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The government will always tell you that it wants low inflation. The real issue is the horizon over which to bring inflation down.


Raghuram Rajan

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GARY POLLACK The public has shown confidence that any increases in inflation will be temporary and that, in the l...
BEN BERNANKE The main determinant of bond yields is inflation, and inflation is low.
JOE KEATING I can't drown my demons, they know how to swim"
BRING ME THE HORIZON The debate over inflation versus growth will linger on because it is true that there is a short-term...
IRAJ ABEDIAN They're not done and it's clear to me that these guys really are worried about an inflation bulge. Y...
JAMES SWANSON The core is up 0.3 percent over the last year, and so there really is no inflation, ... In the first...
GERALD COHEN If global oil prices or commodity prices are high, then it is bound to create inflation. So, we shou...
ADI GODREJ This time, we're starting with an inflation rate that's too low and heading lower, ... What that mea...
LYLE GRAMLEY They (IMF) will be very concerned with the upsurge of inflation. The other problem will be that the ...
ERIC BLOCH We see high growth with very low inflation. These aren't mutually exclusive. You have to remember th...
MATTHEW ALEXY Middle-income living standards, and poverty for that matter, are best addressed through employment g...
BEN S. BERNANKE The presumption that inflation will naturally recede to the middle of the target band seems a courag...
CRAIG EBERT Inflation is down to 1.4% excluding energy, so there's absolutely no inflation pressure.
CHARLES DUMAS This basically shows that inflation is not really an issue.
EDGAR PETERS Oil is real strong, and that still comes down on the side of weighing on the economy as opposed to f...
BILL HORNBARGER What is most reassuring is that core inflation continued to come down and is very well behaved. I th...
ALONSO CERVERA The environment we have (low rates, low inflation) is a good environment for small companies.
DENNIS CLARK Inflation is like sin; every government denounces it and every government practices it
FREDERICK LEITH-ROSS The signal the market is getting from the governor is that yes, inflation will remain an enemy but a...
JAMES JOWA It was very hard to bring it down to 4%, but it was also very hard to bring it down from 4% because ...
ALAN MELTZER A low inflation number is positive for bonds. It is possible that most of the tightening could be do...
ERIC GIRARD I don't see much risk of inflation, partly because the Fed will do whatever it needs to do to keep i...
SHARON LEE The market is calm despite expectations the government may increase the money market 'short' because...
HUGO MORALES You have to be positive on 10-year bonds when you expect lower inflation. I don't expect the Bank of...
ERIC GIRARD Certainly, the tone of the Inflation Report did not hint at such a pronounced division within the ce...
DARAGH MAHER The outlook for inflation seems very positive to me for some time to come, and therefore, I doubt th...
ROBERT MCTEER This number will be overlooked. The issue is not inflation. If anything, it's deflation because the ...
BOB MCINTOSH Inflation is still a real and present threat to the economy.
JOSEPH TAN Because food and energy prices are volatile, it is often helpful to look at inflation excluding thos...
JANET YELLEN You clearly have to keep watching this inflation issue. You do have to have some concern that, based...
JAMES AWAD The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower...
JACK KEMP Models used to describe and predict inflation commonly distinguish between changes in food and energ...
JANET YELLEN The difference between the '80s and '90s and now is that inflation and interest rates are already lo...
FRANCOIS TRAHAN The first conditions were economic, including the passage of structural reform policies that favored...
JAVIER VIVEROS The issue is, you're not going to have a lot of inflation showing up when you have no velocity.
RICK SANTELLI I don't think an inflation target is in anyone's interest since the government will ultimately need ...
HIROMICHI SHIRAKAWA 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 The basic conclusion is that 1999-2000 will bring further gains in corporate profits, mild-mannered ...
ABBY COHEN The basic conclusion is that 1999-2000 will bring further gains in corporate profits, mild-mannered ...
ABBY JOSEPH COHEN This report will not change the Fed's view on the inflation outlook -- they will keep rates low for ...
SHERRY COOPER If the government decides on an increase of more than 30 %, the inflation rate would jump by two to ...
FAISAL BASRI Higher inflation will mean weaker consumer demand and that will keep core inflation under control.
JACQUES CAILLOUX There's the realization that there's real inflation in the U.S., and not just the kind of head-in-th...
FRANK MCGHEE Our efforts to reduce inflation are working; inflation here has now converged to euro area norms. Th...
BRIAN COWEN I think the federal government's trying to deter inflation. Our economy is growing kind of rapidly r...
CHRIS ANDREWS Inflation in March will probably be lower because school tuition won't be in the mix. (The car fuel)...
JASON VIEIRA The market reacted positively to the lower than expected inflation figures. That means inflation is ...
LUC GIRARD Investors have to realize that this is a state-controlled oil company. The government wants to fight...
LUIZ CAETANO Inflation is still a threat when U.S. economic growth is relatively strong. It will weigh down Treas...
MASAYUKI SENDA Less is always more. The best language is silence. We live in a time of a terrible inflation of word...
EDUARDO GALEANO We believe that with inflation rising rapidly, and concerns among the hawks that it will be harder t...
ALAN CLARKE Fresh worries about rising inflation in the US and the extent to which the US Federal Reserve will r...
FRANCIS LUN Fed participation in foreign exchange intervention ... risks creating doubt over whether monetary po...
ALFRED BROADDUS If you are anticipating higher inflation and a rise in interest rates, it will slow down demand for ...
HENK POTTS Investors have warmed to the idea that there is an inflation issue and are pricing in a greater degr...
MICHAEL DALEY The markets were wrong in the first place to worry about inflation, ... will not let inflation run o...
GEOFFREY DENNIS What he's shown is that you can have full employment and low inflation at the same time. The Keynesi...
ALLAN MELTZER The attitude in the past has been to increase taxes away above inflation and tell people to take it ...
COUN TILSLEY People are buying gold because it is now apparent that we are going to see massive inflation. Gold i...
LEONARD KAPLAN Strong economies and low inflation may not be inconsistent anymore.
CARL WEINBERG It's really amazing. Our economy is growing at over 4 percent real growth and in the midst of that w...
KATHLEEN CAMILLI When the market is uncertain, it either drifts or goes down. Looking at the economic figures that we...
CUMMINS CATHERWOOD These wage costs show that there are real wage increases going on in the community, but they are res...
PETER COSTELLO Volcker brought inflation down to about 4% -- Greenspan took it the rest of the way.
ALAN MELTZER When growth is slower-than-expected, stocks go down. When inflation is higher-than-expected, bonds g...
RAY DALIO We have some inflation at the pipeline level, rising commodity prices, crude, material prices, thing...
CHARLES REINHARD The history of the twentieth century - America's century! - has been pretty much a history of rising...
PAUL A. SAMUELSON The Fed will want several months to confirm that inflation risks have shifted lower and there are su...
DAVID ADER Prices will keep pace with inflation, which is expected to reach 10-10.5%, given no cataclysms.
ALEXEI NEBOLSIN The government is maintaining full vigilance on the inflationary front and will take all measures th...
ABDULNABI MACKI Rising oil prices are not only affecting current inflation rates but they're also overshadowing next...
OTMAR ISSING There is so much momentum in consumer spending and business investment that economic growth in the t...
DICK GREEN The risk profile for inflation is just too significant to ignore. Ensuring inflation expectations re...
CAMERON BAGRIE Earnings are still going to grow as interest rates and inflation remain low.
ED YARDENI This, in my mind, increases the chances of another rate hike in March. They have not declared the wa...
BRIAN GENDREAU A lot of the tech selling is over. And the considerable strength of the U.S. economy is intact, inte...
ARNIE OWEN During the 1970s, inflation expectations rose markedly because the Federal Reserve allowed actual in...
JANET YELLEN The fall in oil helped diminish some nervousness over inflation.
ANDRE CAMINADA With the sugar market hysteria, the people are obviously worried and expect higher inflation. When t...
MAREK BELKA Maintaining inflation stability is the central responsibility of the central bank. But we don't want...
WILLIAM POOLE The European Central Bank is worried that weakness in the euro will result in inflation.
BOB LYNCH After two or three months of inflation numbers coming in above expectations you start to revise infl...
FELIPE GARCIA Over the past year, core intermediate goods inflation has been nearly 5 percentage points higher tha...
BILL DUDLEY This will put upward pressure on both month-on-month and year-on-year inflation this month.
ELNA MOOLMAN We think inflation in the middle of this year will be back below target. We are likely to see 5 perc...
DAVID BRICKMAN The ECB will want to signal that it doesn't want to see the headline inflation rate translate throug...
GWYN HACCHE I think, with inflation still rising, the central bank will have to increase the rate again.
FAUZI ICHSAN A curve inversion will last until the Fed stops tightening. As long is the Fed keeps tightening and ...
JAMES CARON From March, the year-on-year inflation rate will probably come off quite substantially.
IRENE CHEUNG This is the start of a hiking cycle. A series of small hikes will follow until inflation falls below...
JOSEPH TAN We believe that the Fed will require both consistent solid hiring and a rise in inflation before it ...
MAURY HARRIS It is a foregone conclusion that there is no threat of inflation ... the question is not when the Fe...
PHILIP BRAVERMAN What we're waiting to see is whether the increase in commodity prices will sift through into core in...
WILLIAM FITZGERALD The NAPM attracted buyers, but there are still a lot of investors sitting on the sidelines. Benign i...
BOB BASEL I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They ha...
WILLIAM E. SIMON This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low inter...
MARSHALL ACUFF The government is looking to exert pressure on the central bank for rate cuts, and that could be det...
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