We believe that the US Fed will make its final rate hike in the current cycle at the Jan 31 FOMC meeting.
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Given the market is looking for another rate hike at the end-March FOMC meeting, it seems likely tha...
ASHLEY DAVIES As the expectation is growing that the US Fed may end the rate hike cycle as early as its March meet...
DAISUKE UNO We were short-dollar as our core view is that the Fed ended its tightening cycle on Jan. 31.
ASHLEY DAVIES The chances of a rate hike will underpin the dollar. Even though the Fed is coming to the end of its...
BESA DEDA The Fed is close to the end of its rate hike cycle while the ECB is just beginning, which removes su...
CARSTEN FRITSCH The market has believed that next year the Fed will ease down while the ECB amps up its rate hike cy...
GREG SALVAGGIO We now believe that the first Fed rate hike will not come until December, and we continue to worry t...
JOE ABATE The market is increasingly seeing a risk that the Fed pauses in its rate cycle -- not only that but ...
ADAM COLE Under a cold turkey strategy, at each policy meeting the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would ...
BEN BERNANKE Unless the statement offers fresh indications that the US Fed will continue its rate hikes going for...
DAISUKE UNO The market is closely watching if there are any other comments on the US economy or interest rate hi...
MASAMICHI KOIKE Jan. 31, 1946 was the very first meeting for the Kennett Chamber of Commerce.
JAN MCELWRATH It confirms that the (Fed) was correct in pausing their tightening cycle at last week's meeting.
STEVEN WOOD The markets have probably been too quick to connect the dots from the current slew of good data stra...
LARA RHAME We won't see big moves today in anticipation of the FOMC statement. The risk is out there that the F...
DAVID MANN We don't think it'll be enough to halt a move at this month's FOMC meeting. We still look for the Fe...
HARVINDER KALIRAI We don't think it'll be enough to halt a move at this month's FOMC meeting, ... We still look for th...
HARVINDER KALIRAI It strikes us both as brave and foolish to look for an improbable rate hike at this particular meeti...
CARL WEINBERG We think the Fed will continue cutting rates, although less aggressively. We are expecting another [...
BRUCE STEINBERG It looks increasingly like the Fed rate hike cycle is coming to an end, and that's been the focus. ....
CHARMAINE BUSKAS This good news broke expectations that the Fed will raise rates at its next meeting.
FABIO LARA If you look back to 1994 when the Fed was hiking rates continuously, after every rate hike the Fed a...
HARVINDER KALIRAI The Fed rate hike and statement has largely been digested by the market.
JEFF YOUNG The peak of the interest rate cycle may be much higher than expected. Continued inflation in the US ...
LOUIS WONG We still don't know how many more rate hikes there are in the cycle and the minutes don't really she...
MARC CHANDLER We believe they'll hike rates at least one or two more times. Expectations the Fed will be vigilant ...
JOSE MAZAS We think that almost all central banks in the region are likely to take a breather from the rate hik...
DONG TAO While the US Fed appears to have shortened its commitment to rate hikes by deleting the word 'measur...
KAZUHIRO NISHINA The market is beginning to price the end of the (Fed) rate hiking cycle in.
LARS KRECKEL The Fed will hike at least once more, and there won't be a significant slowdown in the second half o...
MICHAEL MARKOVIC It takes pressure off the Fed to hike interest rates more dramatically [than a quarter point] in Aug...
CARY LEAHEY It takes pressure off the Fed to hike interest rates more dramatically [than a quarter point] in Aug...
CARY LEAHEY It was a respectable day. But after the (Fed) decision tomorrow, I think we can do better. I think t...
LARRY WACHTEL The business end of the World Cup was over sometime back and slowly all the teams played out their g...
APURVA GAGLANI It (the jobless rate) is probably at or slightly below the level the Fed is thinking is full employm...
ELISABETH DENISON A further significant upward shift in rate expectations seems unlikely in the near term given the cu...
JENS NORDVIG 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 numbers confirm the perspective that the market has already priced in -- that the Fed will move ...
MARIA FIORINI RAMIREZ The Fed is likely to make no change in its rate policy because it still see risks in the economic ou...
RICHARD RIPPE After the Fed comes out with its rate hike, and when it communicates to the market that it's satisfi...
ASHRAF LAIDI My sense from just this brief analysis is we may avoid a rate hike in August. If you believe the eco...
GRACE FEY There's probably not enough indication that the Fed is ready to end (rate increases) to help the sto...
BENJAMIN PACE The market has to make its mind up what the Fed rate cut means.
JANE FOLEY It really reinforces the view that the Fed will continue to hike rates.
CHARMAINE BUSKAS It's unclear when the Fed will stop raising interest rates. Even if the rate hike comes to an end, H...
LOUIS WONG The sooner U.S. investors can see the end of this current interest rate cycle the better.
ANGUS CAMPBELL If the Guidant shareholders approve the acquisition on Jan. 31, we would close shortly thereafter.
JEFF LEEBAW We're coming to the end of the Fed interest-rate tightening cycle. That usually isn't a bad time to ...
FREDERIC DICKSON Our aim is that the meeting will be between Jan. 10 and Jan. 20, in return to the visit of President...
MANUEL CHIRIBOGA The statement will not tell the final story. I believe the Fed finale really is data dependent.
JACK MALVEY People are definitely expecting (the Jan. 31 minutes) to show similar language to the previous meeti...
ADAM BROWN With the FOMC meeting less than one week away, and 10-year rates soon to be within 25 basis points o...
WILLIAM PROPHET The numbers are very favorable in terms of indicating that inflationary pressures are very subdued. ...
MARILYN SCHAJA [The economic recovery] sure looks to be here, but once [Fed officials] recognize that fact, rates, ...
JOEL NAROFF If (Alan) Greenspan were still leading the Fed, there would be more confidence in another rate hike....
ANDY WHITAKER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES I believe the exchange rate could have a small reaction (to the rate hike). If the peso opened today...
EDUARDO ORPIS There are shifting expectations on whether the Fed will pause or not after its meeting next week. Si...
CRAIG CHAN Historically, the three-month period before the Fed goes on hold in the rate hiking cycle, stocks ha...
MICHAEL SHELDON In the FOMC statement, the Fed may have little choice but to acknowledge Q4 weakness, but will proba...
IAN MORRIS The year-over-year gain of 1.7 percent reinforces the sense that the current series of Fed rate hike...
JOHN LONSKI 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 is some speculation the Fed is closer to halting its tightening cycle.
MIKE MALPEDE Given the data we've seen, one can't rule out a 50 basis point (one-half percentage point) hike. We'...
BILL MEEHAN This is due to increasing expectations that US policymakers will end their current credit tightening...
MASAYOSHI YANO With the economy showing signs of life, the Fed easing cycle is probably at an end. We expect the Fe...
BRUCE STEINBERG Blue opened and closed her chilly fists. The top edges of her fingerless gloves were fraying; she’...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER Even today, regardless of the quarrels women may pick in the cause of emancipation, the reality is t...
SARAT CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAY The (current) cycle will continue for some further time.
JUERGEN HAMBRECHT Just because you believe something was true in the past does not mean it will be true in the future.
JEFFREY FRY I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than...
NEIL GAIMAN Jan. 11, 2006 is the most important meeting to date and it will be the most important meeting in det...
BRUCE SHULL She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl...
IN THE MAKING Most people expect that the Fed will hike short-term rates more than the 10-year (yield) will go up ...
JAY BRYSON 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 In January I placed the likelihood of a Federal Reserve Rate hike in May at less than 10 percent. I ...
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BILLY GRAHAM I think what people will see is that commentary from Fed officials will sound almost identical to th...
ETHAN HARRIS I think they are. I think that the Fed either finished its tightening for this cycle, or it has 25 b...
CHARLES CRANE The current fed fund rate of 4.50 percent seems to be serving as a floor for the 10-year yield.
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA The hike in pump prices, and electricity and gas tariffs that have also been raised, fed through to ...
EUBEN PARACUELLES In the Greenspan days, if he said that we're done, we'd be at 5% odds of fed funds hike in June by n...
JAMES BIANCO The markets have already priced in at least one rate hike and are beginning to price in the second r...
TOMOKO FUJII The Fed is toward the end of its rate hikes. Equities and bonds got a bid because the Fed talked abo...
JOSEPH LAVORGNA My favorite part of the party is when the party is over. When I don't feel obligated to have a good ...
DREW MAGARY It's quite likely that we have now seen the peak in the current business sentiment cycle.
ALEXANDER KOCH When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself.
MANDY HALE Another quarter-point rate hike is baked in the cake. But we are near the end.
DAVID JONES The demon kept pulling him unconscious, and in those short bursts of blackness, the dreamer snatched...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER The data will certainly encourage views of a truncated Fed tightening cycle.
ALAN RUSKIN The real short-term outlook for us is pretty positive given that we don't see a Fed rate hike in Aug...
CHRIS WOLFE I know you are not the same as him, Adam said. But in my head, everything is always so tangled. I am...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER Humans were so circular; they lived the same slow cycles of joy and misery over and over, never lear...
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LEMONY SNICKET The dollar has rebounded a bit, but the momentum is not necessarily strong.
DAISUKE UNO