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There has to be some predictability in monetary policy for the sake of everyone's economic activitie...
KAORU YOSANO Given that the economic data will be strong, people will wonder why the Fed is not moving, which cou...
LARA RHAME We think the Fed is trying to manage market expectations on the pace of economic recovery and on whe...
GEMMA WRIGHT The economic data fed into the theme that the economy is headed for a soft landing.
BILL QUAN The Fed comments were fairly unsurprising. They indicated that there is more tightening ahead, and t...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO![]()
When there's downward pressure on growth, one choice is to adjust economic policy, increase defi...
LI KEQIANG 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 The data will certainly encourage views of a truncated Fed tightening cycle.
ALAN RUSKIN The Fed has been on 'autopilot' with its monetary tightening so that even bouts of weaker data, such...
STEVE BARROW![]()
In these circumstances, the FOMC judged that some further firming of monetary policy may be necessar...
BEN BERNANKE Strong figures on growth and inflation will reinforce expectations of higher Fed rates, supporting t...
XINYI LU That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies...
VACLAV KLAUS It seems we've had more than enough weak economic data to conclude the Fed will cut rates on June 27...
BILL MEEHAN The data should tend to encourage views that the Fed is correct and that inflation looks to be conta...
ALAN RUSKIN The Fed is now explicitly conducting monetary policy with the aim of supporting stock prices,
IAN SHEPHERDSON Over the past three weeks U.S. financial markets were starting to discount that there would be no ch...
JOE ROONEY![]()
Our understanding of the best practice in monetary policy evolved during Alan Greenspan's tenure at ...
BEN BERNANKE Fed participation in foreign exchange intervention ... risks creating doubt over whether monetary po...
ALFRED BROADDUS Ecuador's fundamental economic policy has not changed with the (economic) minister. There will be di...
TREVOR ALLEYNE Simply because the Fed is maintaining an accommodative monetary policy position doesn't mean they ke...
MIKE RYAN The 50-basis-point increase in May, combined with the previous moves by the Fed, and weaker economic...
BOB LYNCH The inflation outlook remains very, very comfortable and certainly based on these numbers the Fed sh...
KATHLEEN STEPHANSEN There were a lot of public concerns expressed about what might be in the data protection text, but t...
BARBARA WEISEL If the market can predict the Fed's policy actions, then it must be the case that Fed policy follows...
CATO INSTITUTE From his comments, it is clear that the US Fed will keep raising rates, hoping to bring the housing ...
DREW MATUS This will be a major success for EU foreign policy if it can lead to a proper political dialogue on ...
GUNNAR WIEGAND![]()
My reading is that there was concern in the financial community that with the absence of Greenspan, ...
BARNEY FRANK It is an established scientific fact that monetary policy has had virtually no effect on output and ...
EDWARD C. PRESCOTT Parry's comments hint that the Fed still views the neutral level of the federal-funds rate to be app...
TONY CRESCENZI![]()
I will be the first to say that it is always difficult to get monetary policy just right. But the Fe...
JANET YELLEN How many ripples the FOMC statement sends across financial markets may essentially depend on whether...
KENNETH BROUX How many ripples the FOMC statement sends across financial markets may essentially depend on whether...
KENNETH BROUX These data suggest that retail spending this holiday season will not be depressed and may exceed nor...
FRANK NEWPORT The New Zealand dollar continues to be hampered by the recent swag of weak economic data. We suspect...
TIM BOWRING You get the impression traders are putting an awful lot of weight on the Fed Chairman stating there ...
DON KOWALCHIK if the US economic landing is soft there will be no consequences (for Europe).
LAURENT FABIUS![]()
The phrase 'perception is reality' is overused generally. But perception can be reality in m...
AMITY SHLAES![]()
Audit the Fed is a bill that would politicize monetary policy, would bring short-term political pres...
JANET YELLEN We have been moving monetary policy toward neutrality for some time, and our policy appears to be cl...
ANTHONY SANTOMERO We should start to see better numbers in the May data. If we don't see improvement, it would be much...
HENRY WILLMORE Recent economic indicators show a lackluster economic climate. And that led to the surprise 50-basis...
FRANK NOTHAFT Giving a super-clear predictability on the course of monetary policy will not be good for any centra...
MASUHISA KOBAYASHI It's not going to affect monetary policy. The Fed is forward looking. The change is at the low end o...
GARY SCHLOSSBERG This week's data is proof that the hawks in the Monetary Policy Committee are wrong, giving gilts su...
STUART THOMSON Nakagawa's comment on monetary policy will probably keep bonds strong. Government pressure on the Ba...
TSUTOMU KAWASAKI The concern with the economy is that the stimulus from the tax cuts and the rate cuts may be fading....
BILL STRAZZULLO Other than that, there isn't much movement in the market.
MAMORU ASHIMOTO Other than the U.S. payrolls data, there isn't any fresh market-moving factor.
MAMORU ASHIMOTO The US currency has come under pressure on speculation of a pause in the US monetary tightening cycl...
MAMORU ASHIMOTO Any reports that suggest a strong U.S. economy will re- ignite expectations of further Fed rate incr...
MAMORU ASHIMOTO Market participants stayed on the sidelines ahead of the US data.
MAMORU ASHIMOTO The economic data points to the Fed stopping (rate hikes) sooner rather than later, and that's encou...
JACK CAFFREY![]()
One doesn't know whether that economic growth will continue at its recent rates, and China may well ...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON We've now got synchronized monetary policy everywhere in the world. It's a sign of confidence in the...
GARRY EVANS Some weaker-than-expected economic data is supporting the plight of equities (Thursday), ... With si...
BRYAN PISKOROWSKI![]()
There appears to be some possibility that the recent trend toward disinflation will continue, primar...
BEN BERNANKE![]()
If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will...
BEN BERNANKE There are shifting expectations on whether the Fed will pause or not after its meeting next week. Si...
CRAIG CHAN In the longer term, it's going to be any additional suggestion as to how the Fed will handle monetar...
TIM WILBRAHAM That text-books be permitted in Catholic schools such as will not offend the religious views of the ...
CHARLES TUPPER![]()
Monetary policy is not a panacea.
BEN BERNANKE This week's data releases will suggest that the U.S. economy is, and will remain, very strong. There...
BERNARD WALSCHOTS His performance as chairman of the Fed has been impressive, encompassing and overwhelmingly benefici...
ALAN BLINDER His performance as chairman of the Fed has been impressive, encompassing, and overwhelmingly benefic...
ALAN BLINDER We believe the Monetary Policy Committee will be forced to make two more cuts – in November and Fe...
STUART THOMSON As we go into the balance of the year most people don't have the Fed on their radar screens anymore....
BRIAN JONES Investors are mourning. I think the decline will be short-lived because there will be no change in e...
HASHEM MONTASSER Investors will be reluctant to try (to push shares) higher as they wait for more information on the ...
MASAYOSHI YANO![]()
Monetary policy will, as always, respond to the economy's twists and turns so as to promote, as ...
JANET YELLEN We are expecting to see some correction in the housing market after previously robust data. That wil...
SATOSHI ASAI The good economic data has quashed any idea there may have been that the next move in interest rates...
TOM KENNY Most people believe the economic data tomorrow will be favorable.
BILL QUAN The market is closely watching if there are any other comments on the US economy or interest rate hi...
MASAMICHI KOIKE All the warning signs that had been detected in recent surveys have come to a head. There is now a d...
DAVID BOWERS It takes pressure off the Fed to hike interest rates more dramatically [than a quarter point] in Aug...
CARY LEAHEY It takes pressure off the Fed to hike interest rates more dramatically [than a quarter point] in Aug...
CARY LEAHEY The market focus is on monetary policy in the US, Japan and Europe.
MASAYOSHI YANO Investors are thinking the BOJ may change its monetary policy sooner than expected and that's why bo...
JUN FUKASHIRO Those comments were made some 12 or 13 years ago. All of us may hold opinions which are objectionabl...
INAYAT BUNGLAWALA The central bank should steer its monetary policy so that expectations are not fueled too much that ...
ATSUSHI MIZUNO From now to the first semester of 2006, our economy is still bumpy, thus the monetary sector would s...
BURHANUDDIN ABDULLAH There's a good chance the Fed will raise tomorrow and change their language to indicate rates are on...
JOHN MASKELL We don't see any indication that the Fed would have caused to start talking more tolerantly about mo...
CHRISTINE CALLIES There was an upgrade in the economic assessment by the BOJ and comments from governor Fukui. From th...
CARSTEN FRITSCH The world economy is entering a global monetary transition that will see incremental monetary policy...
GOOLAM BALLIM People are just anticipating strong economic data this week. They are also thinking the summer lull ...
LARRY BRICKMAN The New Zealand dollar continues to find friends. The less negative tone of the most recent economic...
DANICA HAMPTON Even if the Fed skips raising rates at the next meeting, it has to be seen as a symbolic act and not...
EDGAR PETERS The recent weak data should remind us that the exceptional gains in business confidence and new expo...
ALEXANDER KOCH The Fed cut 100 basis points (one percentage point) in January and we've got another 50 under our be...
BRYAN PISKOROWSKI So, while we are still left judging the incoming economic data for a read on policy - the end of the...
TIMOTHY ROGERS The Fed's inaction suggests that [policy makers] expect a quick rebound -- we do too -- which is why...
IAN SHEPHERDSON To keep cyclical price pressures and any transitory spike in energy prices from permanently disrupti...
ANTHONY SANTOMERO There?s a pretty good disparity between views that are primarily economic. We did reach a point wher...
JOE MCEACHARN I believe the Fed is holding rates excessively low today -- current monetary policy is inflationary,...
BRIAN WESBURY![]()
Our ability to predict how the federal funds rate will evolve over time is quite limited because mon...
JANET YELLEN While the economic data have been all over the place in recent weeks, there are no obvious signs tha...
DOUGLAS PORTER Chairman Greenspan's comments went further than previous Fed commentary on recognizing the degree of...
WAYNE ANGELL There will be some tracks on the next album which that will consist of mostly noise and feedback, wh...
DAISY BERKOWITZ
KAORU YOSANO Given that the economic data will be strong, people will wonder why the Fed is not moving, which cou...
LARA RHAME We think the Fed is trying to manage market expectations on the pace of economic recovery and on whe...
GEMMA WRIGHT The economic data fed into the theme that the economy is headed for a soft landing.
BILL QUAN The Fed comments were fairly unsurprising. They indicated that there is more tightening ahead, and t...
JOSHUA SHAPIRO
When there's downward pressure on growth, one choice is to adjust economic policy, increase defi... LI KEQIANG 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 The data will certainly encourage views of a truncated Fed tightening cycle.
ALAN RUSKIN The Fed has been on 'autopilot' with its monetary tightening so that even bouts of weaker data, such...
STEVE BARROW
In these circumstances, the FOMC judged that some further firming of monetary policy may be necessar... BEN BERNANKE Strong figures on growth and inflation will reinforce expectations of higher Fed rates, supporting t...
XINYI LU That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies...
VACLAV KLAUS It seems we've had more than enough weak economic data to conclude the Fed will cut rates on June 27...
BILL MEEHAN The data should tend to encourage views that the Fed is correct and that inflation looks to be conta...
ALAN RUSKIN The Fed is now explicitly conducting monetary policy with the aim of supporting stock prices,
IAN SHEPHERDSON Over the past three weeks U.S. financial markets were starting to discount that there would be no ch...
JOE ROONEY
Our understanding of the best practice in monetary policy evolved during Alan Greenspan's tenure at ... BEN BERNANKE Fed participation in foreign exchange intervention ... risks creating doubt over whether monetary po...
ALFRED BROADDUS Ecuador's fundamental economic policy has not changed with the (economic) minister. There will be di...
TREVOR ALLEYNE Simply because the Fed is maintaining an accommodative monetary policy position doesn't mean they ke...
MIKE RYAN The 50-basis-point increase in May, combined with the previous moves by the Fed, and weaker economic...
BOB LYNCH The inflation outlook remains very, very comfortable and certainly based on these numbers the Fed sh...
KATHLEEN STEPHANSEN There were a lot of public concerns expressed about what might be in the data protection text, but t...
BARBARA WEISEL If the market can predict the Fed's policy actions, then it must be the case that Fed policy follows...
CATO INSTITUTE From his comments, it is clear that the US Fed will keep raising rates, hoping to bring the housing ...
DREW MATUS This will be a major success for EU foreign policy if it can lead to a proper political dialogue on ...
GUNNAR WIEGAND
My reading is that there was concern in the financial community that with the absence of Greenspan, ... BARNEY FRANK It is an established scientific fact that monetary policy has had virtually no effect on output and ...
EDWARD C. PRESCOTT Parry's comments hint that the Fed still views the neutral level of the federal-funds rate to be app...
TONY CRESCENZI
I will be the first to say that it is always difficult to get monetary policy just right. But the Fe... JANET YELLEN How many ripples the FOMC statement sends across financial markets may essentially depend on whether...
KENNETH BROUX How many ripples the FOMC statement sends across financial markets may essentially depend on whether...
KENNETH BROUX These data suggest that retail spending this holiday season will not be depressed and may exceed nor...
FRANK NEWPORT The New Zealand dollar continues to be hampered by the recent swag of weak economic data. We suspect...
TIM BOWRING You get the impression traders are putting an awful lot of weight on the Fed Chairman stating there ...
DON KOWALCHIK if the US economic landing is soft there will be no consequences (for Europe).
LAURENT FABIUS
The phrase 'perception is reality' is overused generally. But perception can be reality in m... AMITY SHLAES
Audit the Fed is a bill that would politicize monetary policy, would bring short-term political pres... JANET YELLEN We have been moving monetary policy toward neutrality for some time, and our policy appears to be cl...
ANTHONY SANTOMERO We should start to see better numbers in the May data. If we don't see improvement, it would be much...
HENRY WILLMORE Recent economic indicators show a lackluster economic climate. And that led to the surprise 50-basis...
FRANK NOTHAFT Giving a super-clear predictability on the course of monetary policy will not be good for any centra...
MASUHISA KOBAYASHI It's not going to affect monetary policy. The Fed is forward looking. The change is at the low end o...
GARY SCHLOSSBERG This week's data is proof that the hawks in the Monetary Policy Committee are wrong, giving gilts su...
STUART THOMSON Nakagawa's comment on monetary policy will probably keep bonds strong. Government pressure on the Ba...
TSUTOMU KAWASAKI The concern with the economy is that the stimulus from the tax cuts and the rate cuts may be fading....
BILL STRAZZULLO Other than that, there isn't much movement in the market.
MAMORU ASHIMOTO Other than the U.S. payrolls data, there isn't any fresh market-moving factor.
MAMORU ASHIMOTO The US currency has come under pressure on speculation of a pause in the US monetary tightening cycl...
MAMORU ASHIMOTO Any reports that suggest a strong U.S. economy will re- ignite expectations of further Fed rate incr...
MAMORU ASHIMOTO Market participants stayed on the sidelines ahead of the US data.
MAMORU ASHIMOTO The economic data points to the Fed stopping (rate hikes) sooner rather than later, and that's encou...
JACK CAFFREY
One doesn't know whether that economic growth will continue at its recent rates, and China may well ... SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON We've now got synchronized monetary policy everywhere in the world. It's a sign of confidence in the...
GARRY EVANS Some weaker-than-expected economic data is supporting the plight of equities (Thursday), ... With si...
BRYAN PISKOROWSKI
There appears to be some possibility that the recent trend toward disinflation will continue, primar... BEN BERNANKE
If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will... BEN BERNANKE There are shifting expectations on whether the Fed will pause or not after its meeting next week. Si...
CRAIG CHAN In the longer term, it's going to be any additional suggestion as to how the Fed will handle monetar...
TIM WILBRAHAM That text-books be permitted in Catholic schools such as will not offend the religious views of the ...
CHARLES TUPPER
Monetary policy is not a panacea. BEN BERNANKE This week's data releases will suggest that the U.S. economy is, and will remain, very strong. There...
BERNARD WALSCHOTS His performance as chairman of the Fed has been impressive, encompassing and overwhelmingly benefici...
ALAN BLINDER His performance as chairman of the Fed has been impressive, encompassing, and overwhelmingly benefic...
ALAN BLINDER We believe the Monetary Policy Committee will be forced to make two more cuts – in November and Fe...
STUART THOMSON As we go into the balance of the year most people don't have the Fed on their radar screens anymore....
BRIAN JONES Investors are mourning. I think the decline will be short-lived because there will be no change in e...
HASHEM MONTASSER Investors will be reluctant to try (to push shares) higher as they wait for more information on the ...
MASAYOSHI YANO
Monetary policy will, as always, respond to the economy's twists and turns so as to promote, as ... JANET YELLEN We are expecting to see some correction in the housing market after previously robust data. That wil...
SATOSHI ASAI The good economic data has quashed any idea there may have been that the next move in interest rates...
TOM KENNY Most people believe the economic data tomorrow will be favorable.
BILL QUAN The market is closely watching if there are any other comments on the US economy or interest rate hi...
MASAMICHI KOIKE All the warning signs that had been detected in recent surveys have come to a head. There is now a d...
DAVID BOWERS It takes pressure off the Fed to hike interest rates more dramatically [than a quarter point] in Aug...
CARY LEAHEY It takes pressure off the Fed to hike interest rates more dramatically [than a quarter point] in Aug...
CARY LEAHEY The market focus is on monetary policy in the US, Japan and Europe.
MASAYOSHI YANO Investors are thinking the BOJ may change its monetary policy sooner than expected and that's why bo...
JUN FUKASHIRO Those comments were made some 12 or 13 years ago. All of us may hold opinions which are objectionabl...
INAYAT BUNGLAWALA The central bank should steer its monetary policy so that expectations are not fueled too much that ...
ATSUSHI MIZUNO From now to the first semester of 2006, our economy is still bumpy, thus the monetary sector would s...
BURHANUDDIN ABDULLAH There's a good chance the Fed will raise tomorrow and change their language to indicate rates are on...
JOHN MASKELL We don't see any indication that the Fed would have caused to start talking more tolerantly about mo...
CHRISTINE CALLIES There was an upgrade in the economic assessment by the BOJ and comments from governor Fukui. From th...
CARSTEN FRITSCH The world economy is entering a global monetary transition that will see incremental monetary policy...
GOOLAM BALLIM People are just anticipating strong economic data this week. They are also thinking the summer lull ...
LARRY BRICKMAN The New Zealand dollar continues to find friends. The less negative tone of the most recent economic...
DANICA HAMPTON Even if the Fed skips raising rates at the next meeting, it has to be seen as a symbolic act and not...
EDGAR PETERS The recent weak data should remind us that the exceptional gains in business confidence and new expo...
ALEXANDER KOCH The Fed cut 100 basis points (one percentage point) in January and we've got another 50 under our be...
BRYAN PISKOROWSKI So, while we are still left judging the incoming economic data for a read on policy - the end of the...
TIMOTHY ROGERS The Fed's inaction suggests that [policy makers] expect a quick rebound -- we do too -- which is why...
IAN SHEPHERDSON To keep cyclical price pressures and any transitory spike in energy prices from permanently disrupti...
ANTHONY SANTOMERO There?s a pretty good disparity between views that are primarily economic. We did reach a point wher...
JOE MCEACHARN I believe the Fed is holding rates excessively low today -- current monetary policy is inflationary,...
BRIAN WESBURY
Our ability to predict how the federal funds rate will evolve over time is quite limited because mon... JANET YELLEN While the economic data have been all over the place in recent weeks, there are no obvious signs tha...
DOUGLAS PORTER Chairman Greenspan's comments went further than previous Fed commentary on recognizing the degree of...
WAYNE ANGELL There will be some tracks on the next album which that will consist of mostly noise and feedback, wh...
DAISY BERKOWITZ
