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KATHY DECK The market has been trying to push a rate cut, but the Governor has remained steadfast, saying there...
BRIAN REDICAN The Reserve Bank is very firmly on hold. The housing market is treading water. Investors no longer h...
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JOSE ROBERTO CARREIRA You'll see continuity until the end of May, which probably means they'll raise rates by another quar...
ALLAN SAUNDERSON Freddie Mac's own economic forecast calls for a mild and gradual increase in 30-year fixed-rate mort...
FRANK NOTHAFT The hype is off the housing market. Prices are high. Interest rates are climbing. Housing needs to c...
JAY BUTLER The Fed has been singularly unsuccessful in cooling down the hot U.S. housing market, primarily beca...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH The interest rates are at its lowest point now because of the economic turmoil. People in the market...
ZENG HAN JUN We expect no change in interest rates. The market has been factoring in better interest rates for th...
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FRANK NOTHAFT That said, January housing starts were the highest in over 20 years, and that is based on higher rat...
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JOHN DAVIDSON The market has slowed down just a bit, just because we're coming to the end of the year, and also mo...
ANTHONY ROMERO The decline in starts shows that higher interest rates are impacting the housing market. That is a s...
JAMES CARON Rates for long term CDs (terms of 12 months and longer) are typically driven by the activity in the ...
RANDY ROSEN The strength across all labor-market indicators does suggest the Fed will likely raise rates in Marc...
DEAN MAKI It is very evident that the steam is coming out of the housing market even though rates moved down.
CELIA CHEN It was no great surprise that housing starts rose for the second time in three months since mortgage...
FRANK NOTHAFT Any way you slice it, the report suggests homebuilding is holding up quite well, and it will continu...
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FRONTLINE LTD The Federal Reserve system has been very much a lucky passenger in this growth, ... It's the bond ma...
BERT ELY It seems like the market is obsessing on this bond market fallout, which was somewhat precipitated b...
JACK ABLIN The latest data - including the improvement in manufacturing activity and current strength of the ho...
HOWARD ARCHER The sentiment on interest rates can swing. It really depends on the stance of the Federal Reserve.
MANDY CHAN The silver lining on this is that it confirms that the Federal Reserve will not be raising interest ...
DONALD SELKIN Controlled inflation will allow the bank to hold the rate at its current level. In my view, potentia...
ALBERTO BERNAL Low mortgage rates continue to fuel the housing market, making homeownership more attainable to a br...
FRANK NOTHAFT Even with the higher number of residential sales in March, total sales for the first quarter showed ...
HARVEY SHAPIRO Despite uncertainties on interest rates and oil prices during 2005, about 70 companies would be list...
EDMOND CHAN We haven't raised our rates since 1992. In that time, the consumer price index has increased by 53 p...
CAROLINE ALLEN Judging by market rates, there is a 70 percent probability of a rate cut by March.
ANDREW CHAVERIAT I think part of what has driven the market today are fluctuations in oil and interest rates and the ...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN The Federal Reserve has lowered the bar on what it would take for them to lower interest rates,
GEMMA WRIGHT In March and April, interest rates were going up very gradually, and tech investors figured Greenspa...
BERNARD BAUMOHL When fixed-income investors conclude that the central bank isn't going to raise rates any time soon,...
ED YARDENI [Overall, following the statement,] the market is fairly clear that the Fed will keep raising rates ...
JEFF KLEINTOP The remarks are more consistent with keeping rates on hold this month. At the same time, there are r...
JADE ZELNIK With the Reserve Bank raising interest rates and the currency being high for some time, the pressure...
BRENT LAYTON The stock market has been anticipating a slowdown because of pressures from interest rates and energ...
RON BARON Earlier in the year when we had a high interest rates, the sentiment was that housing would slow dow...
MARIA FIORINI RAMIREZ Fresh worries about rising inflation in the US and the extent to which the US Federal Reserve will r...
FRANCIS LUN Taking into consideration the fact that mortgage rates have fallen from the earlier peak at the end ...
FRANK NOTHAFT I think the market has got too pessimistic on interest rates,
ADAM COLE With the import side holding up more strongly than exports for now, the Reserve Bank is unlikely to ...
MICHAEL EVERY Students should apply now to lock in on lower interest rates. I believe they have from right now unt...
GEORGE KNOX The market is more focused on the bigger trends we have seen of late, and that is concerns about inf...
PETER BOOCKVAR The (Federal Reserve) should certainly emulate the decline in market (interest rates) and should cut...
FRED BERGSTEN Revenues in the third quarter of 2005 reflected lower prescription growth and increased competition ...
HANK MCKINNELL I expect consumer spending to continue to improve. The central bank is likely to raise interest rate...
IM NO JUNG But, as it has been our wont this year, we have one bad quarter and it came in the third quarter.
JOHN PETERSON Our January forecast calls for a gradual rise in long-term rates throughout 2006. This should induce...
FRANK NOTHAFT Japanese economic conditions are relatively good at this moment, and it will continue to be fairly r...
EISUKE SAKAKIBARA One of the reasons we had the housing market surging ahead was because of the low cost of borrowing ...
ALAN GIN Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
SHANE OLIVER I think for short-term, the next 60-to-90 days, we're going to go sideways. Until the Fed stops rais...
FRED FROEWISS The Fed doesn't like to switch policy very quickly. Unless something goes wrong, I think they are go...
DAVID WYSS 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 Japanese interest rates continue to price in tightening from the Bank of Japan. We think it's a bit ...
JENS NORDVIG The net effect was to induce a tightening mode in the markets, in bank lending and in total bank res...
LACY HUNT It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a percentage point...
ENRIQUE ALVAREZ The key message is housing market activity has improved significantly into the second half of this y...
ALAN CLARKE European production could pick up in the first quarter, with Germany doing better than its neighbors...
JOERG KRAEMER Despite uncertainties on interest rates and oil prices during 2005, about 70 companies would be list...
EDMOND CHAN The recovery has been fueled by lower rates, and people have been so focused on that, they're losing...
ANDY ENGEL Higher interest rates are beginning to take a toll on how people view their finances. Mortgage rates...
VINCENT BOBERSKI Anytime rates go down, it's definitely good news for consumers, especially since rates are still muc...
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I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON![]()
It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON There's no sign that investor demand has softened at all. The things that would have caused a slower...
DAVID BERSON The short-term interest-rate level at 4.25 on fed funds provides mortgage rates which definitely won...
KIT JUCKES Nintendo is probably going to wait to revise its forecasts until early April after it knows for sure...
EIJI MAEDA There's no question that the Fed should have much earlier raised interest rates, not to kill the hou...
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Since 1994, unemployment rates are lower. Median household income is higher. A greater percentage of...
CLIFF STEARNS
BOB CUNNEEN
The Reserve Bank has said rates won't go up this year but are unlikely to go down and I think they'l... JOHN EDWARDS Interest rates probably aren't high enough. The Bank of Canada will keep raising until it sees some ...
FRED PYNN With house prices still looking robust, the chance of the bank cutting rates is slim. They are not g...
AMIT KARA The Reserve Bank has no need to tighten or to ease rates.
JARROD KERR The Canadian dollar has been supported by a lot of positives this year as prices of oil, gas and gol...
ANDREW BUSCH The residential housing market is well off its peak now. The Reserve Bank remains on hold for now wi...
MICHAEL EVERY The strength of the housing market this year continues to surprise, despite rising home prices and s...
GREGORY KLUMP The largest carriers have raised rates each and every month this year. Instead of increasing across ...
BILL HARDEKOPF Despite the gradual rise in mortgage rates over the last two months, housing starts were actually up...
FRANK NOTHAFT We've thought for a long time this housing cycle was a little different from those of the past, in t...
DAVID JORDAN Looking at the economy, there's been a lot of market chatter about the Federal Reserve cutting inter...
CHARLES LEMONIDES
It is a market leader. It has chosen to keep its rates high, ... Until they reduce their rates, the ... JOHN GARAMENDI One of the reasons that the central bank raised rates is to try to decrease market volatility that c...
CAROLA SANDY Many market players already think the ECB will raise interest rates in March and then several more t...
AKIFUMI UCHIDA The housing market is not slowing sufficiently to comfort the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
CAMERON BAGRIE All forecasts are for interest rates and mortgage rates to go up a little bit again this year. It co...
KATHY DECK The market has been trying to push a rate cut, but the Governor has remained steadfast, saying there...
BRIAN REDICAN The Reserve Bank is very firmly on hold. The housing market is treading water. Investors no longer h...
BRIAN REDICAN There is no denying that 2005 has been a tremendous year for the housing industry. Very favorable in...
DAVID PRESSLY Long-term U.S. interest rates have risen as the market has started to price in the likelihood that t...
MASAMICHI KOIKE There has been a slow down in real growth, but at 5,6% growth is still fairly strong. If the Reserve...
ADENAAN HARDIEN A catalyst for a higher Australian dollar versus New Zealand's dollar could be relative monetary pol...
ASHLEY DAVIES A catalyst for a higher Australian dollar versus New Zealand's dollar could be relative monetary pol...
ASHLEY DAVIES Wages aren't at a level that's going to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. We forecast...
JOSEPH CAPURSO
Fads end eventually and value suddenly mattered again. The bank group outperformed the broad market ... DAVE BERRY Real-denominated debt rates are unlikely to fall until the central bank rates meetings in late Janua...
JOSE ROBERTO CARREIRA You'll see continuity until the end of May, which probably means they'll raise rates by another quar...
ALLAN SAUNDERSON Freddie Mac's own economic forecast calls for a mild and gradual increase in 30-year fixed-rate mort...
FRANK NOTHAFT The hype is off the housing market. Prices are high. Interest rates are climbing. Housing needs to c...
JAY BUTLER The Fed has been singularly unsuccessful in cooling down the hot U.S. housing market, primarily beca...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH The interest rates are at its lowest point now because of the economic turmoil. People in the market...
ZENG HAN JUN We expect no change in interest rates. The market has been factoring in better interest rates for th...
JOE ROONEY We didn't see the big increase in Federal Reserve interest rates. I think that surprised a lot of th...
ADAM MYERS That said, January housing starts were the highest in over 20 years, and that is based on higher rat...
FRANK NOTHAFT That said, January housing starts were the highest in over 20 years, and that is based on higher rat...
FRANK NOTHAFT On a year-on-year basis, before this number was released, housing starts are down 11 percent. So you...
KATHLEEN CAMILLI Interest rates are still at record lows, the economy is going great and the housing market is really...
BILL WARD
Even just a month ago, prior to the release of the March payrolls number, there were some investors ... JOHN DAVIDSON The market has slowed down just a bit, just because we're coming to the end of the year, and also mo...
ANTHONY ROMERO The decline in starts shows that higher interest rates are impacting the housing market. That is a s...
JAMES CARON Rates for long term CDs (terms of 12 months and longer) are typically driven by the activity in the ...
RANDY ROSEN The strength across all labor-market indicators does suggest the Fed will likely raise rates in Marc...
DEAN MAKI It is very evident that the steam is coming out of the housing market even though rates moved down.
CELIA CHEN It was no great surprise that housing starts rose for the second time in three months since mortgage...
FRANK NOTHAFT Any way you slice it, the report suggests homebuilding is holding up quite well, and it will continu...
DEAN MAKI Although the tanker market recently has seen lower levels than what was anticipated, the rates are e...
FRONTLINE LTD The Federal Reserve system has been very much a lucky passenger in this growth, ... It's the bond ma...
BERT ELY It seems like the market is obsessing on this bond market fallout, which was somewhat precipitated b...
JACK ABLIN The latest data - including the improvement in manufacturing activity and current strength of the ho...
HOWARD ARCHER The sentiment on interest rates can swing. It really depends on the stance of the Federal Reserve.
MANDY CHAN The silver lining on this is that it confirms that the Federal Reserve will not be raising interest ...
DONALD SELKIN Controlled inflation will allow the bank to hold the rate at its current level. In my view, potentia...
ALBERTO BERNAL Low mortgage rates continue to fuel the housing market, making homeownership more attainable to a br...
FRANK NOTHAFT Even with the higher number of residential sales in March, total sales for the first quarter showed ...
HARVEY SHAPIRO Despite uncertainties on interest rates and oil prices during 2005, about 70 companies would be list...
EDMOND CHAN We haven't raised our rates since 1992. In that time, the consumer price index has increased by 53 p...
CAROLINE ALLEN Judging by market rates, there is a 70 percent probability of a rate cut by March.
ANDREW CHAVERIAT I think part of what has driven the market today are fluctuations in oil and interest rates and the ...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN The Federal Reserve has lowered the bar on what it would take for them to lower interest rates,
GEMMA WRIGHT In March and April, interest rates were going up very gradually, and tech investors figured Greenspa...
BERNARD BAUMOHL When fixed-income investors conclude that the central bank isn't going to raise rates any time soon,...
ED YARDENI [Overall, following the statement,] the market is fairly clear that the Fed will keep raising rates ...
JEFF KLEINTOP The remarks are more consistent with keeping rates on hold this month. At the same time, there are r...
JADE ZELNIK With the Reserve Bank raising interest rates and the currency being high for some time, the pressure...
BRENT LAYTON The stock market has been anticipating a slowdown because of pressures from interest rates and energ...
RON BARON Earlier in the year when we had a high interest rates, the sentiment was that housing would slow dow...
MARIA FIORINI RAMIREZ Fresh worries about rising inflation in the US and the extent to which the US Federal Reserve will r...
FRANCIS LUN Taking into consideration the fact that mortgage rates have fallen from the earlier peak at the end ...
FRANK NOTHAFT I think the market has got too pessimistic on interest rates,
ADAM COLE With the import side holding up more strongly than exports for now, the Reserve Bank is unlikely to ...
MICHAEL EVERY Students should apply now to lock in on lower interest rates. I believe they have from right now unt...
GEORGE KNOX The market is more focused on the bigger trends we have seen of late, and that is concerns about inf...
PETER BOOCKVAR The (Federal Reserve) should certainly emulate the decline in market (interest rates) and should cut...
FRED BERGSTEN Revenues in the third quarter of 2005 reflected lower prescription growth and increased competition ...
HANK MCKINNELL I expect consumer spending to continue to improve. The central bank is likely to raise interest rate...
IM NO JUNG But, as it has been our wont this year, we have one bad quarter and it came in the third quarter.
JOHN PETERSON Our January forecast calls for a gradual rise in long-term rates throughout 2006. This should induce...
FRANK NOTHAFT Japanese economic conditions are relatively good at this moment, and it will continue to be fairly r...
EISUKE SAKAKIBARA One of the reasons we had the housing market surging ahead was because of the low cost of borrowing ...
ALAN GIN Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The ...
SHANE OLIVER I think for short-term, the next 60-to-90 days, we're going to go sideways. Until the Fed stops rais...
FRED FROEWISS The Fed doesn't like to switch policy very quickly. Unless something goes wrong, I think they are go...
DAVID WYSS 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 Japanese interest rates continue to price in tightening from the Bank of Japan. We think it's a bit ...
JENS NORDVIG The net effect was to induce a tightening mode in the markets, in bank lending and in total bank res...
LACY HUNT It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a percentage point...
ENRIQUE ALVAREZ The key message is housing market activity has improved significantly into the second half of this y...
ALAN CLARKE European production could pick up in the first quarter, with Germany doing better than its neighbors...
JOERG KRAEMER Despite uncertainties on interest rates and oil prices during 2005, about 70 companies would be list...
EDMOND CHAN The recovery has been fueled by lower rates, and people have been so focused on that, they're losing...
ANDY ENGEL Higher interest rates are beginning to take a toll on how people view their finances. Mortgage rates...
VINCENT BOBERSKI Anytime rates go down, it's definitely good news for consumers, especially since rates are still muc...
ERIN BIEHL
I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON
It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON There's no sign that investor demand has softened at all. The things that would have caused a slower...
DAVID BERSON The short-term interest-rate level at 4.25 on fed funds provides mortgage rates which definitely won...
KIT JUCKES Nintendo is probably going to wait to revise its forecasts until early April after it knows for sure...
EIJI MAEDA There's no question that the Fed should have much earlier raised interest rates, not to kill the hou...
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Since 1994, unemployment rates are lower. Median household income is higher. A greater percentage of... CLIFF STEARNS
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