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BILL CONNORS Higher interest rates are holding back the markets.
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SIMON CHAO The global economy will remain stable and robust, with marginal changes in growth compared to 2005. ...
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AMY CREWS CUTTS When consumers are burdened with heavy debt loads, rising interest rates, higher energy costs, no pe...
BERNARD BAUMOHL This is in line with our expectation that demand for new housing would 'cool off' towards the end of...
BRIAN BETHUNE Higher U.S. interest rates will continue to support the U.S. dollar in the near term. We're still lo...
BESA DEDA Today's figures show that in the fourth quarter of 2005, consumers simply ran out of steam. When con...
CHRISTIAN WELLER This summer's hurricanes served as a trigger point to start slightly slower economic growth. Higher ...
ED SULLIVAN Short-term benefits from a surge in demand and higher selling prices are likely to be offset by high...
LISA WRIGHT The big shift for 2006 will be interest rates rising outside the U.S..
ANTON PIL Higher energy prices and uncertainty about interest rates as economic growth continues are making it...
PHILIPPE GIJSELS Long-term U.S. interest rates have risen as the market has started to price in the likelihood that t...
MASAMICHI KOIKE Higher interest rates are still a concern. My sense is that global growth should continue, but how q...
FRANKI CHUNG Severe operating challenges still confront GM, including mix, pricing and market-share pressures plu...
ROBERT BARRY Long-term mortgage rates will more than likely rise over the next few months, albeit modestly compar...
FRANK NOTHAFT That's the dirty little secret of Mormon growth. Lots of baptisms don't necessarily translate into l...
DAVID CAMPBELL The construction industry and transportation sector in Kansas have pushed 2005 growth into the very ...
ERNIE GOSS A slump in growth will continue until rising U.S. demand triggers an export-led recovery in Asia, mo...
RICHARD MARTIN We now believe The Knot can sustain higher long term revenue and cash flow growth rates than we had ...
WILLIAM MORRISON Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere...
ESMAEL ADIBI We have solid employment growth, stable interest rates and rising immigration. They are all supporti...
BOB CUNNEEN People are a bit concerned with higher Treasury yields and the possibility that U.S. interest rates ...
FLAVIO DATZ Energy shares are rising because the oil price has hit quite a comfortable level. I'm not really con...
MARKUS ILG The Mid-America regional economy began 2005 like a lion, but higher interest rates and elevated ener...
ERNIE GOSS The downside risks of higher interest rates and slower earnings growth are becoming greater.
ANDRE CHABOT
The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflatio... KARL ROVE Employment is likely to be much weaker going forward and the jobless rate will keep rising as the ec...
JARROD KERR The U.S. economy's growth is making further interest rate increases likely and that's been translate...
JUNICHI MISAWA Last Friday's unexpectedly weak employment report caused interest rates on long-term Treasury bonds ...
AMY CUTTS Last Friday's unexpectedly weak employment report caused interest rates on long-term Treasury bonds ...
AMY CREWS CUTTS We are still cautious about Treasuries because global interest rates are rising. I'll wait before bu...
MASAYUKI SENDA There's a little bit more caution coming into the investment outlook mostly because of fears of high...
CHRIS IGGO Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
SHANE OLIVER This is coming in an environment where consumers are being challenged by higher interest rates and e...
CARL TANNENBAUM Investors have started selling real estate stocks on speculation higher interest rates in Japan will...
TSUYOSHI SHIMIZU As long as they are rising, the ECB tends to raise interest rates.
JOERG KRAEMER Good earnings are the main support for European markets. On the other hand, Europe will not be spare...
JEAN BORJEIX I think people who were trying to get into investment properties and trying to flip them won't see t...
BOB MOULTON The strength of the housing market this year continues to surprise, despite rising home prices and s...
GREGORY KLUMP If the past is any guide, the effect of rising interest rates is likely to be felt most visibly in h...
DONALD KOHN We still expect economic activity to slow over the next several quarters as consumer spending slows ...
STEVEN WOOD Global markets have not been affected by the possibility of rising U.S. interest rates. Japan and th...
JASON HWANG Card rates are rising faster than the rise in general interest rates.
JUSTIN MCHENRY The short-term interest-rate level at 4.25 on fed funds provides mortgage rates which definitely won...
KIT JUCKES It was a pleasant surprise that long-term interest rates stayed low.
JUAN FERNANDEZ He's likely to make more bullish comments on the economy and deflation. That will put upward pressur...
TOMOKO FUJII After several years of slow revenue growth, this year's acceleration will help improve the city of W...
JOE DUFFY Overall we're in a very good situation; I don't think interest rates will be going up. Greenspan is ...
GREGORY SMITH The Fed has been singularly unsuccessful in cooling down the hot U.S. housing market, primarily beca...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH As long as U.S. rates are rising you've got this double-whammy effect of spare cash looking for yiel...
LUKE WADDINGTON Rising oil prices raise concern U.S. consumption will slow, leading to worries that exports from som...
ISAHO NAKASHO We're still in a period of rising commodities prices. Even if they started to soften, the big mining...
DON HAMSON
Higher costs naturally translate into fewer employers offering insurance coverage, and fewer employe... RISA LAVIZZO-MOUREY This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low inter...
MARSHALL ACUFF The trend of higher growth, lower interest rates and the performance of past investments are factors...
JOSE OLYMPIO PEREIRA The picture is not altogether clear that we have definitely reached the peak in short-term U.S. inte...
EDWARD MENASHY The view that borrowing costs in the U.S. will keep on rising is weighing on stocks.
MINORU TAKADA Here, the worry of U.S. rates is even greater because it could mean higher borrowing costs abroad an...
HELIO OZAKI The tough economy has put tremendous pressure on fourth-quarter sales performance and increased comp...
BOB NARDELLI Yields on Treasuries have risen and some people are thinking this signals higher interest rates in t...
MARCELO RIBEIRO The market's keen to see U.S. labor costs and economic growth figures for signs of a possible intere...
HIROICHI NISHI The weakness in the household sector of the economy has helped to contain core inflation despite ris...
ANDREW HANLAN In the past, the market has absorbed home price increases with household income growth. Well, we had...
J. LENNOX SCOTT
To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest r... AMITY SHLAES Concerns about inflation are well tempered by concerns about how quickly economic growth will be und...
LOUISE PURTLE Working with our global partners to better train our customer base will drive higher levels of custo...
JAMES HANLEY
Energy price volatility is taking its toll on consumer confidence, as is the prospect of higher [int... JENNIFER LEE
Large deficits will result in rising interest rates and an ever-growing ratio of debt service to GDP... ALAN GREENSPAN Despite oft-mentioned concerns about higher energy and commodity prices, a lower growth rate for con...
DONALD A. NORMAN A good number will confirm the upward bias for interest rates and higher rates are a headwind for eq...
HANS OLSEN Rising medical costs are the principle driver behind higher auto insurance prices in the U.S. and a ...
ROBERT HARTWIG Every negative development in the oil price slams the energy stocks. Oil companies are increasingly ...
JAN LEROY While we were able to continue generating revenue growth, this was offset by ongoing weakness in the...
DAVID RAYBURN
To finance deficits, the government must sell bonds to investors, competing for capital that could o... ALEX BERENSON As long as U.S. rates are rising you've got this double-whammy effect of spare cash looking for yiel...
LUKE WADDINGTON Most of the markets in the region are also under selling pressure on fears of rising ( U.S. ) intere...
ALEX TANG If you are anticipating higher inflation and a rise in interest rates, it will slow down demand for ...
HENK POTTS
Most likely the higher prices will slow growth, ... But there is the growing threat that we get a co... MARK ZANDI Rapid demand growth has created capacity constraints that are supporting higher prices and expanding...
GEOFF KIEBURTZ The country is entering a period of debt deflation, where households and businesses are forced to mo...
LACY HUNT It's not really that overseas investors are negatively reacting to Japanese stocks overall but rathe...
MITSUSHIGE AKINO Inflation is the wild card for 2006, with rising oil prices, an increase in commodity prices, slow p...
JOSEPH SENECA The dollar is stronger because of higher rates. Look at the bond market: it's been selling off with ...
JOE FRANCOMANO So far this year, fixed-rate mortgage rates have risen only slightly. Long-term mortgage rates are o...
FRANK NOTHAFT The federal government's near-term fiscal improvements give us the chance and the responsibility to ...
SCOTT MILBURN Those who think that energy prices are headed back into the $30's are dreaming. A $50-$60 trading ra...
DAVID KOTOK Somewhat slower (economic) growth, higher interest rates and volatile gas prices all add up to auto ...
MARK FIELDS In the first half, we think interest rates are heading higher.
PETER ANDERSON We're optimistic (higher gas prices) won't affect people's interest in skiing, ... but it will affec...
TRACY MILLER Even if interest rates weren't rising, home prices are very high relative to income. So, people are ...
CELIA CHEN Clearly, the people who are buying growth stocks are saying the good news from a series of interest ...
KATE WARNE Consumption continues to rise on higher farm incomes, rising employment and increasing consumer loan...
AMPON KITTIAMPON We expect to see continued, although slower growth in housing. Higher interest rates will tend to da...
BILL CONNORS Higher interest rates are holding back the markets.
PHILIPPE GIJSELS
Rising energy costs kill jobs and hit America's poorest the hardest. ELAINE CHAO The cooling off of the regional housing market can be attributed to a combination of job losses rela...
JIM CUTTER Our real big concern is that the combination of rising bond yields, sustained high energy prices and...
ABHIJIT CHAKRABORTTI
For too long, the world has been focused on short-term growth and development at the expense of our ... GISELE BUNDCHEN Rising incomes combined with falling interest rates positively affected the domestic market.
ANFAVEA PRESIDENT ROGELIO GOLFARB If the rate expectations continue to come down, Hong Kong, as an interest rate sensitive market will...
EDDIE WONG Some technology stocks are being cut because of concern that high oil prices and rising interest rat...
SIMON CHAO The global economy will remain stable and robust, with marginal changes in growth compared to 2005. ...
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