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JOSH STILES I don't see that there's any motivation to move higher. The concerns about interest rates, oil price...
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FREDERICK TSANG There is an expectation that oil prices will remain high in the first half and ease in the second ha...
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SOTONYE ANGA On balance, the macro outlook continues to point to further rate hikes by the Fed.
CHARMAINE BUSKAS We are going for a flat market in aggregate for next year, with a bit of upside in the first quarter...
BEN FUNNELL We are going for a flat market in aggregate for next year, with a bit of upside in the first quarter...
BEN FUNNELL The market is shifting back to the view that the U.S. economy is picking up, and we may see further ...
ANTJE PRAEFCKE Higher borrowing costs will lead to a shrinking housing market and a slowdown in the U.S. economy. O...
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AKIO YOSHINO The U.S. economy won't be able to avoid a slowdown given the damage from Hurricane Katrina on top of...
AKIO YOSHINO We've already seen the yen hit a little bit by people moving away from instant belief that there was...
JACK ROSENTHAL The world is coming to a view that the Fed is going to provide more liquidity and interest rates wil...
ADAM MYERS The dollar remains firm, as the absolute U.S. interest- rate advantage still continues to exist. Rat...
YUJI SAITO The market's starting to look further ahead. There seems to be the sentiment that the economy will c...
JOSH STILES No rebel force can get U.S. support by attacking the AU -- in fact they are going to lose any suppor...
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CARSTEN FRITSCH The U.S. economy is doing pretty well while the worldwide economy is taking it on the chin so people...
DOUG MYERS The Fed is toward the end of its rate hikes. Equities and bonds got a bid because the Fed talked abo...
JOSEPH LAVORGNA For the Fed, continuing 25-basis-point rate hikes seem to be the best bet.
ELISABETH DENISON The market is still concerned about the interest rate and whether the Fed is on a possible pause.
IAN STANNARD Share prices ended weaker. This is because of lingering concerns about a lack of active inflows of f...
HIDEO MIZUTANI There is a historical pattern that everyone should be aware of because each of the past three newly ...
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DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world...
GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist.
APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ...
GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g...
SIMI GREWAL The U.S. economy is still in extremely good shape. They'll probably keep hiking rates, and that's go...
GEOFF KENDRICK Consumption is up considerably and that trend is not going to reverse itself. Higher oil prices are ...
DAN VERU Against that, the market has started thinking about rate hikes in Europe in the first quarter of nex...
GREG GIBBS It's going to be difficult for stocks in the short run. Now that interest rates have risen, there is...
GAIL DUDACK Unless the statement offers fresh indications that the US Fed will continue its rate hikes going for...
DAISUKE UNO The data on the real side of the economy supports rate hikes.
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BERNARD BAUMOHL
HAJIME YAGI Overseas investors appear to be on hold on concerns about further US interest rate hikes.
HIDEO MIZUTANI Some investors are betting that Hong Kong won't follow the U.S. rate hikes in May and are moving ahe...
FREDERICK TSANG On balance, the steady increase in payrolls in conjunction with yesterday's comments by [Fed] Chairm...
CHARMAINE BUSKAS This could mark a turning point. After all, the Fed was right, the latest slowdown was temporary and...
JOHN LONSKI This could mark a turning point, ... After all, the Fed was right, the latest slowdown was temporary...
JOHN LONSKI The market is closely watching if there are any other comments on the US economy or interest rate hi...
MASAMICHI KOIKE Japanese and foreign investors are now rushing to unwind yen-carry positions on concerns over possib...
MASAHI HASHIMOTO U.S. interest rates aren't going to necessarily support the dollar anymore. Each interest rate hike ...
DON ALEXANDER There are some indicators suggesting a bit of a slowdown. That could cause the Fed to pause, ... The...
BRIAN STINE There are some indicators suggesting a bit of a slowdown. That could cause the Fed to pause. The key...
BRIAN STINE We're developing a more bullish scenario here because of the slowdown in the economy leading to less...
COURTNEY SMITH Investors are looking for a sign as to when rate hikes are going to stop.
ANDRE BAKHOS It looks like we're finally beginning to see signs of a sustained slowdown, particularly in the inte...
DAVID KASLOW The Fed is keeping an eye on core inflation because they were concerned about prices spilling over f...
GARY SCHLOSSBERG A lot of the gains are due to the earnings story. I think the market can deal with one or two more i...
BARRY HYMAN The market is speculating that the Fed may keep going. The interest rate in Canada right now lags be...
STEVE BUTLER As long as the Fed keeps raising rates, yields are going to move higher. The Fed decision definitely...
JOSEPH SHATZ The risk is for the ECB to accelerate the pace of interest- rate hikes. There seems to be very littl...
CYRIL BEUZIT The things that helped support the dollar over the last 18 months or so, such as the Fed interest ra...
BRIAN ROSE People are really just focusing on oil prices and using models to figure out what the impact will be...
AZIZ MCMAHON My impression is that the market is correctly anticipating that the Fed is close to being finished w...
JASON TRENNERT We're optimistic on the market as we head into the second half of this year and into 2001. We think ...
DAVID PRESSON It comes down to rate fears. The Fed is going to have to get pretty aggressive. We're quite worried ...
TERRENCE GABRIEL Bond prices rose because the market was excited at the idea that the number of further rate hikes ne...
CARY LEAHEY I think, you know, you're going to have these crosscurrents in place here for the next few months wh...
DAVID PRESSON Expectations of further Fed rate increases haven't peaked yet, while rate hikes by the Bank of Japan...
TOMOKO FUJII The Fed has been singularly unsuccessful in cooling down the hot U.S. housing market, primarily beca...
NARIMAN BEHRAVESH While the US Fed appears to have shortened its commitment to rate hikes by deleting the word 'measur...
KAZUHIRO NISHINA There is growing optimism about the Fed's interest-rate hikes coming to an end. That would mean cons...
HIROFUMI KASAI Investors do seem to be comfortable with the Koizumi agenda. The fact that there are ever clearer si...
IAN STANNARD Some investors are worrying about the slowdown in the housing market, a key driver of the U.S. econo...
TORU UMEMOTO It really comes down to the fact that the Fed is saying demand is excessive, ... Until they see enou...
JOSH STILES I don't see that there's any motivation to move higher. The concerns about interest rates, oil price...
DONALD SELKIN The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
BEN OAK Higher oil prices continue to pose threats to the stock market. Weaker consumer sentiment raises con...
CHOI CHANG HOON Fed officials are sounding hawkish. They're signaling further rate hikes and that's making investors...
TETSU AIKAWA There are some big concerns about the U.S. economy and the stock market will struggle a bit. Interes...
FELIX LANTERS Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Few people thought that he would be that explicit. We're getting closer to the end of the Fed intere...
FREDERIC DICKSON The U.S. rate argument is unequivocal. Rates are going to keep on going up for the time being.
IAN GUNNER Investors are scared of the impact of rising bankruptcies. And on top of that worries of a war in Ir...
KOICHI SEKI Investors are scared of the impact of rising bankruptcies. And on top of that, worries of a war in I...
KOICHI SEKI Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS...
There are multiple factors influencing bond prices right now, not the least of which is the uncertai... LARRY JONES Those who expect further rate hikes can note that the real Fed Funds rate has yet to reach at least ...
ASHRAF LAIDI An immediate slowdown in the U.S. economy is an unlikely scenario as its growth rate is still quite ...
MASAAKI ENDO This is a unique meeting, because the Fed has to strike a balance between keeping prices under contr...
CHRIS BURDICK The Fed's interest-rate increase concerns are receding on the back of evidence growth is slowing. In...
YUTAKA MIURA Treasuries are expensive at these levels given that the Fed is still going to raise interest rates. ...
HIROYUKI YAMADA Employment is likely to be much weaker going forward and the jobless rate will keep rising as the ec...
JARROD KERR We won't see big moves today in anticipation of the FOMC statement. The risk is out there that the F...
DAVID MANN Some weaker-than-expected economic data is supporting the plight of equities (Thursday), ... With si...
BRYAN PISKOROWSKI We are still seeing buying of interest-rate-sensitive stocks. Investors believe the U.S. economy is ...
FREDERICK TSANG There is an expectation that oil prices will remain high in the first half and ease in the second ha...
ANDREW BURNS It's not going to affect monetary policy. The Fed is forward looking. The change is at the low end o...
GARY SCHLOSSBERG To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ...
GARY F EVANS... The index reflects the broader trend of productivity growth in the U.S. economy that has driven pric...
JEFF KLEINTOP Perhaps it's a function of the fears that (Fed Chief Alan) Greenspan has already gone too far (with ...
CLARK YINGST These numbers tell you that the economy is humming right along through the holiday season. There wil...
JEFF GLADSTEIN Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do
SOTONYE ANGA On balance, the macro outlook continues to point to further rate hikes by the Fed.
CHARMAINE BUSKAS We are going for a flat market in aggregate for next year, with a bit of upside in the first quarter...
BEN FUNNELL We are going for a flat market in aggregate for next year, with a bit of upside in the first quarter...
BEN FUNNELL The market is shifting back to the view that the U.S. economy is picking up, and we may see further ...
ANTJE PRAEFCKE Higher borrowing costs will lead to a shrinking housing market and a slowdown in the U.S. economy. O...
NORIHIRO FUJITO The U.S. economy won't be able to avoid a slowdown given the damage from Hurricane Katrina on top of...
AKIO YOSHINO The U.S. economy won't be able to avoid a slowdown given the damage from Hurricane Katrina on top of...
AKIO YOSHINO We've already seen the yen hit a little bit by people moving away from instant belief that there was...
JACK ROSENTHAL The world is coming to a view that the Fed is going to provide more liquidity and interest rates wil...
ADAM MYERS The dollar remains firm, as the absolute U.S. interest- rate advantage still continues to exist. Rat...
YUJI SAITO The market's starting to look further ahead. There seems to be the sentiment that the economy will c...
JOSH STILES No rebel force can get U.S. support by attacking the AU -- in fact they are going to lose any suppor...
JENDAYI FRAZER The economic data in the U.S. is still better than it is in Europe, Asia or anywhere else. The U.S. ...
HUGH WALSH Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow.
JIM GENOVESE
Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY It feels a lot different this time, ... Traditionally, you get interest rate cuts to stimulate domes...
CHARLES WHITE PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL
NATALIE URQUIETA All these things worked together to cause the market turnaround. There was a sense that the selling ...
ANTHONY KARYDAKIS The Fed is close to the end of its rate hike cycle while the ECB is just beginning, which removes su...
CARSTEN FRITSCH The U.S. economy is doing pretty well while the worldwide economy is taking it on the chin so people...
DOUG MYERS The Fed is toward the end of its rate hikes. Equities and bonds got a bid because the Fed talked abo...
JOSEPH LAVORGNA For the Fed, continuing 25-basis-point rate hikes seem to be the best bet.
ELISABETH DENISON The market is still concerned about the interest rate and whether the Fed is on a possible pause.
IAN STANNARD Share prices ended weaker. This is because of lingering concerns about a lack of active inflows of f...
HIDEO MIZUTANI There is a historical pattern that everyone should be aware of because each of the past three newly ...
DAVID ROSENBERG With the Fed watching every stream of data that's coming out, investors are taking a cautionary stan...
ANDRE BAKHOS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES
Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world...
GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist.
APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ...
GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g...
SIMI GREWAL The U.S. economy is still in extremely good shape. They'll probably keep hiking rates, and that's go...
GEOFF KENDRICK Consumption is up considerably and that trend is not going to reverse itself. Higher oil prices are ...
DAN VERU Against that, the market has started thinking about rate hikes in Europe in the first quarter of nex...
GREG GIBBS It's going to be difficult for stocks in the short run. Now that interest rates have risen, there is...
GAIL DUDACK Unless the statement offers fresh indications that the US Fed will continue its rate hikes going for...
DAISUKE UNO The data on the real side of the economy supports rate hikes.
DAVID KEEBLE [( TIME.com ) -- Great news! Unemployment is up. Wages are stagnant. Hiring by U.S. companies is dow...
BERNARD BAUMOHL
