAMIN PACE Against that, the market has started thinking about rate hikes in Europe in the first quarter of nex...
GREG GIBBS The near-term momentum is clearly favorable to the dollar. Two further rate hikes are a pretty sure ...
HANS GOETTI There?s never been a decline in the stock market in the 12 weeks prior to the end of a series of Fed...
JEFFREY KLEINTOP The interest rate differential is huge between fixed- income investments domestically and abroad.
MIRIAM TAVARES A curve inversion will last until the Fed stops tightening. As long is the Fed keeps tightening and ...
JAMES CARON Parry's comments hint that the Fed still views the neutral level of the federal-funds rate to be app...
TONY CRESCENZI Multiple rate hikes after May would certainly change the picture.
CHARLES ROTBLUT At the margin they reinforced our growing sense that Fed tightening might stop before the federal fu...
ED MCKELVEY Perhaps it's a function of the fears that (Fed Chief Alan) Greenspan has already gone too far (with ...
CLARK YINGST We've seen some gyrations in expectations due to the whipsaw that we've seen in the economic data. W...
GLENN HABERBUSH We're expecting just two rate increases by the end of next year. That's not enough to help the euro.
GAVIN FRIEND We're starting to see the savings rate pick up from near historic levels, which is very encouraging....
ANTHONY CHAN Raising the lending rate is the first tightening of the controls.
BA SHUSONG It was a respectable day. But after the (Fed) decision tomorrow, I think we can do better. I think t...
LARRY WACHTEL The data on the real side of the economy supports rate hikes.
DAVID KEEBLE There's more upside risk on the dollar as the rate differential still attracts buyers. The U.S. econ...
JUN KITAZAWA The ECB delivered in December, and they're going to deliver another rate increase in March. My perso...
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ALISON GOODMAN In the 20 years before Greece end up with the Euro, efforts to improve competitiveness through excha...
LUCAS PAPADEMOS Unless the statement offers fresh indications that the US Fed will continue its rate hikes going for...
DAISUKE UNO A rate-hike response by the ECB would not have achieved much [and would have been] counter-productiv...
ALISON COTTRELL In order to pave the way for another refinancing rate hike in March, the ECB would need to signal th...
ELGA BARTSCH If the Fed doesn't raise rates, it's strictly for morale. Given the recent market swings, they're go...
ED PETERS If you don't believe in 5 seconds then you wont in 5 minutes.
TABISH AHMED SHAH a pause in rate hikes is a more likely scenario rather than a rate cut.
MICHAEL NIEMIRA If the U.S. Fed cuts rates soon, maybe in the next 72 hours, the next couple of days, the ECB will h...
ADOLF ROSENSTOCK If the U.S. Fed cuts rates soon, maybe in the next 72 hours, the next couple of days, the ECB will h...
ADOLF ROSENSTOCK The market was too sanguine about the Fed moving to the sidelines at the end of the year or under a ...
JOE LIRO Liquidity is still excessive and remains a warning sign for the ECB, but the slowing of the growth r...
MICHAEL SCHUBERT The news should improve in the second half as likely Fed rate cuts begin to affect the economy and e...
STEVE MILUNOVICH Rate hikes don't have to mean the death knell for tech spending. Fundamentals are still strong.
DAVID JOY Those who expect further rate hikes can note that the real Fed Funds rate has yet to reach at least ...
ASHRAF LAIDI All the calculators do is project an interest rate and a tax rate for retirement. You can't rely on ...
ED SLOTT The Fed has been singularly unsuccessful in cooling down the hot U.S. housing market, primarily beca...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH The market's expecting the ECB to prepare us for a rate increase this quarter and that will keep bon...
ANDY CHAYTOR When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.
TERENCE PUBLIUS TERENTIUS AFER There has been a shift this week towards expectations of another U.S. interest rate rise in March --...
DEREK HALPENNY You need to factor in the (interest-rate) differential, as well as the costs of refinancing.
GARY AKRIGHT The market has believed that next year the Fed will ease down while the ECB amps up its rate hike cy...
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