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Fixed mortgage rates stayed in a narrow, historically low, band in February.
BOB WALTERS The environment we have (low rates, low inflation) is a good environment for small companies.
DENNIS CLARK This has discouraged the MPC from cutting interest rates in February.
GREG FUZESI In general, a rising rate environment slows down growth, so most companies are not going to go as go...
JAY BRYSON I think it's still low interest rates, and we're a good buy here in Houston.
LORRAINE ABERCROMBIE When interest rates are high you want the average direction in which interest rates are moving to be...
JOHN HULL A very small part of the water rate increase is to make additional money available from water rates ...
LANCE ROBERTSON It boils down to housing affordability; mortgage rates have risen, but they're still historically ve...
SUNG WON SOHN We're going overweight in the United States, where rates are relatively high and stable ... while we...
TOSHIHIRO WADA These requirements reflect years of deliberation and represent the most effective path forward for g...
DAN RIEDINGER Homeowners are taking advantage of the rally by locking in still historically low long-term mortgage...
BOB WALTERS Earnings are still going to grow as interest rates and inflation remain low.
ED YARDENI We expect the ECB to hike rates this week. These are good levels to re-establish long positions in t...
MONICA FAN The reality is that recidivism rates are low - which runs in the face of the notion of the super-pre...
ERIC LOTKE![]()
I want to build a studio in my backyard. The interest rates are low now, so who knows.
PAUL TAYLOR Credit losses are very low now, but mortgage lenders need to be prepared for higher losses, ... Home...
DONALD POWELL The shipping markets are low and margins are narrow. That means we have to be cautious. The prices o...
IVAN CLARK European production could pick up in the first quarter, with Germany doing better than its neighbors...
JOERG KRAEMER![]()
That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But it is the same with any life. I...
CHARLES DICKENS Historically rates are at very low levels, and have significantly diverged from their normal level.
NICHOLAS GARGANAS Overall we're in a very good situation; I don't think interest rates will be going up. Greenspan is ...
GREGORY SMITH Issuing these types of bonds is a way for cities and school districts to take advantage of the relat...
JOSE HERNANDEZ Singapore's economic fundamentals are good. Together with such low interest rates available for mort...
ZENG HAN JUN The rates are so low the company has not been able to adequately maintain its system.
CRAIG WILSON All this suggests that the ECB is in no hurry to hike interest rates. A move in February can effecti...
JOERG KRAEMER The strong rise in prices cut into affordability, even with the low rates.
LAWRENCE YUN It's not a good deal for them. The impact of the bill is going to be higher phone rates and lower qu...
JUNE LYLE Our area is very diversified and is growing. Interest rates are still low, and demand is there.
FRED GLOVER Inventory levels throughout the chain remain low, operating rates are high, and fundamental demand c...
JEFFREY LIPTON It's been clear that the Fed concluded rates were too low,
ED YARDENI The difference between the '80s and '90s and now is that inflation and interest rates are already lo...
FRANCOIS TRAHAN Japan's interest rates are still low. The rate- differential story still attracts Japanese investors...
JUN KITAZAWA People question the meter reading. It is definitely sticker shock. It doesn't hit you until you open...
CHASE KELLEY What we are looking for especially in the first quarter is sales growth ... Growth is rewarded very ...
JUSSI HYOTY The state unemployment rate probably won't go much lower than it is. I doubt it will get back to the...
BILL MEZGER The national economy is strong right now, and the Virginia economy is strong. We're better than pret...
BILL MEZGER In addition to that, Richmond has become a real medical center not only for Virginia, but for the up...
BILL MEZGER That is pretty much the case all over [the country], and the Richmond area did have a decline.
BILL MEZGER It's a result of a different age population mix. Richmond has some new things but it's mostly new co...
BILL MEZGER February was almost a carbon copy of January. About the only difference was we had a little bit cool...
BILL MEZGER Overall, it is a very strong figure for January. The weather helped in January in that we didn't get...
BILL MEZGER Because of the weather being mild, we didn't have as big a run-up in unemployment from December to J...
BILL MEZGER All those jobs have simply gone away, disappeared.
BILL MEZGER![]()
Monetary policy has less room to maneuver when interest rates are close to zero, while expansionary ...
BEN BERNANKE It's a good way for the utility to spread the cost out over time and at a time too, when interest ra...
BRIAN YOUNGBERG These survival rates are much better than those occurring in cardiac arrests outside of hospitals.
DR. VINAY NADKARNI Why not bill these people are fee for the 911 calls coming in that are not real.
HAROLD SMITH There are people who like the simplicity of getting all this in one bill from one company. There are...
JAN DAWSON These are another good set of numbers which result from the disciplined way we are rolling out our l...
MICHAEL O'LEARY Mortgage rates this week are at seven-month lows and teetering on the 45-year low levels of last sum...
FRANK NOTHAFT Increased confidence, a strong housing sector and low interest rates have got Australian consumers i...
CRAIG JAMES The interest rates are at its lowest point now because of the economic turmoil. People in the market...
ZENG HAN JUN It was a pleasant surprise that long-term interest rates stayed low.
JUAN FERNANDEZ We're using every available tool to keep rates in check. The amount of increase Wilson Energy is abs...
FRED HORNE The lowest actual sales numbers for the year are almost always in January or February. That's becaus...
WALT MOLONY The continued rise of our three-month average since October 2005 still shows strength in the market ...
GREG FUZESI There are thousands of different card products, some are offered with low interest rates, some are o...
KEVIN ARQUIT![]()
Debt certainly isn't always a bad thing. A mortgage can help you afford a home. Student loans ca...
JEAN CHATZKY This bond will help keep utility rates for our residents as low as we can make them,
CHRIS HILLMAN The idea is to boost the home-ownership rate, ... Rates for ... newlyweds are (currently) low. We're...
HENRY CISNEROS I know people don't see it because the (property) values are so high, but Hawaii has relatively low ...
KURT KAWAFUCHI The continued price increases are a result of many factors including low mortgage interest rates and...
PATRICK LAWLER It adds a lot of uncertainty for the business environment. But for the folks who already have a hous...
ANDREW LEVENTIS Evidence of stronger consumer demand over Christmas probably means the hawks can hold the line in Fe...
ROSS WALKER there are fundamentally good reasons to cut interest rates.
GERNOT NERB The month of February was a really good month. The most important thing is what we do in the next tw...
MIKE LISTERMAN Vacancy rates should remain low in 2006 and lease rates will continue to rise dramatically. Landlord...
DAVE DWORKIN The fundamentals are still there. We have low inflation, low interest rates and a worldwide demand f...
ALFRED KUGEL There is no interruption to aggressive demand and consumers are still being supported by the low pri...
MANDLA MALEKA Gasoline [supply] remains in deficit and with relatively low utilization rates, could point to a gro...
MICHAEL FITZPATRICK Interest rates remain at relatively low levels and consequently the mortgage business remains robust...
HOWARD ATKINS I can't guarantee that interest rates will stay eternally at their current low levels.
GUY QUADEN European companies are driving the economic integration of the region. Europe has a trade surplus an...
AMY DOMINI The fall in freight rates is dragging down their bottom lines. Nonetheless, their stocks' low valuat...
HAJIME YAGI A good number will confirm the upward bias for interest rates and higher rates are a headwind for eq...
HANS OLSEN He implicitly admitted that they have a bias for a tighter policy. They believe that rates are very ...
THOMAS MAYER Zinc prices are up on low capacity utilization rates at Chinese zinc smelters due to concentrate sho...
INGRID STERNBY![]()
We hammered out what I think is a good bill. ... Not a perfect bill, but a good bill.
ARLEN SPECTER Long-term rates are below the federal fund rate. That tells you the Fed's too tight. The reason the ...
MICHAEL ANCELL![]()
These and other females of low birth have attained eminence in this world by the respective good qua...
GURU NANAK In the past, the market has absorbed home price increases with household income growth. Well, we had...
J. LENNOX SCOTT There is a good chance that the Fed won't raise rates on Sept. 20 but in doing so they are likely re...
IAN GUNNER That's pretty darn low, and these are the very best companies.
BETTY SPENCE We firmly believe that these entities are not 'low-risk investments'.
MIKE HAWKINS Insurers are penalizing many African Americans and Latinos with good driving records by charging the...
MARK SAVAGE As long as low rates remain, housing is going to continue to do better than expected,
GREGORY GIEBER Given how low that U.S. production is, prices are extremely low, but that's the effect of these worr...
SHARON JOHNSON Anytime rates go down, it's definitely good news for consumers, especially since rates are still muc...
ERIN BIEHL There has actually been very small to no movement in the CD rates over the last week. ... Any moveme...
RANDY ROSEN The interest rates were so low we wanted to take advantage of it. We were afraid if we waited until ...
BETH MACKIE If rates move up, housing will move down. But as long as we see relatively low interest rates and em...
GREGORY GIEBER![]()
Low interest rates benefit individuals or investors who own or want to buy assets; in that regard, t...
JOHN DELANEY One reason the 10-year note yield has risen so much this week is that investors are worried that the...
CHRISTOPHER LOW![]()
Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go ...
CARLOS SLIM The market is calm despite expectations the government may increase the money market 'short' because...
HUGO MORALES Coming off such a low base, higher rates are confirmation we're in an economic growth cycle, as oppo...
JOE KALINOWSKI This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low inter...
MARSHALL ACUFF The report will probably prompt investors to imagine the era of low rates is going change soon.
MAKOTO YAMASHITA Mortgage rates have been so low and accommodating that total home sales surged in October as familie...
FRANK NOTHAFT We are not the same people who left in February.
BOB DONOHUE
BOB WALTERS The environment we have (low rates, low inflation) is a good environment for small companies.
DENNIS CLARK This has discouraged the MPC from cutting interest rates in February.
GREG FUZESI In general, a rising rate environment slows down growth, so most companies are not going to go as go...
JAY BRYSON I think it's still low interest rates, and we're a good buy here in Houston.
LORRAINE ABERCROMBIE When interest rates are high you want the average direction in which interest rates are moving to be...
JOHN HULL A very small part of the water rate increase is to make additional money available from water rates ...
LANCE ROBERTSON It boils down to housing affordability; mortgage rates have risen, but they're still historically ve...
SUNG WON SOHN We're going overweight in the United States, where rates are relatively high and stable ... while we...
TOSHIHIRO WADA These requirements reflect years of deliberation and represent the most effective path forward for g...
DAN RIEDINGER Homeowners are taking advantage of the rally by locking in still historically low long-term mortgage...
BOB WALTERS Earnings are still going to grow as interest rates and inflation remain low.
ED YARDENI We expect the ECB to hike rates this week. These are good levels to re-establish long positions in t...
MONICA FAN The reality is that recidivism rates are low - which runs in the face of the notion of the super-pre...
ERIC LOTKE
I want to build a studio in my backyard. The interest rates are low now, so who knows. PAUL TAYLOR Credit losses are very low now, but mortgage lenders need to be prepared for higher losses, ... Home...
DONALD POWELL The shipping markets are low and margins are narrow. That means we have to be cautious. The prices o...
IVAN CLARK European production could pick up in the first quarter, with Germany doing better than its neighbors...
JOERG KRAEMER
That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But it is the same with any life. I... CHARLES DICKENS Historically rates are at very low levels, and have significantly diverged from their normal level.
NICHOLAS GARGANAS Overall we're in a very good situation; I don't think interest rates will be going up. Greenspan is ...
GREGORY SMITH Issuing these types of bonds is a way for cities and school districts to take advantage of the relat...
JOSE HERNANDEZ Singapore's economic fundamentals are good. Together with such low interest rates available for mort...
ZENG HAN JUN The rates are so low the company has not been able to adequately maintain its system.
CRAIG WILSON All this suggests that the ECB is in no hurry to hike interest rates. A move in February can effecti...
JOERG KRAEMER The strong rise in prices cut into affordability, even with the low rates.
LAWRENCE YUN It's not a good deal for them. The impact of the bill is going to be higher phone rates and lower qu...
JUNE LYLE Our area is very diversified and is growing. Interest rates are still low, and demand is there.
FRED GLOVER Inventory levels throughout the chain remain low, operating rates are high, and fundamental demand c...
JEFFREY LIPTON It's been clear that the Fed concluded rates were too low,
ED YARDENI The difference between the '80s and '90s and now is that inflation and interest rates are already lo...
FRANCOIS TRAHAN Japan's interest rates are still low. The rate- differential story still attracts Japanese investors...
JUN KITAZAWA People question the meter reading. It is definitely sticker shock. It doesn't hit you until you open...
CHASE KELLEY What we are looking for especially in the first quarter is sales growth ... Growth is rewarded very ...
JUSSI HYOTY The state unemployment rate probably won't go much lower than it is. I doubt it will get back to the...
BILL MEZGER The national economy is strong right now, and the Virginia economy is strong. We're better than pret...
BILL MEZGER In addition to that, Richmond has become a real medical center not only for Virginia, but for the up...
BILL MEZGER That is pretty much the case all over [the country], and the Richmond area did have a decline.
BILL MEZGER It's a result of a different age population mix. Richmond has some new things but it's mostly new co...
BILL MEZGER February was almost a carbon copy of January. About the only difference was we had a little bit cool...
BILL MEZGER Overall, it is a very strong figure for January. The weather helped in January in that we didn't get...
BILL MEZGER Because of the weather being mild, we didn't have as big a run-up in unemployment from December to J...
BILL MEZGER All those jobs have simply gone away, disappeared.
BILL MEZGER
Monetary policy has less room to maneuver when interest rates are close to zero, while expansionary ... BEN BERNANKE It's a good way for the utility to spread the cost out over time and at a time too, when interest ra...
BRIAN YOUNGBERG These survival rates are much better than those occurring in cardiac arrests outside of hospitals.
DR. VINAY NADKARNI Why not bill these people are fee for the 911 calls coming in that are not real.
HAROLD SMITH There are people who like the simplicity of getting all this in one bill from one company. There are...
JAN DAWSON These are another good set of numbers which result from the disciplined way we are rolling out our l...
MICHAEL O'LEARY Mortgage rates this week are at seven-month lows and teetering on the 45-year low levels of last sum...
FRANK NOTHAFT Increased confidence, a strong housing sector and low interest rates have got Australian consumers i...
CRAIG JAMES The interest rates are at its lowest point now because of the economic turmoil. People in the market...
ZENG HAN JUN It was a pleasant surprise that long-term interest rates stayed low.
JUAN FERNANDEZ We're using every available tool to keep rates in check. The amount of increase Wilson Energy is abs...
FRED HORNE The lowest actual sales numbers for the year are almost always in January or February. That's becaus...
WALT MOLONY The continued rise of our three-month average since October 2005 still shows strength in the market ...
GREG FUZESI There are thousands of different card products, some are offered with low interest rates, some are o...
KEVIN ARQUIT
Debt certainly isn't always a bad thing. A mortgage can help you afford a home. Student loans ca... JEAN CHATZKY This bond will help keep utility rates for our residents as low as we can make them,
CHRIS HILLMAN The idea is to boost the home-ownership rate, ... Rates for ... newlyweds are (currently) low. We're...
HENRY CISNEROS I know people don't see it because the (property) values are so high, but Hawaii has relatively low ...
KURT KAWAFUCHI The continued price increases are a result of many factors including low mortgage interest rates and...
PATRICK LAWLER It adds a lot of uncertainty for the business environment. But for the folks who already have a hous...
ANDREW LEVENTIS Evidence of stronger consumer demand over Christmas probably means the hawks can hold the line in Fe...
ROSS WALKER there are fundamentally good reasons to cut interest rates.
GERNOT NERB The month of February was a really good month. The most important thing is what we do in the next tw...
MIKE LISTERMAN Vacancy rates should remain low in 2006 and lease rates will continue to rise dramatically. Landlord...
DAVE DWORKIN The fundamentals are still there. We have low inflation, low interest rates and a worldwide demand f...
ALFRED KUGEL There is no interruption to aggressive demand and consumers are still being supported by the low pri...
MANDLA MALEKA Gasoline [supply] remains in deficit and with relatively low utilization rates, could point to a gro...
MICHAEL FITZPATRICK Interest rates remain at relatively low levels and consequently the mortgage business remains robust...
HOWARD ATKINS I can't guarantee that interest rates will stay eternally at their current low levels.
GUY QUADEN European companies are driving the economic integration of the region. Europe has a trade surplus an...
AMY DOMINI The fall in freight rates is dragging down their bottom lines. Nonetheless, their stocks' low valuat...
HAJIME YAGI A good number will confirm the upward bias for interest rates and higher rates are a headwind for eq...
HANS OLSEN He implicitly admitted that they have a bias for a tighter policy. They believe that rates are very ...
THOMAS MAYER Zinc prices are up on low capacity utilization rates at Chinese zinc smelters due to concentrate sho...
INGRID STERNBY
We hammered out what I think is a good bill. ... Not a perfect bill, but a good bill. ARLEN SPECTER Long-term rates are below the federal fund rate. That tells you the Fed's too tight. The reason the ...
MICHAEL ANCELL
These and other females of low birth have attained eminence in this world by the respective good qua... GURU NANAK In the past, the market has absorbed home price increases with household income growth. Well, we had...
J. LENNOX SCOTT There is a good chance that the Fed won't raise rates on Sept. 20 but in doing so they are likely re...
IAN GUNNER That's pretty darn low, and these are the very best companies.
BETTY SPENCE We firmly believe that these entities are not 'low-risk investments'.
MIKE HAWKINS Insurers are penalizing many African Americans and Latinos with good driving records by charging the...
MARK SAVAGE As long as low rates remain, housing is going to continue to do better than expected,
GREGORY GIEBER Given how low that U.S. production is, prices are extremely low, but that's the effect of these worr...
SHARON JOHNSON Anytime rates go down, it's definitely good news for consumers, especially since rates are still muc...
ERIN BIEHL There has actually been very small to no movement in the CD rates over the last week. ... Any moveme...
RANDY ROSEN The interest rates were so low we wanted to take advantage of it. We were afraid if we waited until ...
BETH MACKIE If rates move up, housing will move down. But as long as we see relatively low interest rates and em...
GREGORY GIEBER
Low interest rates benefit individuals or investors who own or want to buy assets; in that regard, t... JOHN DELANEY One reason the 10-year note yield has risen so much this week is that investors are worried that the...
CHRISTOPHER LOW
Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go ... CARLOS SLIM The market is calm despite expectations the government may increase the money market 'short' because...
HUGO MORALES Coming off such a low base, higher rates are confirmation we're in an economic growth cycle, as oppo...
JOE KALINOWSKI This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low inter...
MARSHALL ACUFF The report will probably prompt investors to imagine the era of low rates is going change soon.
MAKOTO YAMASHITA Mortgage rates have been so low and accommodating that total home sales surged in October as familie...
FRANK NOTHAFT We are not the same people who left in February.
BOB DONOHUE
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