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We continue to see signs of economic growth coming out of Europe. If we see some signs of weakness (...
MAUREEN MCFARLAND U.S. interest rates aren't going to necessarily support the dollar anymore. Each interest rate hike ...
DON ALEXANDER We're seeing some profit-taking of blue chips after Friday's gains but generally the market is very ...
HERBERT LAU The important thing for Mexico is to continue to see signs of growth in the U.S. and see how the mar...
CARLOS PEYRELONGUE Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO This summer's hurricanes served as a trigger point to start slightly slower economic growth. Higher ...
ED SULLIVAN If the rate expectations continue to come down, Hong Kong, as an interest rate sensitive market will...
EDDIE WONG Long-term interest rate levels reflect real economic growth, inflationary expectations and risk prem...
KAORU YOSANO Coming off a fairly steady rate environment in 2004, these are very modest interest rate increases f...
DOUG DUNCAN Higher energy prices and uncertainty about interest rates as economic growth continues are making it...
PHILIPPE GIJSELS If we see them increasing their outlook for the world economy in terms of growth and we see that fee...
JOHN ANANIA Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CUTTS Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CREWS CUTTS Growth will slow slightly for a variety of factors. There's a challenging rate environment, a bit sl...
JOE MORFORD The yen will stay under pressure because of interest rate differentials. I am not so confident how t...
ARMIN MEKELBURG We see sturdy hiring as a factor that continues to support U.S. economic growth.
ED MCKELVEY The dollar's firm tone is supported by a shift in the market focus back to interest rate differentia...
KOSUKE HANAO Strong economic figures will confirm the Japanese economy is doing better, reinforcing expectations ...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA The sooner U.S. investors can see the end of this current interest rate cycle the better.
ANGUS CAMPBELL It's extremely bad and this is bearish for the U.S. dollar. This will definitely shift expectations ...
KATHY LIEN It's extremely bad and this is bearish for the U.S. dollar, ... This will definitely shift expectati...
KATHY LIEN The whole psychology of the market has changed since the U.S. unemployment figures on Friday. All th...
JAMES SO The peak of the interest rate cycle may be much higher than expected. Continued inflation in the US ...
LOUIS WONG The markets have already priced in at least one rate hike and are beginning to price in the second r...
TOMOKO FUJII The markets have probably been too quick to connect the dots from the current slew of good data stra...
LARA RHAME With the rate verdict due later, there's a cautious mood creeping into equity markets as although a ...
MATT BUCKLAND The market's expecting that the interest rate cycle is close to an end and that's the major driver o...
AGNES DENG The U.S. economy's growth is making further interest rate increases likely and that's been translate...
JUNICHI MISAWA Strong figures will boost expectations of higher growth in consumer spending in the U.S.. That will ...
YUJI SAITO You've had a huge run. In the U.S. in the last month and a half, you've never seen such a volatile i...
JOE PORTERA Given the latest economic performance of the country and penetration rate of only 4 percent we see g...
ALEXANDER IZOSIMOV It's negative for the bond market because you have a stronger (economic) growth rate.
CAREY LEAHEY Feeling more comfortable about the upcoming economic rebound, the financial markets relaxed a bit th...
FRANK NOTHAFT If they don't see that evidence, it may well regenerate the case for a further rate hike.
CRAIG EBERT Inflationary pressures should also remain under control, thanks to slowing earnings growth which sho...
ASMARA JAMALEH This budget marks a path of fiscal consolidation ... which marks a long-term positive for economic g...
BIDISHA GANGULY I think the market's come to realize that economic growth in the U.S. is not threatened by higher oi...
LOUIS WONG The markets are looking beyond corporate earnings and looking to industrial data and employment data...
BEN RUDD We continue to see very rapid economic growth which has been a problem for the Fed all along. We hav...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN Market players pay keen attention to what those officials may say about future U.S. rate hikes.
AKIHIRO TANAKA The pendulum has swung back in favor of a March rate hike. The dollar-bull camp is based on the inte...
MARC CHANDLER The Japanese economy is turning around, as evidenced by the machine tool orders. If signs of growth ...
BRIAN ARABIA It looks like we're finally beginning to see signs of a sustained slowdown, particularly in the inte...
DAVID KASLOW We are going for a flat market in aggregate for next year, with a bit of upside in the first quarter...
BEN FUNNELL We are going for a flat market in aggregate for next year, with a bit of upside in the first quarter...
BEN FUNNELL There has been a shift this week towards expectations of another U.S. interest rate rise in March --...
DEREK HALPENNY Those with an academic approach bring really quite a keen mind to the party but not necessarily an a...
ALLEN SINAI Fears of interest rate-related mood swings in the U.S. market have been suspended for now, and that'...
HITOSHI ICHIO Given the prospect of an end to the U.S. interest-rate increases next year, stocks globally will be ...
ISAHO NAKASHO A rate-hike response by the ECB would not have achieved much [and would have been] counter-productiv...
ALISON COTTRELL You need to factor in the (interest-rate) differential, as well as the costs of refinancing.
GARY AKRIGHT Markets can still rise. Stocks in Europe are fairly valued. They can compensate for a lot of interes...
GUENTHER GERSTENBERGER Another interest rate hike in March is a 'done deal' among market participants and a pause is likely...
MASAMICHI KOIKE Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. F...
MICHAEL PETRONE Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. R...
CATHERINE ROSSI Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. R...
CATHERINE L. ROSSI The market is keen to see that evidence of stronger growth and inflation is confirmed in economic da...
ALESSANDRO TENTORI Somewhat slower (economic) growth, higher interest rates and volatile gas prices all add up to auto ...
MARK FIELDS Conditions in our markets are mixed, and we do not yet see clear signs of a recovery in end markets.
GENE SAPP The U.S. is starting to show some reassuring signs that growth remains intact, and that's one elemen...
KOICHI SEKI In general there's more growth outside the U.S. than inside the U.S. in terms of new or expanded mar...
JOE GREFF No quick recovery. It's going to be a struggle for the U.S. economy to get back up to its trend rate...
JOHN LONSKI The construction industry and transportation sector in Kansas have pushed 2005 growth into the very ...
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Our immigration policy should be driven by what is in the best interest of this great country and th...
CHARLES B. RANGEL There are still no signs of a downturn in global economic activity, suggesting that the fundamental ...
EDWARD MEIR 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 Money will flow to where there are solid returns on capital. There are great opportunities in Easter...
FRANK HOLMES That's the major driver of stock markets today. The rising interest rate cycle is close to an end.
AGNES DENG When interest rates rise, the rate gap with the U.S. will narrow and that will provide pressure for ...
JEFFREY TAN Clearly the outlook for the currency markets, and in particular the U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate w...
ALAN WILLIAMSON The volatility of international equity, interest rate and currency markets has the potential to sign...
ATUL LELE The moment investors confirmed the size of the rate hike, they jumped to buy stocks. Needless to say...
CARLOS HOKAMA The data reflect that main concern that Mr. Greenspan has voiced in his recent comments, i.e., that ...
DAVID ORR Continued job and real wage growth is needed to increase a household's pool of cash and to strengthe...
CARL STEIDTMANN Continued job and real wage growth is needed to increase a household's pool of cash and to strengthe...
CARL STEIDTMANN The risk is that the dollar becomes stronger if there is any hint that the economy remains buoyant a...
PARESH UPADHYAYA The currency is pretty steady, with markets remaining fairly thin with little economic data. We're a...
PAUL FERLEY Narrowing interest-rate differentials with the U.S. will continue to hit the Australian dollar.
BENJAMIN PEDLEY Right now bonds are reacting, and perhaps overreacting, to employment and CPI. What we will probably...
DORSEY FARR Manufacturing job losses in the second half of 2005 pushed Arkansas' overall job growth for the four...
ERNIE GOSS My sense from just this brief analysis is we may avoid a rate hike in August. If you believe the eco...
GRACE FEY The trend is still for healthy productivity growth between 2% and 2.5%, and unit labor costs are exp...
DANIEL JESTER The markets are saying (a rate hike) is not only justified, but it's good news. It remains to be see...
WAYNE ANGELL Strong job figures will surely reinforce the view the U.S. economy remains robust enough for the Fed...
TORU UMEMOTO![]()
The prospect of an interest-rate-hike lifeline for the currency has become even more remote. The com...
CRAIG FERGUSON I think the markets expect just about any outcome, though I don't think an ECB or a Swedish rate hik...
PHYLLIS REED It's been on a steady decline, it certainly bodes well for the U.S. dollar and obviously that feeds ...
TED GOULD The on-year rise in core CPI backs up our forecast of an exit from quantitative easing in April of n...
TOHRU SASAKI 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 real short-term outlook for us is pretty positive given that we don't see a Fed rate hike in Aug...
CHRIS WOLFE The dollar's upward momentum is likely to accelerate on the payrolls figures. The widening U.S. rate...
MINORU SHIOIRI The euro is becoming firmer, supported by a better economic outlook and expectations of further inte...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA It's the high-tech industry which produced the U.S. growth rate of the past 10 years.
HASSO PLATTNER A lot of people are waiting on some big economic numbers due out of the U.S. tonight because of the ...
DAVID MASSEY Today's figures show that in the fourth quarter of 2005, consumers simply ran out of steam. When con...
CHRISTIAN WELLER All businesses require capital, management and labor, and business executives, wanting to grow and m...
KEVIN O'LEARY Global markets have not been affected by the possibility of rising U.S. interest rates. Japan and th...
JASON HWANG We [at Troy University] strongly urge all eligible students to consolidate before the July 1 interes...
FRED CARTER These figures have given a much needed fillip to the gaming sector and have gone against the grain i...
RICHARD HUNTER
MAUREEN MCFARLAND U.S. interest rates aren't going to necessarily support the dollar anymore. Each interest rate hike ...
DON ALEXANDER We're seeing some profit-taking of blue chips after Friday's gains but generally the market is very ...
HERBERT LAU The important thing for Mexico is to continue to see signs of growth in the U.S. and see how the mar...
CARLOS PEYRELONGUE Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO This summer's hurricanes served as a trigger point to start slightly slower economic growth. Higher ...
ED SULLIVAN If the rate expectations continue to come down, Hong Kong, as an interest rate sensitive market will...
EDDIE WONG Long-term interest rate levels reflect real economic growth, inflationary expectations and risk prem...
KAORU YOSANO Coming off a fairly steady rate environment in 2004, these are very modest interest rate increases f...
DOUG DUNCAN Higher energy prices and uncertainty about interest rates as economic growth continues are making it...
PHILIPPE GIJSELS If we see them increasing their outlook for the world economy in terms of growth and we see that fee...
JOHN ANANIA Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CUTTS Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CREWS CUTTS Growth will slow slightly for a variety of factors. There's a challenging rate environment, a bit sl...
JOE MORFORD The yen will stay under pressure because of interest rate differentials. I am not so confident how t...
ARMIN MEKELBURG We see sturdy hiring as a factor that continues to support U.S. economic growth.
ED MCKELVEY The dollar's firm tone is supported by a shift in the market focus back to interest rate differentia...
KOSUKE HANAO Strong economic figures will confirm the Japanese economy is doing better, reinforcing expectations ...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA The sooner U.S. investors can see the end of this current interest rate cycle the better.
ANGUS CAMPBELL It's extremely bad and this is bearish for the U.S. dollar. This will definitely shift expectations ...
KATHY LIEN It's extremely bad and this is bearish for the U.S. dollar, ... This will definitely shift expectati...
KATHY LIEN The whole psychology of the market has changed since the U.S. unemployment figures on Friday. All th...
JAMES SO The peak of the interest rate cycle may be much higher than expected. Continued inflation in the US ...
LOUIS WONG The markets have already priced in at least one rate hike and are beginning to price in the second r...
TOMOKO FUJII The markets have probably been too quick to connect the dots from the current slew of good data stra...
LARA RHAME With the rate verdict due later, there's a cautious mood creeping into equity markets as although a ...
MATT BUCKLAND The market's expecting that the interest rate cycle is close to an end and that's the major driver o...
AGNES DENG The U.S. economy's growth is making further interest rate increases likely and that's been translate...
JUNICHI MISAWA Strong figures will boost expectations of higher growth in consumer spending in the U.S.. That will ...
YUJI SAITO You've had a huge run. In the U.S. in the last month and a half, you've never seen such a volatile i...
JOE PORTERA Given the latest economic performance of the country and penetration rate of only 4 percent we see g...
ALEXANDER IZOSIMOV It's negative for the bond market because you have a stronger (economic) growth rate.
CAREY LEAHEY Feeling more comfortable about the upcoming economic rebound, the financial markets relaxed a bit th...
FRANK NOTHAFT If they don't see that evidence, it may well regenerate the case for a further rate hike.
CRAIG EBERT Inflationary pressures should also remain under control, thanks to slowing earnings growth which sho...
ASMARA JAMALEH This budget marks a path of fiscal consolidation ... which marks a long-term positive for economic g...
BIDISHA GANGULY I think the market's come to realize that economic growth in the U.S. is not threatened by higher oi...
LOUIS WONG The markets are looking beyond corporate earnings and looking to industrial data and employment data...
BEN RUDD We continue to see very rapid economic growth which has been a problem for the Fed all along. We hav...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN Market players pay keen attention to what those officials may say about future U.S. rate hikes.
AKIHIRO TANAKA The pendulum has swung back in favor of a March rate hike. The dollar-bull camp is based on the inte...
MARC CHANDLER The Japanese economy is turning around, as evidenced by the machine tool orders. If signs of growth ...
BRIAN ARABIA It looks like we're finally beginning to see signs of a sustained slowdown, particularly in the inte...
DAVID KASLOW We are going for a flat market in aggregate for next year, with a bit of upside in the first quarter...
BEN FUNNELL We are going for a flat market in aggregate for next year, with a bit of upside in the first quarter...
BEN FUNNELL There has been a shift this week towards expectations of another U.S. interest rate rise in March --...
DEREK HALPENNY Those with an academic approach bring really quite a keen mind to the party but not necessarily an a...
ALLEN SINAI Fears of interest rate-related mood swings in the U.S. market have been suspended for now, and that'...
HITOSHI ICHIO Given the prospect of an end to the U.S. interest-rate increases next year, stocks globally will be ...
ISAHO NAKASHO A rate-hike response by the ECB would not have achieved much [and would have been] counter-productiv...
ALISON COTTRELL You need to factor in the (interest-rate) differential, as well as the costs of refinancing.
GARY AKRIGHT Markets can still rise. Stocks in Europe are fairly valued. They can compensate for a lot of interes...
GUENTHER GERSTENBERGER Another interest rate hike in March is a 'done deal' among market participants and a pause is likely...
MASAMICHI KOIKE Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. F...
MICHAEL PETRONE Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. R...
CATHERINE ROSSI Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. R...
CATHERINE L. ROSSI The market is keen to see that evidence of stronger growth and inflation is confirmed in economic da...
ALESSANDRO TENTORI Somewhat slower (economic) growth, higher interest rates and volatile gas prices all add up to auto ...
MARK FIELDS Conditions in our markets are mixed, and we do not yet see clear signs of a recovery in end markets.
GENE SAPP The U.S. is starting to show some reassuring signs that growth remains intact, and that's one elemen...
KOICHI SEKI In general there's more growth outside the U.S. than inside the U.S. in terms of new or expanded mar...
JOE GREFF No quick recovery. It's going to be a struggle for the U.S. economy to get back up to its trend rate...
JOHN LONSKI The construction industry and transportation sector in Kansas have pushed 2005 growth into the very ...
ERNIE GOSS
Our immigration policy should be driven by what is in the best interest of this great country and th... CHARLES B. RANGEL There are still no signs of a downturn in global economic activity, suggesting that the fundamental ...
EDWARD MEIR 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 Money will flow to where there are solid returns on capital. There are great opportunities in Easter...
FRANK HOLMES That's the major driver of stock markets today. The rising interest rate cycle is close to an end.
AGNES DENG When interest rates rise, the rate gap with the U.S. will narrow and that will provide pressure for ...
JEFFREY TAN Clearly the outlook for the currency markets, and in particular the U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate w...
ALAN WILLIAMSON The volatility of international equity, interest rate and currency markets has the potential to sign...
ATUL LELE The moment investors confirmed the size of the rate hike, they jumped to buy stocks. Needless to say...
CARLOS HOKAMA The data reflect that main concern that Mr. Greenspan has voiced in his recent comments, i.e., that ...
DAVID ORR Continued job and real wage growth is needed to increase a household's pool of cash and to strengthe...
CARL STEIDTMANN Continued job and real wage growth is needed to increase a household's pool of cash and to strengthe...
CARL STEIDTMANN The risk is that the dollar becomes stronger if there is any hint that the economy remains buoyant a...
PARESH UPADHYAYA The currency is pretty steady, with markets remaining fairly thin with little economic data. We're a...
PAUL FERLEY Narrowing interest-rate differentials with the U.S. will continue to hit the Australian dollar.
BENJAMIN PEDLEY Right now bonds are reacting, and perhaps overreacting, to employment and CPI. What we will probably...
DORSEY FARR Manufacturing job losses in the second half of 2005 pushed Arkansas' overall job growth for the four...
ERNIE GOSS My sense from just this brief analysis is we may avoid a rate hike in August. If you believe the eco...
GRACE FEY The trend is still for healthy productivity growth between 2% and 2.5%, and unit labor costs are exp...
DANIEL JESTER The markets are saying (a rate hike) is not only justified, but it's good news. It remains to be see...
WAYNE ANGELL Strong job figures will surely reinforce the view the U.S. economy remains robust enough for the Fed...
TORU UMEMOTO
The prospect of an interest-rate-hike lifeline for the currency has become even more remote. The com... CRAIG FERGUSON I think the markets expect just about any outcome, though I don't think an ECB or a Swedish rate hik...
PHYLLIS REED It's been on a steady decline, it certainly bodes well for the U.S. dollar and obviously that feeds ...
TED GOULD The on-year rise in core CPI backs up our forecast of an exit from quantitative easing in April of n...
TOHRU SASAKI 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 real short-term outlook for us is pretty positive given that we don't see a Fed rate hike in Aug...
CHRIS WOLFE The dollar's upward momentum is likely to accelerate on the payrolls figures. The widening U.S. rate...
MINORU SHIOIRI The euro is becoming firmer, supported by a better economic outlook and expectations of further inte...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA It's the high-tech industry which produced the U.S. growth rate of the past 10 years.
HASSO PLATTNER A lot of people are waiting on some big economic numbers due out of the U.S. tonight because of the ...
DAVID MASSEY Today's figures show that in the fourth quarter of 2005, consumers simply ran out of steam. When con...
CHRISTIAN WELLER All businesses require capital, management and labor, and business executives, wanting to grow and m...
KEVIN O'LEARY Global markets have not been affected by the possibility of rising U.S. interest rates. Japan and th...
JASON HWANG We [at Troy University] strongly urge all eligible students to consolidate before the July 1 interes...
FRED CARTER These figures have given a much needed fillip to the gaming sector and have gone against the grain i...
RICHARD HUNTER
