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Inflation is the wild card for 2006, with rising oil prices, an increase in commodity prices, slow p...
JOSEPH SENECA![]()
If global oil prices or commodity prices are high, then it is bound to create inflation. So, we shou...
ADI GODREJ What is most reassuring is that core inflation continued to come down and is very well behaved. I th...
ALONSO CERVERA![]()
Models used to describe and predict inflation commonly distinguish between changes in food and energ...
JANET YELLEN For two years, we've seen this tremendous increase in prices, yet the core inflation rate has stayed...
ED YARDENI Over the past year, core intermediate goods inflation has been nearly 5 percentage points higher tha...
BILL DUDLEY![]()
Higher oil prices may be partly passed through to core inflation at least for a time,
JANET YELLEN This is a big surprise, it's the core of inflation that's falling. Energy prices were expected to fa...
DOMINIQUE BARBET I see more interest rate hikes and this will dampen domestic consumption. Also, the coming 50 percen...
IRENE CHEUNG Commodity stocks are moving in line with the prices of raw materials. Higher commodity prices are fe...
MASAYUKI ITO People were afraid we would see core inflation higher.
GLEN CAPELO We have some inflation at the pipeline level, rising commodity prices, crude, material prices, thing...
CHARLES REINHARD If we saw a milder winter, or a reduction in energy prices and commodity prices, that will certainly...
LARRY PERUZZI That's a prime example of where higher energy prices can rein in core [non-energy] inflation.
JOHN LONSKI The key point is the stability and declining trend in core inflation. The central bank isn't going t...
ALONSO CERVERA![]()
Because food and energy prices are volatile, it is often helpful to look at inflation excluding thos...
JANET YELLEN![]()
Businesses that have gone through an episode of hyperinflation become understandably alert to the th...
JAMES SUROWIECKI We have not put the inflation increase through for the last couple of years. Indeed, since 1999 fuel...
ALISTAIR DARLING Commodity prices continue rising unabated, they are not showing signs of any weakening. Apart from t...
MARTIN HENNECKE Higher inflation will mean weaker consumer demand and that will keep core inflation under control.
JACQUES CAILLOUX![]()
I would be uncomfortable raising the federal funds rate if readings on wage growth, core consumer pr...
JANET YELLEN The weakness in the household sector of the economy has helped to contain core inflation despite ris...
ANDREW HANLAN The ECB will want to signal that it doesn't want to see the headline inflation rate translate throug...
GWYN HACCHE![]()
A year ago some said that the doubling of oil prices would push our inflation far beyond target and ...
GORDON BROWN There's a lot evidence pointing to stronger job data and the risks are definitely on the upside. Ele...
INDRAJIT ADVANI As commodity prices go up, ultimately everyone will raise prices, including Tiffany. Tiffany wants t...
MARK AARON We see a big upward trend in energy prices, but without that, the inflation rate is going down. The ...
MATTHIAS RUBISCH The increase in the rate is intended to address possible second-round effects on consumer prices com...
AMANDO TETANGCO Investors will probably hold off buying bonds before the release of the report on core prices. Gains...
KATSUTOSHI INADOME Politicians are talking like consumer advocates now that they see consumers' rage over the profiteer...
JUDY DUGAN While the rise in core prices is a bit uncomfortably high, this stand-alone report is not evidence t...
SHERRY COOPER [But whether Rove will be charged,] it's anybody's guess, ... We just don't know what [Special Prose...
BILL SAMMON Look for renewed debate on whether rising producer prices will be passed through to consumers in the...
DEREK HOLT The Canadian dollar is seen as a commodity currency and metal prices have been going up across the b...
TOM VOSA Commodity prices are going to go higher. We're not going to see a lot of the economic benefit of the...
G. LOGAN JORDAN Until a commission is sanctioned to sift through all these ideas and coalesce it into a single visio...
SCOTT COWEN If commodity prices are no longer going up then food prices in the grocery store will no longer go u...
MATT MARTIN And our market is being helped by a bounce in commodity prices, after they were heavily sold off in ...
ATUL LELE Unless you see substantially weaker growth and low core inflation, if energy prices remain high and ...
BILL MEEHAN As a result, we should see a stabilizing in prices to bring them more in line with inflation.
GLENN CRELLIN With higher auto prices helping to offset the usual price discounting seen in other categories like ...
CARL GOMEZ The details are not as important as the overall message, which is that to the extent that the U.S. e...
IAN SHEPHERDSON The ECB will come through with a cut, but it will wait to see what happens on the inflation front. T...
BEN RUDD The hike in pump prices, and electricity and gas tariffs that have also been raised, fed through to ...
EUBEN PARACUELLES Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increa...
GAUTAM ADANI We're unlikely to see a rally in medium-term bonds with core consumer prices edging up.
MAKOTO YAMASHITA Prices will keep pace with inflation, which is expected to reach 10-10.5%, given no cataclysms.
ALEXEI NEBOLSIN![]()
How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g...
C. JOYBELL C. The hope is that it will not increase the waiting period.
DOUG MCBRIDE We had low commodity prices for almost 20 years. I think we're going to have high commodity prices f...
IAN TELFER The key drivers as we invest in these markets are fuel prices. The decision whether to build a new c...
ALEX URQUHART The longer you see energy prices at these levels, the more likely it seeps into broader measures of ...
BILL DAVISON The Fed is keeping an eye on core inflation because they were concerned about prices spilling over f...
GARY SCHLOSSBERG It's clear that we've seen some pass-through of raw materials costs to producer prices, but retail i...
HASEEB AHMED This is great news on the inflation front. It will be very difficult for the economy to generate any...
DAVID GREENLAW If it is an actual increase it will depress prices at least in the short-term,
IRENE HAAS This is a time of year when historically you see gas prices increase.
JEANNIE CHAVEZ Our hope is we will see an increase in the number of people actually making it into treatment.
KATHRYN JETT Housing ... is an undeniable core inflation hot spot.
WARREN LOVELY Whether you look at the core personal consumption expenditure index on a monthly basis or a year ove...
PATRICK FEARON There is a lot of nervousness about commodity prices and whether they can be sustained at such high ...
CLIVE ROBERTS You're going to go through a rough patch through the next six to 12 months. Inflation is going to be...
GEORGE BUCKLEY They highlighted the long-term rise and not the recent decline. Their concern about core inflation's...
DEAN MAKI I think, with inflation still rising, the central bank will have to increase the rate again.
FAUZI ICHSAN The new economy is very, very much alive and well. This is that healthy shakeout of Internet compani...
BRUCE STEINBERG We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT Yields can go higher. People are starting to speculate on the effect the commodity rally will have a...
KARSTEN LINOWSKY The jump in import prices will fan the new-found fears of inflation in the markets and at the Fed.
PAUL ASHWORTH On the one hand we've got some good core numbers in the last few months, but on the other hand, we'r...
JEFFREY LACKER![]()
At the core of every ordered system, whether a family or a factory, is chaos. But in the whirl of ev...
DEAN KOONTZ An increase in domestic fuel prices will be inflationary and controls will have to come through rate...
HASITHA PREMARATNE Everybody is in the same position, waiting to see what will be in the budget in regard to the Energy...
ROB HURLESS We have a lot of information to sift through. There are 5,100 gas stations in Illinois, ... All you ...
LISA MADIGAN Production (growth) will be (relatively) flat but...the increase in revenue will come from rising oi...
HILMI PANIGORO![]()
What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT If damage to the infrastructure is found to be reasonably severe, prices will increase over the comi...
DOMINIC BRYANT The fact the rand is firming has to do with the general trend with supportive commodity prices -- al...
ABAH OFON If it stays at this level for about six months or so, you will see the prices of other products and ...
ESMAEL ADIBI The markets were wrong in the first place to worry about inflation, ... will not let inflation run o...
GEOFFREY DENNIS If there is blip in production costs or commodity prices, that's another thing, ... But right now, i...
KAREN SACK A commodity producer should be comfortable being exposed to prices.
HAROLD HAMM The currency is likely to be guided movements in commodity prices as there's no market moving data l...
LEE NAISBITT A backdrop of monetary tightening, high commodity prices, robust productivity growth and buoyant act...
ALBERTO RAMOS There's still a lot of rubble to sift through,
CHRIS JOHNSON It will inevitably, I believe, put some pressure on Canadian prices. We've already seen some manufac...
JEFF POSTON We don't expect to see land prices ever come down, but it's a lot harder to say whether building mat...
DAVE LOVELAND The maintaining of the rate reflects that there is not a dangerous core inflation pressure, while th...
JOSEPH RAMOS Since Christmas, there has been a 14 cent increase locally in crude oil prices. At this point it loo...
BRYANT GIMLIN![]()
The more evolved you are the less you will agree or disagree with others, and the more you will gent...
BRYANT MCGILL The gold price is still up there and platinum is still trading above $1,000. That still points to a ...
ION DE VLEESCHAUWER Core inflation was the good news in the report. That calmed the financial markets.
HASEEB AHMED Nevertheless, limited core inflation in January will not deter the ECB from hiking interest rates by...
HOWARD ARCHER Treasuries are near the levels where investors think they offer value. Core inflation looks calm, so...
MASAYUKI YOSHIHARA We have not been willing to believe that the spike we'd seen in commodity prices was permanent.
BILL NYGREN Both camps are still waiting to see what the software industry will do.
JAMES KIM![]()
I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea...
RICHARD YATES There would have to be a structural shift in prices to change their perspective, ... Right now, ther...
JEB ARMSTRONG Oil and natural gas prices, as well as heating oil costs, are much higher than they were a year ago,...
ED MARAN Core prices are at a little higher pace than the Fed is comfortable with, but they're certainly not ...
GINA MARTIN Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our fr...
ARLENE FRANCIS
JOSEPH SENECA
If global oil prices or commodity prices are high, then it is bound to create inflation. So, we shou... ADI GODREJ What is most reassuring is that core inflation continued to come down and is very well behaved. I th...
ALONSO CERVERA
Models used to describe and predict inflation commonly distinguish between changes in food and energ... JANET YELLEN For two years, we've seen this tremendous increase in prices, yet the core inflation rate has stayed...
ED YARDENI Over the past year, core intermediate goods inflation has been nearly 5 percentage points higher tha...
BILL DUDLEY
Higher oil prices may be partly passed through to core inflation at least for a time, JANET YELLEN This is a big surprise, it's the core of inflation that's falling. Energy prices were expected to fa...
DOMINIQUE BARBET I see more interest rate hikes and this will dampen domestic consumption. Also, the coming 50 percen...
IRENE CHEUNG Commodity stocks are moving in line with the prices of raw materials. Higher commodity prices are fe...
MASAYUKI ITO People were afraid we would see core inflation higher.
GLEN CAPELO We have some inflation at the pipeline level, rising commodity prices, crude, material prices, thing...
CHARLES REINHARD If we saw a milder winter, or a reduction in energy prices and commodity prices, that will certainly...
LARRY PERUZZI That's a prime example of where higher energy prices can rein in core [non-energy] inflation.
JOHN LONSKI The key point is the stability and declining trend in core inflation. The central bank isn't going t...
ALONSO CERVERA
Because food and energy prices are volatile, it is often helpful to look at inflation excluding thos... JANET YELLEN
Businesses that have gone through an episode of hyperinflation become understandably alert to the th... JAMES SUROWIECKI We have not put the inflation increase through for the last couple of years. Indeed, since 1999 fuel...
ALISTAIR DARLING Commodity prices continue rising unabated, they are not showing signs of any weakening. Apart from t...
MARTIN HENNECKE Higher inflation will mean weaker consumer demand and that will keep core inflation under control.
JACQUES CAILLOUX
I would be uncomfortable raising the federal funds rate if readings on wage growth, core consumer pr... JANET YELLEN The weakness in the household sector of the economy has helped to contain core inflation despite ris...
ANDREW HANLAN The ECB will want to signal that it doesn't want to see the headline inflation rate translate throug...
GWYN HACCHE
A year ago some said that the doubling of oil prices would push our inflation far beyond target and ... GORDON BROWN There's a lot evidence pointing to stronger job data and the risks are definitely on the upside. Ele...
INDRAJIT ADVANI As commodity prices go up, ultimately everyone will raise prices, including Tiffany. Tiffany wants t...
MARK AARON We see a big upward trend in energy prices, but without that, the inflation rate is going down. The ...
MATTHIAS RUBISCH The increase in the rate is intended to address possible second-round effects on consumer prices com...
AMANDO TETANGCO Investors will probably hold off buying bonds before the release of the report on core prices. Gains...
KATSUTOSHI INADOME Politicians are talking like consumer advocates now that they see consumers' rage over the profiteer...
JUDY DUGAN While the rise in core prices is a bit uncomfortably high, this stand-alone report is not evidence t...
SHERRY COOPER [But whether Rove will be charged,] it's anybody's guess, ... We just don't know what [Special Prose...
BILL SAMMON Look for renewed debate on whether rising producer prices will be passed through to consumers in the...
DEREK HOLT The Canadian dollar is seen as a commodity currency and metal prices have been going up across the b...
TOM VOSA Commodity prices are going to go higher. We're not going to see a lot of the economic benefit of the...
G. LOGAN JORDAN Until a commission is sanctioned to sift through all these ideas and coalesce it into a single visio...
SCOTT COWEN If commodity prices are no longer going up then food prices in the grocery store will no longer go u...
MATT MARTIN And our market is being helped by a bounce in commodity prices, after they were heavily sold off in ...
ATUL LELE Unless you see substantially weaker growth and low core inflation, if energy prices remain high and ...
BILL MEEHAN As a result, we should see a stabilizing in prices to bring them more in line with inflation.
GLENN CRELLIN With higher auto prices helping to offset the usual price discounting seen in other categories like ...
CARL GOMEZ The details are not as important as the overall message, which is that to the extent that the U.S. e...
IAN SHEPHERDSON The ECB will come through with a cut, but it will wait to see what happens on the inflation front. T...
BEN RUDD The hike in pump prices, and electricity and gas tariffs that have also been raised, fed through to ...
EUBEN PARACUELLES Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increa...
GAUTAM ADANI We're unlikely to see a rally in medium-term bonds with core consumer prices edging up.
MAKOTO YAMASHITA Prices will keep pace with inflation, which is expected to reach 10-10.5%, given no cataclysms.
ALEXEI NEBOLSIN
How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. The hope is that it will not increase the waiting period.
DOUG MCBRIDE We had low commodity prices for almost 20 years. I think we're going to have high commodity prices f...
IAN TELFER The key drivers as we invest in these markets are fuel prices. The decision whether to build a new c...
ALEX URQUHART The longer you see energy prices at these levels, the more likely it seeps into broader measures of ...
BILL DAVISON The Fed is keeping an eye on core inflation because they were concerned about prices spilling over f...
GARY SCHLOSSBERG It's clear that we've seen some pass-through of raw materials costs to producer prices, but retail i...
HASEEB AHMED This is great news on the inflation front. It will be very difficult for the economy to generate any...
DAVID GREENLAW If it is an actual increase it will depress prices at least in the short-term,
IRENE HAAS This is a time of year when historically you see gas prices increase.
JEANNIE CHAVEZ Our hope is we will see an increase in the number of people actually making it into treatment.
KATHRYN JETT Housing ... is an undeniable core inflation hot spot.
WARREN LOVELY Whether you look at the core personal consumption expenditure index on a monthly basis or a year ove...
PATRICK FEARON There is a lot of nervousness about commodity prices and whether they can be sustained at such high ...
CLIVE ROBERTS You're going to go through a rough patch through the next six to 12 months. Inflation is going to be...
GEORGE BUCKLEY They highlighted the long-term rise and not the recent decline. Their concern about core inflation's...
DEAN MAKI I think, with inflation still rising, the central bank will have to increase the rate again.
FAUZI ICHSAN The new economy is very, very much alive and well. This is that healthy shakeout of Internet compani...
BRUCE STEINBERG We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously goi...
HOWARD SILVERBLATT Yields can go higher. People are starting to speculate on the effect the commodity rally will have a...
KARSTEN LINOWSKY The jump in import prices will fan the new-found fears of inflation in the markets and at the Fed.
PAUL ASHWORTH On the one hand we've got some good core numbers in the last few months, but on the other hand, we'r...
JEFFREY LACKER
At the core of every ordered system, whether a family or a factory, is chaos. But in the whirl of ev... DEAN KOONTZ An increase in domestic fuel prices will be inflationary and controls will have to come through rate...
HASITHA PREMARATNE Everybody is in the same position, waiting to see what will be in the budget in regard to the Energy...
ROB HURLESS We have a lot of information to sift through. There are 5,100 gas stations in Illinois, ... All you ...
LISA MADIGAN Production (growth) will be (relatively) flat but...the increase in revenue will come from rising oi...
HILMI PANIGORO
What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT If damage to the infrastructure is found to be reasonably severe, prices will increase over the comi...
DOMINIC BRYANT The fact the rand is firming has to do with the general trend with supportive commodity prices -- al...
ABAH OFON If it stays at this level for about six months or so, you will see the prices of other products and ...
ESMAEL ADIBI The markets were wrong in the first place to worry about inflation, ... will not let inflation run o...
GEOFFREY DENNIS If there is blip in production costs or commodity prices, that's another thing, ... But right now, i...
KAREN SACK A commodity producer should be comfortable being exposed to prices.
HAROLD HAMM The currency is likely to be guided movements in commodity prices as there's no market moving data l...
LEE NAISBITT A backdrop of monetary tightening, high commodity prices, robust productivity growth and buoyant act...
ALBERTO RAMOS There's still a lot of rubble to sift through,
CHRIS JOHNSON It will inevitably, I believe, put some pressure on Canadian prices. We've already seen some manufac...
JEFF POSTON We don't expect to see land prices ever come down, but it's a lot harder to say whether building mat...
DAVE LOVELAND The maintaining of the rate reflects that there is not a dangerous core inflation pressure, while th...
JOSEPH RAMOS Since Christmas, there has been a 14 cent increase locally in crude oil prices. At this point it loo...
BRYANT GIMLIN
The more evolved you are the less you will agree or disagree with others, and the more you will gent... BRYANT MCGILL The gold price is still up there and platinum is still trading above $1,000. That still points to a ...
ION DE VLEESCHAUWER Core inflation was the good news in the report. That calmed the financial markets.
HASEEB AHMED Nevertheless, limited core inflation in January will not deter the ECB from hiking interest rates by...
HOWARD ARCHER Treasuries are near the levels where investors think they offer value. Core inflation looks calm, so...
MASAYUKI YOSHIHARA We have not been willing to believe that the spike we'd seen in commodity prices was permanent.
BILL NYGREN Both camps are still waiting to see what the software industry will do.
JAMES KIM
I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea... RICHARD YATES There would have to be a structural shift in prices to change their perspective, ... Right now, ther...
JEB ARMSTRONG Oil and natural gas prices, as well as heating oil costs, are much higher than they were a year ago,...
ED MARAN Core prices are at a little higher pace than the Fed is comfortable with, but they're certainly not ...
GINA MARTIN Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our fr...
ARLENE FRANCIS
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