We need to look at that. Were they [international investors] to lose interest, it would also have an impact on our exchange markets and equity markets simultaneously.

It was a pleasant surprise that long-term interest rates stayed low.

Consumers are very concerned with value given high gas prices, interest-rate increases and high debt levels.

Every additional legislative and regulatory requirement creates a new cascade of falling dominos.

We effectively have a bull market in regulation, the likes of which we haven't seen since 1934 to 1940. The industry is fully committed to compliance ... [but] our industry really needs effective rules administered efficiently.

Corporate bonds are being driven by a desire to lock something in before rates go higher.