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JACK SPITZ The interest rate differential is huge between fixed- income investments domestically and abroad.
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DON ALEXANDER It's been on a steady decline, it certainly bodes well for the U.S. dollar and obviously that feeds ...
TED GOULD Narrowing interest-rate differentials with the U.S. will continue to hit the Australian dollar.
BENJAMIN PEDLEY The U.S. dollar is being held firm by short-term rate expectations and until there is some sign of v...
ADAM MYERS The U.S. dollar is being held firm by short-term rate expectations and until there is some sign of v...
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BORIS SCHLOSSBERG There's more upside risk on the dollar as the rate differential still attracts buyers. The U.S. econ...
JUN KITAZAWA Interest rate differentials continue in favor of the U.S. dollar and that is one of the big drivers....
HUGH WALSH When interest rates rise, the rate gap with the U.S. will narrow and that will provide pressure for ...
JEFFREY TAN You need to factor in the (interest-rate) differential, as well as the costs of refinancing.
GARY AKRIGHT If the rate expectations continue to come down, Hong Kong, as an interest rate sensitive market will...
EDDIE WONG The interest-rate advantage with the U.S. will continue to narrow and that will weigh on the Austral...
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In 2010 the U.S. will have a payroll tax rate increase, an estate tax increase, and income tax incre...
ARTHUR LAFFER 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 yen will stay under pressure because of interest rate differentials. I am not so confident how t...
ARMIN MEKELBURG Given the market is looking for another rate hike at the end-March FOMC meeting, it seems likely tha...
ASHLEY DAVIES The market is basically quite quiet. There's some profit-taking after yesterday's surge but overall ...
HERBERT LAU This economy is too fragile to sustain this type of severe rate rise; the consumer sector is leverag...
LACY HUNT The U.S. economy's growth is making further interest rate increases likely and that's been translate...
JUNICHI MISAWA Market expectations... for a pause in interest rate rises have retreated.
KOSUKE HANAO We've had a good set of data out of Europe. That has been reflected to some degree in the interest-r...
JEFFREY YOUNG The FX market is watching interest rate markets and short- end yields have come off and that's becau...
DANIEL KATZIVE We're basically just seeing a little follow-on from Friday's unemployment report. The dollar has bee...
BRIAN DOLAN The dollar is continuing to respond to the new shift in tone from the FOMC yesterday, and that has c...
DANIEL KATZIVE There was a lot of speculation last week about the end of rate hikes. Now we've come back to what I ...
ANTJE PRAEFCKE The risk is that the dollar becomes stronger if there is any hint that the economy remains buoyant a...
PARESH UPADHYAYA Even if the most recent data is uneven, it shows there's growth. From an interest rate potential, th...
MANFRED WOLF The upward interest rate trend will continue because the real interest rate is still negative.
AMPON KITTIAMPON Fears of interest rate-related mood swings in the U.S. market have been suspended for now, and that'...
HITOSHI ICHIO Even though the interest rate rise had been discounted, a half percentage point rise in local intere...
JAMES SO The sooner U.S. investors can see the end of this current interest rate cycle the better.
ANGUS CAMPBELL Australia's interest-rate margin will be maintained. The risk-reward for the Australian dollar is th...
ADRIAN FOSTER This should support the dollar. Rate expectations have been the driving force in currency markets th...
BRAD JONES The residual impact from the Fed is definitely positive for the dollar. The Fed message is clearly a...
BORIS SCHLOSSBERG The residual impact from the Fed is definitely positive for the dollar. The Fed message is clearly a...
BORIS SCHLOSSBERG Japan's interest rates are still low. The rate- differential story still attracts Japanese investors...
JUN KITAZAWA The dollar remains firm, as the absolute U.S. interest- rate advantage still continues to exist. Rat...
YUJI SAITO The euro is becoming firmer, supported by a better economic outlook and expectations of further inte...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA This is a dollar-positive move across the board. It puts perhaps additional interest-rate hikes on t...
GREG SALVAGGIO If the primary cause of rising interest rates is growing demand for capital, then this should be reg...
KATHY MATSUI The [mainland] economy is growing at such a rate that any interest rate rise is just trimming around...
DAVID HALLIDAY We don't think they will intervene -- there are various policy responses possible and there could be...
KAMAL SHARMA Feeling more comfortable about the upcoming economic rebound, the financial markets relaxed a bit th...
FRANK NOTHAFT The market is losing reasons to buy the dollar. The end of an interest-rate-driven market may be dra...
HIDENORI KATO In a relatively low interest rate environment, Commercial Banks will record growth in deposits via t...
SANJEEWA FERNANDO Interest-rate advantage is still the only game in town for the currency markets. There's no doubt th...
ARMIN MEKELBURG I think there is a reasonable chance we will see another interest rate reduction before the cycle is...
PAUL DONOVAN The evidence of marked improvement in the manufacturing sector further guarantees there will be no i...
HOWARD ARCHER The Chinese probably concluded they have far too much exposure to the dollar, and that the dollar ha...
PARESH UPADHYAYA There is growing optimism about the Fed's interest-rate hikes coming to an end. That would mean cons...
HIROFUMI KASAI Interest-rate support for the Australian dollar will lessen quite substantially as the year progress...
NICK BENNENBROEK The market has got itself into a far-too-dovish spot given the tone of the Fed-speak. There is poten...
STEVE PEARSON The yen is still soft across the board and I think interest rate differentials are still the driver ...
SHAUN OSBORNE The on-year rise in core CPI backs up our forecast of an exit from quantitative easing in April of n...
TOHRU SASAKI Inflation is a massive theme because we are in a rising-interest-rate environment. I think there is ...
JANE FOLEY High interest rates have affected car and motorcycle sales. The high interest rate climate has affec...
HENRY HO This partnership will benefit the entire state, ... by helping Ohioans consolidate their loans to a ...
JEFF WALLACE The key number for the Fed was actually the unemployment rate and it went down and has been declinin...
KURT KARL If rate expectations continue to rise I think that we are certainly very close to the point where on...
GERHARD SCHWARZ Michigan was a touch below consensus. The dollar may pull back a little, especially against interest...
DANIEL KATZIVE A further significant upward shift in rate expectations seems unlikely in the near term given the cu...
JENS NORDVIG The market's keen to see U.S. labor costs and economic growth figures for signs of a possible intere...
HIROICHI NISHI A cut...won't affect the 30-year fixed mortgage rate at all. According to Freddie Mac, the 30-year f...
LAWRENCE YUN Strong figures will boost expectations of higher growth in consumer spending in the U.S.. That will ...
YUJI SAITO Markets can still rise. Stocks in Europe are fairly valued. They can compensate for a lot of interes...
GUENTHER GERSTENBERGER If we get a better interest rate, great. If we get a lower interest rate or a worse interest rate, w...
JAMES KUNKE As the market now feels that any interest rate hikes in the US will come to an end with the Federal ...
KAZUYUKI KATO The Fed has been singularly unsuccessful in cooling down the hot U.S. housing market, primarily beca...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH Any reports that suggest a strong U.S. economy will re- ignite expectations of further Fed rate incr...
MAMORU ASHIMOTO Some of the U.S. data has been a bit weaker. A slowdown puts into question more rate rises there.
CRAIG JAMES Olson's comments reaffirmed our views on the Fed's stance for further interest-rate hikes. The Fed's...
MASAKI FUKUI The debate on interest-rate cuts is still a live one.
SIMON RUBINSOHN Our investment strategy is to stay on interest rate sensitive stocks in the first half of this year.
LAWRENCE WU While there are concerns about the slowdown in the U.S. economy, what's keeping investors optimistic...
KOICHI SEKI The market's noting that earnings are good, the economy is doing well, and yes, interest rates will ...
BRIAN BENSCH Everybody thinks we're at the top of interest rates. The rates have peaked and the rate rise is over...
DAVID JARVIS The market's expecting that the interest rate cycle is close to an end and that's the major driver o...
AGNES DENG The March 2006 unemployment rate of 6 percent was the lowest rate recorded for Kentucky in 10 months...
CARLOS CRACRAFT The ECB delivered in December, and they're going to deliver another rate increase in March. My perso...
DAVID TAVADIAN We are still seeing buying of interest-rate-sensitive stocks. Investors believe the U.S. economy is ...
FREDERICK TSANG The disappointing GDP means the Australian dollar will be vulnerable. This takes the Reserve Bank's ...
CLIFFORD BENNETT is still hoping to squeeze one more interest rate cut in.
ADAM COLE There could be some upward pressure on the interest rate given the current liquidity conditions in t...
AK PURWAR Unless the outcome contains a major negative surprise, the underlying firm tone of the dollar is exp...
TAKASHI KUDO After the exchange rate reform, interest rate policy must be more responsive to smoothen exchange ra...
ZHANG XUECHUN My sense from just this brief analysis is we may avoid a rate hike in August. If you believe the eco...
GRACE FEY Because of fears over an early end to the quantitative monetary easing policy and overrated speculat...
OSAMU TAMADA The market is speculating that the Fed may keep going. The interest rate in Canada right now lags be...
STEVE BUTLER This interest rate cut may create some temporary outflow of dollars.
JOSE ROBERTO CARREIRA
KOSUKE HANAO Interest rate expectations are driving the dollar.
BOB SINCHE The pendulum has swung back in favor of a March rate hike. The dollar-bull camp is based on the inte...
MARC CHANDLER From an interest rate differential standpoint, that is positive for the dollar, but higher rates mig...
HUGH WALSH
The main driver this week for the dollar has been the paring back of Fed rate expectations. The doll... GREG ANDERSON Given the Fed's middle-of-the-road statement that the end is somewhere nearer rather than further, i...
JACK SPITZ The interest rate differential is huge between fixed- income investments domestically and abroad.
MIRIAM TAVARES U.S. interest rates aren't going to necessarily support the dollar anymore. Each interest rate hike ...
DON ALEXANDER It's been on a steady decline, it certainly bodes well for the U.S. dollar and obviously that feeds ...
TED GOULD Narrowing interest-rate differentials with the U.S. will continue to hit the Australian dollar.
BENJAMIN PEDLEY The U.S. dollar is being held firm by short-term rate expectations and until there is some sign of v...
ADAM MYERS The U.S. dollar is being held firm by short-term rate expectations and until there is some sign of v...
ADAM MYERS Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO
Monetary policy is like juggling six balls... it is not 'interest rate up, interest rate down.&#... RAGHURAM RAJAN The euro has been the victim of an ever widening interest-rate differential to the dollar, a dynamic...
BORIS SCHLOSSBERG There's more upside risk on the dollar as the rate differential still attracts buyers. The U.S. econ...
JUN KITAZAWA Interest rate differentials continue in favor of the U.S. dollar and that is one of the big drivers....
HUGH WALSH When interest rates rise, the rate gap with the U.S. will narrow and that will provide pressure for ...
JEFFREY TAN You need to factor in the (interest-rate) differential, as well as the costs of refinancing.
GARY AKRIGHT If the rate expectations continue to come down, Hong Kong, as an interest rate sensitive market will...
EDDIE WONG The interest-rate advantage with the U.S. will continue to narrow and that will weigh on the Austral...
JARROD KERR Another interest rate hike in March is a 'done deal' among market participants and a pause is likely...
MASAMICHI KOIKE
In 2010 the U.S. will have a payroll tax rate increase, an estate tax increase, and income tax incre... ARTHUR LAFFER 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 yen will stay under pressure because of interest rate differentials. I am not so confident how t...
ARMIN MEKELBURG Given the market is looking for another rate hike at the end-March FOMC meeting, it seems likely tha...
ASHLEY DAVIES The market is basically quite quiet. There's some profit-taking after yesterday's surge but overall ...
HERBERT LAU This economy is too fragile to sustain this type of severe rate rise; the consumer sector is leverag...
LACY HUNT The U.S. economy's growth is making further interest rate increases likely and that's been translate...
JUNICHI MISAWA Market expectations... for a pause in interest rate rises have retreated.
KOSUKE HANAO We've had a good set of data out of Europe. That has been reflected to some degree in the interest-r...
JEFFREY YOUNG The FX market is watching interest rate markets and short- end yields have come off and that's becau...
DANIEL KATZIVE We're basically just seeing a little follow-on from Friday's unemployment report. The dollar has bee...
BRIAN DOLAN The dollar is continuing to respond to the new shift in tone from the FOMC yesterday, and that has c...
DANIEL KATZIVE There was a lot of speculation last week about the end of rate hikes. Now we've come back to what I ...
ANTJE PRAEFCKE The risk is that the dollar becomes stronger if there is any hint that the economy remains buoyant a...
PARESH UPADHYAYA Even if the most recent data is uneven, it shows there's growth. From an interest rate potential, th...
MANFRED WOLF The upward interest rate trend will continue because the real interest rate is still negative.
AMPON KITTIAMPON Fears of interest rate-related mood swings in the U.S. market have been suspended for now, and that'...
HITOSHI ICHIO Even though the interest rate rise had been discounted, a half percentage point rise in local intere...
JAMES SO The sooner U.S. investors can see the end of this current interest rate cycle the better.
ANGUS CAMPBELL Australia's interest-rate margin will be maintained. The risk-reward for the Australian dollar is th...
ADRIAN FOSTER This should support the dollar. Rate expectations have been the driving force in currency markets th...
BRAD JONES The residual impact from the Fed is definitely positive for the dollar. The Fed message is clearly a...
BORIS SCHLOSSBERG The residual impact from the Fed is definitely positive for the dollar. The Fed message is clearly a...
BORIS SCHLOSSBERG Japan's interest rates are still low. The rate- differential story still attracts Japanese investors...
JUN KITAZAWA The dollar remains firm, as the absolute U.S. interest- rate advantage still continues to exist. Rat...
YUJI SAITO The euro is becoming firmer, supported by a better economic outlook and expectations of further inte...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA This is a dollar-positive move across the board. It puts perhaps additional interest-rate hikes on t...
GREG SALVAGGIO If the primary cause of rising interest rates is growing demand for capital, then this should be reg...
KATHY MATSUI The [mainland] economy is growing at such a rate that any interest rate rise is just trimming around...
DAVID HALLIDAY We don't think they will intervene -- there are various policy responses possible and there could be...
KAMAL SHARMA Feeling more comfortable about the upcoming economic rebound, the financial markets relaxed a bit th...
FRANK NOTHAFT The market is losing reasons to buy the dollar. The end of an interest-rate-driven market may be dra...
HIDENORI KATO In a relatively low interest rate environment, Commercial Banks will record growth in deposits via t...
SANJEEWA FERNANDO Interest-rate advantage is still the only game in town for the currency markets. There's no doubt th...
ARMIN MEKELBURG I think there is a reasonable chance we will see another interest rate reduction before the cycle is...
PAUL DONOVAN The evidence of marked improvement in the manufacturing sector further guarantees there will be no i...
HOWARD ARCHER The Chinese probably concluded they have far too much exposure to the dollar, and that the dollar ha...
PARESH UPADHYAYA There is growing optimism about the Fed's interest-rate hikes coming to an end. That would mean cons...
HIROFUMI KASAI Interest-rate support for the Australian dollar will lessen quite substantially as the year progress...
NICK BENNENBROEK The market has got itself into a far-too-dovish spot given the tone of the Fed-speak. There is poten...
STEVE PEARSON The yen is still soft across the board and I think interest rate differentials are still the driver ...
SHAUN OSBORNE The on-year rise in core CPI backs up our forecast of an exit from quantitative easing in April of n...
TOHRU SASAKI Inflation is a massive theme because we are in a rising-interest-rate environment. I think there is ...
JANE FOLEY High interest rates have affected car and motorcycle sales. The high interest rate climate has affec...
HENRY HO This partnership will benefit the entire state, ... by helping Ohioans consolidate their loans to a ...
JEFF WALLACE The key number for the Fed was actually the unemployment rate and it went down and has been declinin...
KURT KARL If rate expectations continue to rise I think that we are certainly very close to the point where on...
GERHARD SCHWARZ Michigan was a touch below consensus. The dollar may pull back a little, especially against interest...
DANIEL KATZIVE A further significant upward shift in rate expectations seems unlikely in the near term given the cu...
JENS NORDVIG The market's keen to see U.S. labor costs and economic growth figures for signs of a possible intere...
HIROICHI NISHI A cut...won't affect the 30-year fixed mortgage rate at all. According to Freddie Mac, the 30-year f...
LAWRENCE YUN Strong figures will boost expectations of higher growth in consumer spending in the U.S.. That will ...
YUJI SAITO Markets can still rise. Stocks in Europe are fairly valued. They can compensate for a lot of interes...
GUENTHER GERSTENBERGER If we get a better interest rate, great. If we get a lower interest rate or a worse interest rate, w...
JAMES KUNKE As the market now feels that any interest rate hikes in the US will come to an end with the Federal ...
KAZUYUKI KATO The Fed has been singularly unsuccessful in cooling down the hot U.S. housing market, primarily beca...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH Any reports that suggest a strong U.S. economy will re- ignite expectations of further Fed rate incr...
MAMORU ASHIMOTO Some of the U.S. data has been a bit weaker. A slowdown puts into question more rate rises there.
CRAIG JAMES Olson's comments reaffirmed our views on the Fed's stance for further interest-rate hikes. The Fed's...
MASAKI FUKUI The debate on interest-rate cuts is still a live one.
SIMON RUBINSOHN Our investment strategy is to stay on interest rate sensitive stocks in the first half of this year.
LAWRENCE WU While there are concerns about the slowdown in the U.S. economy, what's keeping investors optimistic...
KOICHI SEKI The market's noting that earnings are good, the economy is doing well, and yes, interest rates will ...
BRIAN BENSCH Everybody thinks we're at the top of interest rates. The rates have peaked and the rate rise is over...
DAVID JARVIS The market's expecting that the interest rate cycle is close to an end and that's the major driver o...
AGNES DENG The March 2006 unemployment rate of 6 percent was the lowest rate recorded for Kentucky in 10 months...
CARLOS CRACRAFT The ECB delivered in December, and they're going to deliver another rate increase in March. My perso...
DAVID TAVADIAN We are still seeing buying of interest-rate-sensitive stocks. Investors believe the U.S. economy is ...
FREDERICK TSANG The disappointing GDP means the Australian dollar will be vulnerable. This takes the Reserve Bank's ...
CLIFFORD BENNETT is still hoping to squeeze one more interest rate cut in.
ADAM COLE There could be some upward pressure on the interest rate given the current liquidity conditions in t...
AK PURWAR Unless the outcome contains a major negative surprise, the underlying firm tone of the dollar is exp...
TAKASHI KUDO After the exchange rate reform, interest rate policy must be more responsive to smoothen exchange ra...
ZHANG XUECHUN My sense from just this brief analysis is we may avoid a rate hike in August. If you believe the eco...
GRACE FEY Because of fears over an early end to the quantitative monetary easing policy and overrated speculat...
OSAMU TAMADA The market is speculating that the Fed may keep going. The interest rate in Canada right now lags be...
STEVE BUTLER This interest rate cut may create some temporary outflow of dollars.
JOSE ROBERTO CARREIRA
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