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BERTRAND DELGADO Our official forecast is they'll cut them(rates) twice. They'll cut them in the first quarter, they'...
JOHN MANLEY The government is looking to exert pressure on the central bank for rate cuts, and that could be det...
ELISABETH GRUIE I expect consumer spending to continue to improve. The central bank is likely to raise interest rate...
IM NO JUNG There doesn't seem to be any evidence that inflation is accelerating. In terms of when the bank can ...
DARREN GIBBS It takes 9-12 months for [a rate cut] to impact earnings, so the earliest it will help will be the f...
CHUCK HILL Inflation is a massive theme because we are in a rising-interest-rate environment. I think there is ...
JANE FOLEY Inflationary pressures are gradually easing, which should offer scope for interest rate cuts, but ne...
JAMES KNIGHTLEY European government bonds are going to be the worst performing area in the first quarter. There'll b...
STUART THOMSON In the short term, the reason I haven't voted for a cut in interest rates is that I remain concerned...
KATE BARKER Profits will probably still decline in the second quarter, but at a slower rate than in the first qu...
HENRY WILLMORE While the fourth quarter GDP data and the relatively healthy mix of the components further diminishe...
HOWARD ARCHER The evidence of marked improvement in the manufacturing sector further guarantees there will be no i...
HOWARD ARCHER A May rate cut is more likely than not, but the Bank is likely to need to see ongoing signs of lower...
ALAN CASTLE We think the Fed will continue cutting rates, although less aggressively. We are expecting another [...
BRUCE STEINBERG We continue to be pleased with our asset/liability management performance which, in a challenging in...
AUBREY PATTERSON The interest rates are about to be increased. [Durbin] is trying to lock them in at a lower rate tha...
CHRISTINA ANGAROLA Wage and labor conditions have been a lot stronger than expected. We expect the bank to end its zero...
HIROAKI MUTO What we are looking for is interest rate cuts to be beneficial to the market.
CHRIS WOLFE Wages aren't at a level that's going to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. We forecast...
JOSEPH CAPURSO Liquidity is still excessive and remains a warning sign for the ECB, but the slowing of the growth r...
MICHAEL SCHUBERT All the same, a rate cut won't have any immediate effect on companies' profits. These rate changes t...
JOE COOPER The expected rate cut was confirmed, bringing in money from abroad. The fall in rates favors equitie...
CELSO SENISE The front end of the curve tried to rally a little bit and there was a trade down in the belly of th...
DOMINIC KONSTAM The ECB is likely to keep preparing us for a rate increase this quarter and that will keep bonds und...
ANDY CHAYTOR What we are looking for especially in the first quarter is sales growth ... Growth is rewarded very ...
JUSSI HYOTY The question is going to be at the end of the first quarter (2006). Are we going to recover and star...
GARY CRABTREE The U.K. over the past six months shows us how the economy can go from looking quite weak to improvi...
ADRIAN FOSTER a pause in rate hikes is a more likely scenario rather than a rate cut.
MICHAEL NIEMIRA Headline inflation is moving up. A rate hike is likely in the fourth quarter.
BOB SINCHE When interest rates rise, the rate gap with the U.S. will narrow and that will provide pressure for ...
JEFFREY TAN More rate cuts may not be forthcoming, but the Fed is also not likely to start raising rates as quic...
ANTHONY CHAN Manufacturing has already been in an a recession ... but we were looking for a fourth-quarter turnar...
HANK COX It gives the Federal Reserve more leeway to cut rates. But I don't believe that a BOJ rate cut means...
JOHN LONSKI It gives the Federal Reserve more leeway to cut rates, ... But I don't believe that a BOJ rate cut m...
JOHN LONSKI An increase in domestic fuel prices will be inflationary and controls will have to come through rate...
HASITHA PREMARATNE The overall PMI shows we are still in rate cut territory. But the PMI has been below this (current) ...
CHRIS WILLIAMSON In terms of current interest rate levels and inflation, the ECB has room to cut rates and help the u...
GERNOT NERB Some of the risks associated with rate cuts have dissipated for sterling. We expect rates to remain ...
STEVE PEARSON (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON Strong economic figures will confirm the Japanese economy is doing better, reinforcing expectations ...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA Banks are definitely in vogue at the moment because we are expecting rates to come down in the secon...
HARRY SU While there is uncertainty about the economy at present we still expect the next move in interest ra...
FIONNUALA EARLEY I do think that a rate cut is coming, more likely toward the end of the year when we see some of the...
KATHLEEN CAMILLI We don't expect another rate cut ..., but there is still the risk that rates might be cut again at s...
CARSTEN FRITSCH Some investors are staying at the sidelines as uncertainties linger over whether the Fed would surpr...
HERBERT LAU Basically the top ten industries were those that are economically sensitive and are bouncing back fr...
SAM STOVALL We are still seeing buying of interest-rate-sensitive stocks. Investors believe the U.S. economy is ...
FREDERICK TSANG is still hoping to squeeze one more interest rate cut in.
ADAM COLE The survey was much weaker than expected indicating the bank's rate cut has done little to assuage t...
RICHARD MCGUIRE The bank did a splendid job. The market had expected an end to the policy, but the bank still left i...
YASUHIDE YAJIMA I think the Fed still has no other choice but still to raise rates. I know that there's some rumors ...
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CRAIG GROESCHEL The manufacturing sector's acute underlying weaknesses highlight the need for further interest rate ...
DAVID KERN I think (Fed Chairman) Alan Greenspan has made it all but official, we'll get another rate cut in Ju...
WAYNE AYERS The concern with the economy is that the stimulus from the tax cuts and the rate cuts may be fading....
BILL STRAZZULLO Expectations of further Fed rate increases haven't peaked yet, while rate hikes by the Bank of Japan...
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NEIL GAIMAN The market has been trying to push a rate cut, but the Governor has remained steadfast, saying there...
BRIAN REDICAN For the third consecutive quarter, our year-over-year license revenue growth rate accelerated. We be...
ALFRED CHUANG Not even the most dovish of forecasters expects interest rates to be cut at Thursday's meeting.
ALAN CLARKE Investors are still looking for the economy to begin to pick up toward the end of this year with pos...
DENNIS FERRO Judging by market rates, there is a 70 percent probability of a rate cut by March.
ANDREW CHAVERIAT Today's rates decision is expected to set the tone for the rest of the week. Hints of future rate hi...
HARLEY SALT The ongoing scenario of supply and demand dynamics require a cautious interest rate approach by the ...
ALEXANDRE LINTZ We feel that sometime in the first quarter of 2006 no later than the second quarter the compan...
DELTON SMITH The central bank wanted the peso to weaken, so if it is weakening, one of their incentives to cut ra...
BERTRAND DELGADO Employment is likely to be much weaker going forward and the jobless rate will keep rising as the ec...
JARROD KERR We are becoming increasingly nervous about our call for a 25 basis point rate cut at the February .....
ALAN CASTLE Germany is singing out for a rate cut.
HENK POTTS If we get a better interest rate, great. If we get a lower interest rate or a worse interest rate, w...
JAMES KUNKE There's probably not enough indication that the Fed is ready to end (rate increases) to help the sto...
BENJAMIN PACE The speech quietly signaled a 25-basis-point (quarter percentage point) rate hike in February, and w...
CONRAD DEQUADROS If the central bank acts this week, it will probably come up with ways to limit rate increases to ea...
AKIHIKO INOUE We anticipate that the first quarter of this fiscal year will be the low water mark in the company's...
CEO LUXTON We anticipate that the first quarter of this fiscal year will be the low water mark in the company's...
CEO DAVID LUXTON As the market now feels that any interest rate hikes in the US will come to an end with the Federal ...
KAZUYUKI KATO Another quarter-point rate hike is baked in the cake. But we are near the end.
DAVID JONES We're coming to the end of the Fed interest-rate tightening cycle. That usually isn't a bad time to ...
FREDERIC DICKSON The markets aren't expecting as big a cut in interest rates tonight. For foreign investors the yello...
CARLOS HOKAMA Anticipation of a 25-basis-point rate cut pushed mortgage rates downward in this week's survey, and ...
FRANK NOTHAFT It was a good second quarter for us. We got a good start in the first half, but the second quarter w...
BRUCE HESS![]()
Nicolas Cage is the best for taking the role of character Joker. He is pretty damn good at jokes!
DEYTH BANGER A cut...won't affect the 30-year fixed mortgage rate at all. According to Freddie Mac, the 30-year f...
LAWRENCE YUN In an environment where the interest rate is expected to go down, the market will be positive.
HARRIS DALIMUNTHE People still see the likelihood of a rate cut this year and certainly not an increase in rates. Ster...
ADRIAN SCHMIDT![]()
The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a...
NEIL GAIMAN This interest rate cut may create some temporary outflow of dollars.
JOSE ROBERTO CARREIRA While the decline in inflation can certainly accommodate a rate cut, we believe the bank will defer ...
CHANNA AMARATUNGA It's more a comment on their strength in the first quarter of 2005 than it is their weakness in the ...
JASON BILODEAU The odds clearly favor the Bank of Canada raising the overnight rate by a quarter point on May 24 to...
CRAIG ALEXANDER What Governor Romney is proposing is an across-the-board cut in marginal tax rates for households, e...
GLENN HUBBARD We believe the door is opening for an interest rate cut early in 2006 if the economy fails to show s...
HOWARD ARCHER Speculation that we will see deep interest rates is overdone. In the context of the widely anticipat...
ALAN CLARKE This is especially encouraging given the fact that the first quarter is generally expected to be a s...
BILL AYLESWORTH The risk is for the ECB to accelerate the pace of interest- rate hikes. There seems to be very littl...
CYRIL BEUZIT![]()
May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH This report underscores or emphasizes that the Fed would be quite well justified for easing policy a...
PAUL CHRISTOPHER People are switching to utilities because there is a lot of uncertainty in the market about how deep...
HERBERT LAU It's hard to believe one rate cut is enough stave off danger. I think we'll get another one in Febru...
KIT JUCKES
BERTRAND DELGADO Our official forecast is they'll cut them(rates) twice. They'll cut them in the first quarter, they'...
JOHN MANLEY The government is looking to exert pressure on the central bank for rate cuts, and that could be det...
ELISABETH GRUIE I expect consumer spending to continue to improve. The central bank is likely to raise interest rate...
IM NO JUNG There doesn't seem to be any evidence that inflation is accelerating. In terms of when the bank can ...
DARREN GIBBS It takes 9-12 months for [a rate cut] to impact earnings, so the earliest it will help will be the f...
CHUCK HILL Inflation is a massive theme because we are in a rising-interest-rate environment. I think there is ...
JANE FOLEY Inflationary pressures are gradually easing, which should offer scope for interest rate cuts, but ne...
JAMES KNIGHTLEY European government bonds are going to be the worst performing area in the first quarter. There'll b...
STUART THOMSON In the short term, the reason I haven't voted for a cut in interest rates is that I remain concerned...
KATE BARKER Profits will probably still decline in the second quarter, but at a slower rate than in the first qu...
HENRY WILLMORE While the fourth quarter GDP data and the relatively healthy mix of the components further diminishe...
HOWARD ARCHER The evidence of marked improvement in the manufacturing sector further guarantees there will be no i...
HOWARD ARCHER A May rate cut is more likely than not, but the Bank is likely to need to see ongoing signs of lower...
ALAN CASTLE We think the Fed will continue cutting rates, although less aggressively. We are expecting another [...
BRUCE STEINBERG We continue to be pleased with our asset/liability management performance which, in a challenging in...
AUBREY PATTERSON The interest rates are about to be increased. [Durbin] is trying to lock them in at a lower rate tha...
CHRISTINA ANGAROLA Wage and labor conditions have been a lot stronger than expected. We expect the bank to end its zero...
HIROAKI MUTO What we are looking for is interest rate cuts to be beneficial to the market.
CHRIS WOLFE Wages aren't at a level that's going to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. We forecast...
JOSEPH CAPURSO Liquidity is still excessive and remains a warning sign for the ECB, but the slowing of the growth r...
MICHAEL SCHUBERT All the same, a rate cut won't have any immediate effect on companies' profits. These rate changes t...
JOE COOPER The expected rate cut was confirmed, bringing in money from abroad. The fall in rates favors equitie...
CELSO SENISE The front end of the curve tried to rally a little bit and there was a trade down in the belly of th...
DOMINIC KONSTAM The ECB is likely to keep preparing us for a rate increase this quarter and that will keep bonds und...
ANDY CHAYTOR What we are looking for especially in the first quarter is sales growth ... Growth is rewarded very ...
JUSSI HYOTY The question is going to be at the end of the first quarter (2006). Are we going to recover and star...
GARY CRABTREE The U.K. over the past six months shows us how the economy can go from looking quite weak to improvi...
ADRIAN FOSTER a pause in rate hikes is a more likely scenario rather than a rate cut.
MICHAEL NIEMIRA Headline inflation is moving up. A rate hike is likely in the fourth quarter.
BOB SINCHE When interest rates rise, the rate gap with the U.S. will narrow and that will provide pressure for ...
JEFFREY TAN More rate cuts may not be forthcoming, but the Fed is also not likely to start raising rates as quic...
ANTHONY CHAN Manufacturing has already been in an a recession ... but we were looking for a fourth-quarter turnar...
HANK COX It gives the Federal Reserve more leeway to cut rates. But I don't believe that a BOJ rate cut means...
JOHN LONSKI It gives the Federal Reserve more leeway to cut rates, ... But I don't believe that a BOJ rate cut m...
JOHN LONSKI An increase in domestic fuel prices will be inflationary and controls will have to come through rate...
HASITHA PREMARATNE The overall PMI shows we are still in rate cut territory. But the PMI has been below this (current) ...
CHRIS WILLIAMSON In terms of current interest rate levels and inflation, the ECB has room to cut rates and help the u...
GERNOT NERB Some of the risks associated with rate cuts have dissipated for sterling. We expect rates to remain ...
STEVE PEARSON (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON Strong economic figures will confirm the Japanese economy is doing better, reinforcing expectations ...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA Banks are definitely in vogue at the moment because we are expecting rates to come down in the secon...
HARRY SU While there is uncertainty about the economy at present we still expect the next move in interest ra...
FIONNUALA EARLEY I do think that a rate cut is coming, more likely toward the end of the year when we see some of the...
KATHLEEN CAMILLI We don't expect another rate cut ..., but there is still the risk that rates might be cut again at s...
CARSTEN FRITSCH Some investors are staying at the sidelines as uncertainties linger over whether the Fed would surpr...
HERBERT LAU Basically the top ten industries were those that are economically sensitive and are bouncing back fr...
SAM STOVALL We are still seeing buying of interest-rate-sensitive stocks. Investors believe the U.S. economy is ...
FREDERICK TSANG is still hoping to squeeze one more interest rate cut in.
ADAM COLE The survey was much weaker than expected indicating the bank's rate cut has done little to assuage t...
RICHARD MCGUIRE The bank did a splendid job. The market had expected an end to the policy, but the bank still left i...
YASUHIDE YAJIMA I think the Fed still has no other choice but still to raise rates. I know that there's some rumors ...
MARC GABELLI
The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL The manufacturing sector's acute underlying weaknesses highlight the need for further interest rate ...
DAVID KERN I think (Fed Chairman) Alan Greenspan has made it all but official, we'll get another rate cut in Ju...
WAYNE AYERS The concern with the economy is that the stimulus from the tax cuts and the rate cuts may be fading....
BILL STRAZZULLO Expectations of further Fed rate increases haven't peaked yet, while rate hikes by the Bank of Japan...
TOMOKO FUJII
I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than... NEIL GAIMAN The market has been trying to push a rate cut, but the Governor has remained steadfast, saying there...
BRIAN REDICAN For the third consecutive quarter, our year-over-year license revenue growth rate accelerated. We be...
ALFRED CHUANG Not even the most dovish of forecasters expects interest rates to be cut at Thursday's meeting.
ALAN CLARKE Investors are still looking for the economy to begin to pick up toward the end of this year with pos...
DENNIS FERRO Judging by market rates, there is a 70 percent probability of a rate cut by March.
ANDREW CHAVERIAT Today's rates decision is expected to set the tone for the rest of the week. Hints of future rate hi...
HARLEY SALT The ongoing scenario of supply and demand dynamics require a cautious interest rate approach by the ...
ALEXANDRE LINTZ We feel that sometime in the first quarter of 2006 no later than the second quarter the compan...
DELTON SMITH The central bank wanted the peso to weaken, so if it is weakening, one of their incentives to cut ra...
BERTRAND DELGADO Employment is likely to be much weaker going forward and the jobless rate will keep rising as the ec...
JARROD KERR We are becoming increasingly nervous about our call for a 25 basis point rate cut at the February .....
ALAN CASTLE Germany is singing out for a rate cut.
HENK POTTS If we get a better interest rate, great. If we get a lower interest rate or a worse interest rate, w...
JAMES KUNKE There's probably not enough indication that the Fed is ready to end (rate increases) to help the sto...
BENJAMIN PACE The speech quietly signaled a 25-basis-point (quarter percentage point) rate hike in February, and w...
CONRAD DEQUADROS If the central bank acts this week, it will probably come up with ways to limit rate increases to ea...
AKIHIKO INOUE We anticipate that the first quarter of this fiscal year will be the low water mark in the company's...
CEO LUXTON We anticipate that the first quarter of this fiscal year will be the low water mark in the company's...
CEO DAVID LUXTON As the market now feels that any interest rate hikes in the US will come to an end with the Federal ...
KAZUYUKI KATO Another quarter-point rate hike is baked in the cake. But we are near the end.
DAVID JONES We're coming to the end of the Fed interest-rate tightening cycle. That usually isn't a bad time to ...
FREDERIC DICKSON The markets aren't expecting as big a cut in interest rates tonight. For foreign investors the yello...
CARLOS HOKAMA Anticipation of a 25-basis-point rate cut pushed mortgage rates downward in this week's survey, and ...
FRANK NOTHAFT It was a good second quarter for us. We got a good start in the first half, but the second quarter w...
BRUCE HESS
Nicolas Cage is the best for taking the role of character Joker. He is pretty damn good at jokes! DEYTH BANGER A cut...won't affect the 30-year fixed mortgage rate at all. According to Freddie Mac, the 30-year f...
LAWRENCE YUN In an environment where the interest rate is expected to go down, the market will be positive.
HARRIS DALIMUNTHE People still see the likelihood of a rate cut this year and certainly not an increase in rates. Ster...
ADRIAN SCHMIDT
The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN This interest rate cut may create some temporary outflow of dollars.
JOSE ROBERTO CARREIRA While the decline in inflation can certainly accommodate a rate cut, we believe the bank will defer ...
CHANNA AMARATUNGA It's more a comment on their strength in the first quarter of 2005 than it is their weakness in the ...
JASON BILODEAU The odds clearly favor the Bank of Canada raising the overnight rate by a quarter point on May 24 to...
CRAIG ALEXANDER What Governor Romney is proposing is an across-the-board cut in marginal tax rates for households, e...
GLENN HUBBARD We believe the door is opening for an interest rate cut early in 2006 if the economy fails to show s...
HOWARD ARCHER Speculation that we will see deep interest rates is overdone. In the context of the widely anticipat...
ALAN CLARKE This is especially encouraging given the fact that the first quarter is generally expected to be a s...
BILL AYLESWORTH The risk is for the ECB to accelerate the pace of interest- rate hikes. There seems to be very littl...
CYRIL BEUZIT
May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH This report underscores or emphasizes that the Fed would be quite well justified for easing policy a...
PAUL CHRISTOPHER People are switching to utilities because there is a lot of uncertainty in the market about how deep...
HERBERT LAU It's hard to believe one rate cut is enough stave off danger. I think we'll get another one in Febru...
KIT JUCKES
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