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The biggest surprise to me has been that interest rates have stayed as low as they have as long as t...
DEAN BAKER Overall we're in a very good situation; I don't think interest rates will be going up. Greenspan is ...
GREGORY SMITH Greenspan's shift to a 'don't criticize what you don't understand mode' signals that the low level o...
BRUCE KASMAN Greenspan's shift to a 'don't criticize what you don't understand mode' signals that the low level o...
BRUCE KASMAN In our view it was a rather positive surprise. At least it gives the ECB some leeway to remain on ho...
MANUELA PREUSCHL Homeowners are taking advantage of the rally by locking in still historically low long-term mortgage...
BOB WALTERS Fixed mortgage rates stayed in a narrow, historically low, band in February.
BOB WALTERS Right now, we're seeing upward momentum in long-term rates, especially with new inflation worries. L...
DANIEL JESTER 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 Long-term U.S. interest rates have risen as the market has started to price in the likelihood that t...
MASAMICHI KOIKE It was a pleasant surprise. I like it.
RICK REYNOLDS This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low inter...
MARSHALL ACUFF At this juncture that (low long-term rate level) is not an overly worrisome thing, but if (Fed polic...
BRIAN WESBURY At this juncture that (low long-term rate level) is not an overly worrisome thing, but if (Fed polic...
BRIAN WESBURY The big question is when and how much long-term interest rates are going to rise, because that affec...
BRIAN ROONEY If rates move up, housing will move down. But as long as we see relatively low interest rates and em...
GREGORY GIEBER This is in line with our expectation that demand for new housing would 'cool off' towards the end of...
BRIAN BETHUNE I can't guarantee that interest rates will stay eternally at their current low levels.
GUY QUADEN When interest rates are high you want the average direction in which interest rates are moving to be...
JOHN HULL He's probably come on a little fast, ... That probably was the pleasant surprise of it.
AL GROH The interest rates were so low we wanted to take advantage of it. We were afraid if we waited until ...
BETH MACKIE Another commented, ‘QE is a key ingredient in a recipe that is destroying the value of the UK’s ...
DAVID CRAIG 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![]()
To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest r...
AMITY SHLAES Interest rates pose little medium-term risk to equities in our view.
LARS KRECKEL What we found, to our pleasant surprise, was that extremely low-birth-weight babies - although one-q...
DR SAROJ SAIGAL What we found, to our pleasant surprise, was that extremely low-birth-weight babies -- although one-...
DR. SAROJ SAIGAL I think it's still low interest rates, and we're a good buy here in Houston.
LORRAINE ABERCROMBIE The bulls basically hoped for a number showing housing is eroding, and they didn't get it. I'm not s...
BOB WALTERS We looked pretty good for a couple of innings. That was a pleasant surprise.
DAVID PERNO Earnings are still going to grow as interest rates and inflation remain low.
ED YARDENI It was a pleasant surprise, but we were expecting to play Wheeler. Wheeler's been dominant for so lo...
BOB WOJNAROSKI It's a good move. It flattens the yield curve and brings long-term rates down.
BILL HORNBARGER Long-term mortgage rates will more than likely rise over the next few months, albeit modestly compar...
FRANK NOTHAFT Sometimes that difference between short-term rates and long-term rates expands and sometimes it narr...
GREG MCBRIDE That was an upside surprise in the headline PPI index. That's going to keep the Federal Reserve on t...
ALEX BEUZELIN Long-bond buyers aren't afraid of inflation or increased interest rates, the way short-term bond buy...
BENJAMIN PACE Interest rates remain at relatively low levels and consequently the mortgage business remains robust...
HOWARD ATKINS The difference between the '80s and '90s and now is that inflation and interest rates are already lo...
FRANCOIS TRAHAN![]()
Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Feder...
BEN BERNANKE We are starting with stocks fully valued and short- and long-term interest rates still hovering near...
JAMES STACK I know it's the highest that I can remember and that's nine years. It was definitely a pleasant surp...
MICHAEL WRIGHT If things don't change, then don't fret to lose hope and simply trust God as the pleasant surprise m...
ANUJ SOMANY Increased confidence, a strong housing sector and low interest rates have got Australian consumers i...
CRAIG JAMES I think the Fed is going to raise interest rates over the rest of this year. I think it will go up a...
FRANKLIN RAINES Long term rates are staying constant or coming down. At 5.43 percent you can budget for it. With you...
BRIAN BREWER![]()
I want to build a studio in my backyard. The interest rates are low now, so who knows.
PAUL TAYLOR The recent availability of 100 percent mortgages and low interest rates means that it is easier than...
BRIAN FALLON![]()
Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Feder...
BEN BERNANKE We anticipate long-term relationships with both Kimi, who is in his fourth season with us, and Juan ...
RON DENNIS![]()
I find it utterly inconceivable, frankly, that we can have the type of potential fiscal outlook, whi...
ALAN GREENSPAN The affordability issue becomes very real when mortgage rates rise because a lot of people have take...
BRIAN MCQUADE After all the negative news about our trade position, our fiscal problems, our currency, our inflati...
CARL TANNENBAUM After all the negative news about our trade position, our fiscal problems, our currency, our inflati...
CARL TANNENBAUM China's move to let investors buy securities abroad was a force for the market, and most investors b...
CASTOR PANG After a hike in December last year, the real short-term interest rates remain zero or close to zero.
GUY QUADEN The Fed has been singularly unsuccessful in cooling down the hot U.S. housing market, primarily beca...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH Every state except Massachusetts was represented. As baby boom demographics have converged with equi...
JAMES WOOD Our area is very diversified and is growing. Interest rates are still low, and demand is there.
FRED GLOVER The strength of the housing market this year continues to surprise, despite rising home prices and s...
GREGORY KLUMP![]()
To finance deficits, the government must sell bonds to investors, competing for capital that could o...
ALEX BERENSON Oil continues to dominate trade, with crude at or near the highs. Worries remain about how high pric...
JOE SUNDERMAN We have low interest rates and a real estate sales boom that signals to builders and developers that...
ERIK KNODER The big question is: When will the term structure of interest rates change? That's the question ...
RAY DALIO![]()
Low interest rates benefit individuals or investors who own or want to buy assets; in that regard, t...
JOHN DELANEY Japan's interest rates are still low. The rate- differential story still attracts Japanese investors...
JUN KITAZAWA The first conditions were economic, including the passage of structural reform policies that favored...
JAVIER VIVEROS Our guess is that long-term rates will begin to drift up later this year, albeit modestly.
CARL TANNENBAUM We are seeing the long bond tell us that the Fed's decision was proper from an inflation perspective...
MATTHEW ALEXY It is in our long-term interest as well to start addressing this challenge,
MARTHINUS VAN SCHALKWYK A correction was inevitable given the market is facing three clear near-term risks: weak first-quart...
JASON HWANG![]()
Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go ...
CARLOS SLIM If you bought a house at the top of the market with an adjustable-rate mortgage, knowing that long-t...
MARCI ROSSELL The loss of jobs is never a pleasant thing. I know short term this is unpleasant, but I know long te...
CINDY ADAMS The continued price increases are a result of many factors including low mortgage interest rates and...
PATRICK LAWLER There were many years where the Fed Funds rate was as low as 1 percent and interest rates on savings...
LAURA BRUCE [TIPS are a] terrific long-term hedge against inflation, ... are not a good hedge against short-term...
ERIC JACOBSON Assuming that the correlation between interest rates and the dollar does not break down again soon, ...
HENRIK GULLBERG Issuing these types of bonds is a way for cities and school districts to take advantage of the relat...
JOSE HERNANDEZ As long as they are rising, the ECB tends to raise interest rates.
JOERG KRAEMER Derrick has been a pleasant surprise this season. He really stepped it up.
BRAD ALTLAND The country is entering a period of debt deflation, where households and businesses are forced to mo...
LACY HUNT Over the last four years the Fed has played the part of a surrealistic painter, creating a dreamy ba...
JACK ABLIN European production could pick up in the first quarter, with Germany doing better than its neighbors...
JOERG KRAEMER This course will be a pleasant surprise to everyone.
MIKE PARKS The real challenge was to model all the interest rates simultaneously, so you could value something ...
JOHN HULL True, long term interest in a subject, is the best form of market research.
MAYA ELHALAL The fundamentals are still there. We have low inflation, low interest rates and a worldwide demand f...
ALFRED KUGEL The interest rates are at its lowest point now because of the economic turmoil. People in the market...
ZENG HAN JUN The bond market had been worried that we were near full employment and wage pressure would pick up a...
MAURY HARRIS![]()
Monetary policy has less room to maneuver when interest rates are close to zero, while expansionary ...
BEN BERNANKE Some investors are staying at the sidelines as uncertainties linger over whether the Fed would surpr...
HERBERT LAU I think people who were trying to get into investment properties and trying to flip them won't see t...
BOB MOULTON We anticipate long term relationships with both Kimi and Juan Pablo and consequently, the team is no...
RON DENNIS He's likely to make more bullish comments on the economy and deflation. That will put upward pressur...
TOMOKO FUJII Supply and demand continue to drive this market out here, more so than interest rates. Interest rate...
DAVE NASH I think there are a number of factors that have led (to the growth), including the low interest rate...
BILL KING In the past, the market has absorbed home price increases with household income growth. Well, we had...
J. LENNOX SCOTT
DEAN BAKER Overall we're in a very good situation; I don't think interest rates will be going up. Greenspan is ...
GREGORY SMITH Greenspan's shift to a 'don't criticize what you don't understand mode' signals that the low level o...
BRUCE KASMAN Greenspan's shift to a 'don't criticize what you don't understand mode' signals that the low level o...
BRUCE KASMAN In our view it was a rather positive surprise. At least it gives the ECB some leeway to remain on ho...
MANUELA PREUSCHL Homeowners are taking advantage of the rally by locking in still historically low long-term mortgage...
BOB WALTERS Fixed mortgage rates stayed in a narrow, historically low, band in February.
BOB WALTERS Right now, we're seeing upward momentum in long-term rates, especially with new inflation worries. L...
DANIEL JESTER 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 Long-term U.S. interest rates have risen as the market has started to price in the likelihood that t...
MASAMICHI KOIKE It was a pleasant surprise. I like it.
RICK REYNOLDS This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low inter...
MARSHALL ACUFF At this juncture that (low long-term rate level) is not an overly worrisome thing, but if (Fed polic...
BRIAN WESBURY At this juncture that (low long-term rate level) is not an overly worrisome thing, but if (Fed polic...
BRIAN WESBURY The big question is when and how much long-term interest rates are going to rise, because that affec...
BRIAN ROONEY If rates move up, housing will move down. But as long as we see relatively low interest rates and em...
GREGORY GIEBER This is in line with our expectation that demand for new housing would 'cool off' towards the end of...
BRIAN BETHUNE I can't guarantee that interest rates will stay eternally at their current low levels.
GUY QUADEN When interest rates are high you want the average direction in which interest rates are moving to be...
JOHN HULL He's probably come on a little fast, ... That probably was the pleasant surprise of it.
AL GROH The interest rates were so low we wanted to take advantage of it. We were afraid if we waited until ...
BETH MACKIE Another commented, ‘QE is a key ingredient in a recipe that is destroying the value of the UK’s ...
DAVID CRAIG 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
To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest r... AMITY SHLAES Interest rates pose little medium-term risk to equities in our view.
LARS KRECKEL What we found, to our pleasant surprise, was that extremely low-birth-weight babies - although one-q...
DR SAROJ SAIGAL What we found, to our pleasant surprise, was that extremely low-birth-weight babies -- although one-...
DR. SAROJ SAIGAL I think it's still low interest rates, and we're a good buy here in Houston.
LORRAINE ABERCROMBIE The bulls basically hoped for a number showing housing is eroding, and they didn't get it. I'm not s...
BOB WALTERS We looked pretty good for a couple of innings. That was a pleasant surprise.
DAVID PERNO Earnings are still going to grow as interest rates and inflation remain low.
ED YARDENI It was a pleasant surprise, but we were expecting to play Wheeler. Wheeler's been dominant for so lo...
BOB WOJNAROSKI It's a good move. It flattens the yield curve and brings long-term rates down.
BILL HORNBARGER Long-term mortgage rates will more than likely rise over the next few months, albeit modestly compar...
FRANK NOTHAFT Sometimes that difference between short-term rates and long-term rates expands and sometimes it narr...
GREG MCBRIDE That was an upside surprise in the headline PPI index. That's going to keep the Federal Reserve on t...
ALEX BEUZELIN Long-bond buyers aren't afraid of inflation or increased interest rates, the way short-term bond buy...
BENJAMIN PACE Interest rates remain at relatively low levels and consequently the mortgage business remains robust...
HOWARD ATKINS The difference between the '80s and '90s and now is that inflation and interest rates are already lo...
FRANCOIS TRAHAN
Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Feder... BEN BERNANKE We are starting with stocks fully valued and short- and long-term interest rates still hovering near...
JAMES STACK I know it's the highest that I can remember and that's nine years. It was definitely a pleasant surp...
MICHAEL WRIGHT If things don't change, then don't fret to lose hope and simply trust God as the pleasant surprise m...
ANUJ SOMANY Increased confidence, a strong housing sector and low interest rates have got Australian consumers i...
CRAIG JAMES I think the Fed is going to raise interest rates over the rest of this year. I think it will go up a...
FRANKLIN RAINES Long term rates are staying constant or coming down. At 5.43 percent you can budget for it. With you...
BRIAN BREWER
I want to build a studio in my backyard. The interest rates are low now, so who knows. PAUL TAYLOR The recent availability of 100 percent mortgages and low interest rates means that it is easier than...
BRIAN FALLON
Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Feder... BEN BERNANKE We anticipate long-term relationships with both Kimi, who is in his fourth season with us, and Juan ...
RON DENNIS
I find it utterly inconceivable, frankly, that we can have the type of potential fiscal outlook, whi... ALAN GREENSPAN The affordability issue becomes very real when mortgage rates rise because a lot of people have take...
BRIAN MCQUADE After all the negative news about our trade position, our fiscal problems, our currency, our inflati...
CARL TANNENBAUM After all the negative news about our trade position, our fiscal problems, our currency, our inflati...
CARL TANNENBAUM China's move to let investors buy securities abroad was a force for the market, and most investors b...
CASTOR PANG After a hike in December last year, the real short-term interest rates remain zero or close to zero.
GUY QUADEN The Fed has been singularly unsuccessful in cooling down the hot U.S. housing market, primarily beca...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH Every state except Massachusetts was represented. As baby boom demographics have converged with equi...
JAMES WOOD Our area is very diversified and is growing. Interest rates are still low, and demand is there.
FRED GLOVER The strength of the housing market this year continues to surprise, despite rising home prices and s...
GREGORY KLUMP
To finance deficits, the government must sell bonds to investors, competing for capital that could o... ALEX BERENSON Oil continues to dominate trade, with crude at or near the highs. Worries remain about how high pric...
JOE SUNDERMAN We have low interest rates and a real estate sales boom that signals to builders and developers that...
ERIK KNODER The big question is: When will the term structure of interest rates change? That's the question ...
RAY DALIO
Low interest rates benefit individuals or investors who own or want to buy assets; in that regard, t... JOHN DELANEY Japan's interest rates are still low. The rate- differential story still attracts Japanese investors...
JUN KITAZAWA The first conditions were economic, including the passage of structural reform policies that favored...
JAVIER VIVEROS Our guess is that long-term rates will begin to drift up later this year, albeit modestly.
CARL TANNENBAUM We are seeing the long bond tell us that the Fed's decision was proper from an inflation perspective...
MATTHEW ALEXY It is in our long-term interest as well to start addressing this challenge,
MARTHINUS VAN SCHALKWYK A correction was inevitable given the market is facing three clear near-term risks: weak first-quart...
JASON HWANG
Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go ... CARLOS SLIM If you bought a house at the top of the market with an adjustable-rate mortgage, knowing that long-t...
MARCI ROSSELL The loss of jobs is never a pleasant thing. I know short term this is unpleasant, but I know long te...
CINDY ADAMS The continued price increases are a result of many factors including low mortgage interest rates and...
PATRICK LAWLER There were many years where the Fed Funds rate was as low as 1 percent and interest rates on savings...
LAURA BRUCE [TIPS are a] terrific long-term hedge against inflation, ... are not a good hedge against short-term...
ERIC JACOBSON Assuming that the correlation between interest rates and the dollar does not break down again soon, ...
HENRIK GULLBERG Issuing these types of bonds is a way for cities and school districts to take advantage of the relat...
JOSE HERNANDEZ As long as they are rising, the ECB tends to raise interest rates.
JOERG KRAEMER Derrick has been a pleasant surprise this season. He really stepped it up.
BRAD ALTLAND The country is entering a period of debt deflation, where households and businesses are forced to mo...
LACY HUNT Over the last four years the Fed has played the part of a surrealistic painter, creating a dreamy ba...
JACK ABLIN European production could pick up in the first quarter, with Germany doing better than its neighbors...
JOERG KRAEMER This course will be a pleasant surprise to everyone.
MIKE PARKS The real challenge was to model all the interest rates simultaneously, so you could value something ...
JOHN HULL True, long term interest in a subject, is the best form of market research.
MAYA ELHALAL The fundamentals are still there. We have low inflation, low interest rates and a worldwide demand f...
ALFRED KUGEL The interest rates are at its lowest point now because of the economic turmoil. People in the market...
ZENG HAN JUN The bond market had been worried that we were near full employment and wage pressure would pick up a...
MAURY HARRIS
Monetary policy has less room to maneuver when interest rates are close to zero, while expansionary ... BEN BERNANKE Some investors are staying at the sidelines as uncertainties linger over whether the Fed would surpr...
HERBERT LAU I think people who were trying to get into investment properties and trying to flip them won't see t...
BOB MOULTON We anticipate long term relationships with both Kimi and Juan Pablo and consequently, the team is no...
RON DENNIS He's likely to make more bullish comments on the economy and deflation. That will put upward pressur...
TOMOKO FUJII Supply and demand continue to drive this market out here, more so than interest rates. Interest rate...
DAVE NASH I think there are a number of factors that have led (to the growth), including the low interest rate...
BILL KING In the past, the market has absorbed home price increases with household income growth. Well, we had...
J. LENNOX SCOTT
There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference. 
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