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TORU UMEMOTO But clearly any view on the Fed now is dependent on how the data comes through and hence we can expe...
STEVE BARROW The dollar's uptrend accelerated after the release of the Fed minutes and will remain firm before th...
AKIHIRO TANAKA The dollar's uptrend accelerated after the release of the Fed minutes and will remain firm before th...
AKIHIRO TANAKA Strong US economic data will put a brake on the dollar's downward trend, which was triggered by the ...
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KAZUHIRO NISHINA Strong figures will certainly re-ignite expectations of further Fed rate hikes.
TORU UMEMOTO The Fed has been on 'autopilot' with its monetary tightening so that even bouts of weaker data, such...
STEVE BARROW We expect the combination of solid economic growth and higher inflation risks to push the Fed to rai...
COLIN LUNDGREN If inflation gets out of hand, the Fed will have to raise interest rates more than is envisioned rig...
ALLEN SINAI We believe they'll hike rates at least one or two more times. Expectations the Fed will be vigilant ...
JOSE MAZAS The dollar is stronger because of higher rates. Look at the bond market: it's been selling off with ...
JOE FRANCOMANO It seems we've had more than enough weak economic data to conclude the Fed will cut rates on June 27...
BILL MEEHAN It seems the U.S. housing markets remain overheated. This will give the Fed another reason to keep r...
JUN KITAZAWA The dollar is going to prove resilient, and we could see further gains. Higher rates have supported ...
NEIL MACKINNON The Fed will keep raising rates as an insurance policy to prevent unwanted inflation. We haven't see...
CONRAD DEQUADROS I'm still in the camp that yields are moving higher. As long as the data is strong, the Fed is going...
JOSEPH SHATZ The Fed is now explicitly conducting monetary policy with the aim of supporting stock prices,
IAN SHEPHERDSON The message of solid growth and inflation at the top end of the comfort zone may mean that the Fed i...
BRIAN FABBRI The market is more focused on the bigger trends we have seen of late, and that is concerns about inf...
PETER BOOCKVAR I expect yields to continue drifting higher. Anything that shows the jobs market is strong gives mor...
JOSEPH SHATZ Any reports that suggest a strong U.S. economy will re- ignite expectations of further Fed rate incr...
MAMORU ASHIMOTO We think the underlying momentum in the Fed policy story warrants more explicit long dollar exposure...
JAMES MCCORMICK I think on the margin the U.S. data makes currency traders more hesitant to put on strong positions....
ANTON PIL Strong figures on producer prices will ignite inflation worries, giving the Federal Reserve cause to...
AKIHIRO TANAKA The Fed will raise rates at least two more times and probably more than that.
JAMES BIANCO The Fed is erring on the side of fighting inflation and is willing to risk slower growth.
GERALD LUCAS The U.S. labor market continues to tighten and the implication is the Fed will need to raise rates. ...
GAVIN FRIEND Growth will be sustained longer than expected. The Fed has more work to do; dollar strength will con...
DON ALEXANDER The threat of a Fed policy firming on Nov. 16 will continue to weigh on the markets, despite the wea...
MARILYN SCHAJA The Fed sounded optimistic about growth, but its view that the risks of inflation and inflation expe...
JAMES CARON The reason the dollar is staying strong is because markets have continued to price in more Fed tight...
DANIEL KATZIVE The Fed is in data-dependent mode, and we've gotten a string of data that shows a lot of strength.
DAVID GLOCKE As long as the Fed keeps raising rates, yields are going to move higher. The Fed decision definitely...
JOSEPH SHATZ The expectations a few weeks ago were again for the Fed to raise rates at this meeting. Now that's a...
BILL KIRBY The statement fueled market expectations that the Fed will further increase interest rates.
HIROKI SHIMAZU The statement will not tell the final story. I believe the Fed finale really is data dependent.
JACK MALVEY We have had an extraordinary period of job growth the last four months. The bond market is always wo...
DREW MATUS The Fed is on a data-dependent path and the data is showing that the economy is still robust. There ...
JAN LAMBREGTS We think the Fed is trying to manage market expectations on the pace of economic recovery and on whe...
GEMMA WRIGHT It's not so much a matter of if, but when rates will have to rise. There's a distinct possibility th...
CARL WEINBERG The Fed is likely to make no change in its rate policy because it still see risks in the economic ou...
RICHARD RIPPE The Fed will be concerned about inflation pressures building and will keep on hiking interest rates....
INDRAJIT ADVANI The dollar is going to have a hard time. Investor expectations for the Fed will run out of steam.
JENS NORDVIG Employment growth will keep the economy going and the bond market will be susceptible to the strengt...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA There's more upside risk on the dollar as the rate differential still attracts buyers. The U.S. econ...
JUN KITAZAWA This good news broke expectations that the Fed will raise rates at its next meeting.
FABIO LARA Corporate leaders have indicated to the Fed that, right now, the outlook is murky. Long term, the Fe...
ALLEN JACOBSON I'm thinking the Fed will leave the rates unchanged, ... We've ramped up pretty higher into this mee...
ART HOGAN Treasuries are expensive at these levels given that the Fed is still going to raise interest rates. ...
HIROYUKI YAMADA There may be some comments or text which will offer Fed views on the recent soft economic data and m...
MAMORU ASHIMOTO People are fed up with something when it becomes more and more popular.
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER The idea that's been gaining currency in the market is the Fed pause theory, meaning that the Fed ra...
JOSH STILES The stronger consumer confidence, the more likely the Fed will keep hiking rates for longer. Yields ...
ALEX LI While the Fed is more than one person, Mr. Greenspan's retirement means less confidence in the Fed, ...
ETHAN HARRIS The Fed will continue to raise interest rates. We think they will do so twice more.
KATHLEEN STEPHANSEN If you look at all the speakers after the last Fed meeting, they've all held to the same line: Infla...
ADAM BROWN Bearing in mind that the Fed wants higher inflation, the news is not unwelcome. And the market will ...
SHERRY COOPER We believe that the Fed will require both consistent solid hiring and a rise in inflation before it ...
MAURY HARRIS It's extremely bad and this is bearish for the U.S. dollar. This will definitely shift expectations ...
KATHY LIEN It's extremely bad and this is bearish for the U.S. dollar, ... This will definitely shift expectati...
KATHY LIEN The Fed is remaining vigilant against inflation, which helps 10-year notes and 30-year bonds. But tw...
JEFF PALMA Failure to meet market expectations here will reinforce the market perception that the peak in US ra...
IAN STANNARD The data should tend to encourage views that the Fed is correct and that inflation looks to be conta...
ALAN RUSKIN My concern is that what's happened here is that inflation is higher than the Fed anticipated. On top...
ALAN RUSKIN The move in the yen has spilled over on the perception the dollar will continue to gain as the Fed k...
CARSTEN FRITSCH Our view is that we get above-trend growth and that will cause the Fed to raise rates to 5 percent.
AMITABH ARORA Yields are going to continue to trend upward as the Fed keeps raising rates. The Fed believes that t...
JOSEPH SHATZ If inflation were to slow down some more, that would put off the date of any further tightening. But...
HENRY WILLMORE We expect the Fed to focus on the risks to higher inflation caused by higher energy prices, supply-c...
COLIN LUNDGREN The Fed is concerned that higher energy costs may give an adverse impact on growth rather than posin...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA U.S. economic numbers are still doing well, but decelerating. The data are not strong enough to forc...
BRIAN ROSE The Fed is saying that they're willing to keep the experiment of strong growth without inflation goi...
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By putting downward pressure on interest rates, the Fed is trying to make financial conditions more ...
JANET YELLEN The Fed is not finished yet in raising interest rates. Investors are still cautious on inflation and...
YOSHIHIRO ISHIDA The near term gyrations in the dollar are more keyed in to the TICS data, and the revised view that ...
MIKE CAREY Pausing amidst robust data contradicts earlier statements that they are data dependent. If you were ...
SCOTT GEWIRTZ Given that the economic data will be strong, people will wonder why the Fed is not moving, which cou...
LARA RHAME I think we're going to see a worsening in the inflation data and that's going to keep the Fed on a t...
CARL RICCADONNA It's not going to affect monetary policy. The Fed is forward looking. The change is at the low end o...
GARY SCHLOSSBERG The report is probably a shade on the weak side and it increases the chance that the Fed is more lik...
CARY LEAHEY 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 Inflation has boxed the Fed in, they are going to have to keep moving rates up.
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Europe has double-digit unemployment and no inflation problem, ... Any European Central Bank tighten...
DAVID GILMORE He is going to dance around the weeds a little bit, calling for the Fed to be data-dependent.
ALAN DE ROSE The world is coming to a view that the Fed is going to provide more liquidity and interest rates wil...
ADAM MYERS Inflation is still above target and as long as the economic data keeps coming in strong we expect th...
MATTHIAS RUBISCH You've got this awkward confluence of a Fed that's getting nearer and nearer to some critical level ...
ROBERT DICLEMENTE Unemployment is sufficiently high, and the economy has just come out of a relatively mild recession,...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN The markets were hoping for more clear-cut evidence of what is happening with the economy. They will...
BOB SINCHE The Fed comments were fairly unsurprising. They indicated that there is more tightening ahead, and t...
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The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflatio...
KARL ROVE The inflation data we will see this week and next will support the view the Fed can keep on hiking a...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA
YUJI SAITO Today's inflation figures will reinforce the belief that the Fed only has one or two more interest-r...
PAUL ASHWORTH Investors are focusing on the new home sales figures after housing starts were so strong. Strong num...
MICHIYOSHI KATO Broaddus just reminded everyone that the Fed is going to raise rates. He is clear that the inflation...
DOMINIC KONSTAM Today's inflation figures have boosted the dollar across the board on accumulating chances that the ...
ASHRAF LAIDI Yields are the main factor driving flows. The key factor supporting the dollar is expectation of hig...
LENA KOMILEVA Strong job figures will surely reinforce the view the U.S. economy remains robust enough for the Fed...
TORU UMEMOTO But clearly any view on the Fed now is dependent on how the data comes through and hence we can expe...
STEVE BARROW The dollar's uptrend accelerated after the release of the Fed minutes and will remain firm before th...
AKIHIRO TANAKA The dollar's uptrend accelerated after the release of the Fed minutes and will remain firm before th...
AKIHIRO TANAKA Strong US economic data will put a brake on the dollar's downward trend, which was triggered by the ...
KAZUHIRO NISHINA Strong U.S. economic data will put a brake on the dollar's downward trend, which was triggered by th...
KAZUHIRO NISHINA Strong figures will certainly re-ignite expectations of further Fed rate hikes.
TORU UMEMOTO The Fed has been on 'autopilot' with its monetary tightening so that even bouts of weaker data, such...
STEVE BARROW We expect the combination of solid economic growth and higher inflation risks to push the Fed to rai...
COLIN LUNDGREN If inflation gets out of hand, the Fed will have to raise interest rates more than is envisioned rig...
ALLEN SINAI We believe they'll hike rates at least one or two more times. Expectations the Fed will be vigilant ...
JOSE MAZAS The dollar is stronger because of higher rates. Look at the bond market: it's been selling off with ...
JOE FRANCOMANO It seems we've had more than enough weak economic data to conclude the Fed will cut rates on June 27...
BILL MEEHAN It seems the U.S. housing markets remain overheated. This will give the Fed another reason to keep r...
JUN KITAZAWA The dollar is going to prove resilient, and we could see further gains. Higher rates have supported ...
NEIL MACKINNON The Fed will keep raising rates as an insurance policy to prevent unwanted inflation. We haven't see...
CONRAD DEQUADROS I'm still in the camp that yields are moving higher. As long as the data is strong, the Fed is going...
JOSEPH SHATZ The Fed is now explicitly conducting monetary policy with the aim of supporting stock prices,
IAN SHEPHERDSON The message of solid growth and inflation at the top end of the comfort zone may mean that the Fed i...
BRIAN FABBRI The market is more focused on the bigger trends we have seen of late, and that is concerns about inf...
PETER BOOCKVAR I expect yields to continue drifting higher. Anything that shows the jobs market is strong gives mor...
JOSEPH SHATZ Any reports that suggest a strong U.S. economy will re- ignite expectations of further Fed rate incr...
MAMORU ASHIMOTO We think the underlying momentum in the Fed policy story warrants more explicit long dollar exposure...
JAMES MCCORMICK I think on the margin the U.S. data makes currency traders more hesitant to put on strong positions....
ANTON PIL Strong figures on producer prices will ignite inflation worries, giving the Federal Reserve cause to...
AKIHIRO TANAKA The Fed will raise rates at least two more times and probably more than that.
JAMES BIANCO The Fed is erring on the side of fighting inflation and is willing to risk slower growth.
GERALD LUCAS The U.S. labor market continues to tighten and the implication is the Fed will need to raise rates. ...
GAVIN FRIEND Growth will be sustained longer than expected. The Fed has more work to do; dollar strength will con...
DON ALEXANDER The threat of a Fed policy firming on Nov. 16 will continue to weigh on the markets, despite the wea...
MARILYN SCHAJA The Fed sounded optimistic about growth, but its view that the risks of inflation and inflation expe...
JAMES CARON The reason the dollar is staying strong is because markets have continued to price in more Fed tight...
DANIEL KATZIVE The Fed is in data-dependent mode, and we've gotten a string of data that shows a lot of strength.
DAVID GLOCKE As long as the Fed keeps raising rates, yields are going to move higher. The Fed decision definitely...
JOSEPH SHATZ The expectations a few weeks ago were again for the Fed to raise rates at this meeting. Now that's a...
BILL KIRBY The statement fueled market expectations that the Fed will further increase interest rates.
HIROKI SHIMAZU The statement will not tell the final story. I believe the Fed finale really is data dependent.
JACK MALVEY We have had an extraordinary period of job growth the last four months. The bond market is always wo...
DREW MATUS The Fed is on a data-dependent path and the data is showing that the economy is still robust. There ...
JAN LAMBREGTS We think the Fed is trying to manage market expectations on the pace of economic recovery and on whe...
GEMMA WRIGHT It's not so much a matter of if, but when rates will have to rise. There's a distinct possibility th...
CARL WEINBERG The Fed is likely to make no change in its rate policy because it still see risks in the economic ou...
RICHARD RIPPE The Fed will be concerned about inflation pressures building and will keep on hiking interest rates....
INDRAJIT ADVANI The dollar is going to have a hard time. Investor expectations for the Fed will run out of steam.
JENS NORDVIG Employment growth will keep the economy going and the bond market will be susceptible to the strengt...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA There's more upside risk on the dollar as the rate differential still attracts buyers. The U.S. econ...
JUN KITAZAWA This good news broke expectations that the Fed will raise rates at its next meeting.
FABIO LARA Corporate leaders have indicated to the Fed that, right now, the outlook is murky. Long term, the Fe...
ALLEN JACOBSON I'm thinking the Fed will leave the rates unchanged, ... We've ramped up pretty higher into this mee...
ART HOGAN Treasuries are expensive at these levels given that the Fed is still going to raise interest rates. ...
HIROYUKI YAMADA There may be some comments or text which will offer Fed views on the recent soft economic data and m...
MAMORU ASHIMOTO People are fed up with something when it becomes more and more popular.
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER The idea that's been gaining currency in the market is the Fed pause theory, meaning that the Fed ra...
JOSH STILES The stronger consumer confidence, the more likely the Fed will keep hiking rates for longer. Yields ...
ALEX LI While the Fed is more than one person, Mr. Greenspan's retirement means less confidence in the Fed, ...
ETHAN HARRIS The Fed will continue to raise interest rates. We think they will do so twice more.
KATHLEEN STEPHANSEN If you look at all the speakers after the last Fed meeting, they've all held to the same line: Infla...
ADAM BROWN Bearing in mind that the Fed wants higher inflation, the news is not unwelcome. And the market will ...
SHERRY COOPER We believe that the Fed will require both consistent solid hiring and a rise in inflation before it ...
MAURY HARRIS It's extremely bad and this is bearish for the U.S. dollar. This will definitely shift expectations ...
KATHY LIEN It's extremely bad and this is bearish for the U.S. dollar, ... This will definitely shift expectati...
KATHY LIEN The Fed is remaining vigilant against inflation, which helps 10-year notes and 30-year bonds. But tw...
JEFF PALMA Failure to meet market expectations here will reinforce the market perception that the peak in US ra...
IAN STANNARD The data should tend to encourage views that the Fed is correct and that inflation looks to be conta...
ALAN RUSKIN My concern is that what's happened here is that inflation is higher than the Fed anticipated. On top...
ALAN RUSKIN The move in the yen has spilled over on the perception the dollar will continue to gain as the Fed k...
CARSTEN FRITSCH Our view is that we get above-trend growth and that will cause the Fed to raise rates to 5 percent.
AMITABH ARORA Yields are going to continue to trend upward as the Fed keeps raising rates. The Fed believes that t...
JOSEPH SHATZ If inflation were to slow down some more, that would put off the date of any further tightening. But...
HENRY WILLMORE We expect the Fed to focus on the risks to higher inflation caused by higher energy prices, supply-c...
COLIN LUNDGREN The Fed is concerned that higher energy costs may give an adverse impact on growth rather than posin...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA U.S. economic numbers are still doing well, but decelerating. The data are not strong enough to forc...
BRIAN ROSE The Fed is saying that they're willing to keep the experiment of strong growth without inflation goi...
ADAM BLANKMAN
By putting downward pressure on interest rates, the Fed is trying to make financial conditions more ... JANET YELLEN The Fed is not finished yet in raising interest rates. Investors are still cautious on inflation and...
YOSHIHIRO ISHIDA The near term gyrations in the dollar are more keyed in to the TICS data, and the revised view that ...
MIKE CAREY Pausing amidst robust data contradicts earlier statements that they are data dependent. If you were ...
SCOTT GEWIRTZ Given that the economic data will be strong, people will wonder why the Fed is not moving, which cou...
LARA RHAME I think we're going to see a worsening in the inflation data and that's going to keep the Fed on a t...
CARL RICCADONNA It's not going to affect monetary policy. The Fed is forward looking. The change is at the low end o...
GARY SCHLOSSBERG The report is probably a shade on the weak side and it increases the chance that the Fed is more lik...
CARY LEAHEY 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 Inflation has boxed the Fed in, they are going to have to keep moving rates up.
MICHAEL DARDA
Europe has double-digit unemployment and no inflation problem, ... Any European Central Bank tighten... DAVID GILMORE He is going to dance around the weeds a little bit, calling for the Fed to be data-dependent.
ALAN DE ROSE The world is coming to a view that the Fed is going to provide more liquidity and interest rates wil...
ADAM MYERS Inflation is still above target and as long as the economic data keeps coming in strong we expect th...
MATTHIAS RUBISCH You've got this awkward confluence of a Fed that's getting nearer and nearer to some critical level ...
ROBERT DICLEMENTE Unemployment is sufficiently high, and the economy has just come out of a relatively mild recession,...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN The markets were hoping for more clear-cut evidence of what is happening with the economy. They will...
BOB SINCHE The Fed comments were fairly unsurprising. They indicated that there is more tightening ahead, and t...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO At the moment there is not a broad-based systemic inflation problem bubbling up in the economy. The ...
JOSEPH MCALINDEN
The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflatio... KARL ROVE The inflation data we will see this week and next will support the view the Fed can keep on hiking a...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA
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