The Fed is erring on the side of fighting inflation and is willing to risk slower growth.
Gerald Lucas
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Inflation is screaming. All you have to do is look at your life and what it costs.
Leonard Kaplan
Inflation appears to be muted.
Alan Ackerman
The Pell Grant isn't even keeping up with inflation, let alone college costs.
Luke Swarthout
This is a good signal by the central bank to control credit, as it's further fueling inflation.
Hasitha Premaratne
The general inflation situation and prospects are good.
Jonathan Faull
The markets were wrong in the first place to worry about inflation, ... will not let inflation run out of control.
Geoffrey Dennis
It is a contained number and we don't have to worry about inflation. With the Fed expected to raise rates again, it becomes even less of a concern.
Kazuaki Oh'e
The market is responding to strong economic fundamentals - there is no inflation and there is the awareness that the Asian contagion won't cripple us.
Alfred Goldman
According to our calculation, 30 percent is the maximum increase (if the economy is) to achieve 8.0 percent inflation and GDP (gross domestic product) growth of 5.4 percent.
Burhanuddin Abdullah
They'll be looking at the PPI with a real hard eye for what inflation is going to be.
Tom Schrader
He thinks the [Fed] is right to remain focused on the risk of falling inflation.
Christopher Low
There's some debate about whether we're at the point where inflation starts to kick in.
Derek Holt
The bond market is very excited about this inflation data.
Matthew Alexy
I'm not really surprised about the ranking. How good is it here? It's so good that we have a higher inflation rate than the nation.
Paul Brewbaker
This is obviously a continuation of what we've been seeing, which is strong economic growth and inflation expectations.
Michael Darda
Inflation pressures are rising, but at a subdued pace.
Richard Yamarone
Any additional rate increases would need to be precipitated by higher inflation or above-trend growth.
Amitabh Arora
Low inflation is bullish for bonds in Hungary and therefore for the forint. We could see some gains in the currency on anticipation of a lower-than expected inflation figure.
Tania Kotsos
I am certainly worried about oil prices but not worried about indigenous manufacturing inflation which is under control.
Abheek Barua
Inflation in the core of Europe is moderate.
Rob Hayward
We're seeing a tickling of inflation in the pipeline but it's not going to be passed on to the consumer.
Bruce Alston
For the ECB it's about inflation risk management rather than inflation fighting. That's a crucial difference. If it was about fighting inflation, he could be much more aggressive and pre-commit.
Rainer Guntermann
The figures are better than expected and although petrol prices have come down, there is an improvement in core rate of inflation.
Philip Shaw
We will ensure that, even in an environment of rising inflationary risks, the ECB will make an important contribution to growth by anchoring inflation expectations.
Axel Weber
We're likely to get some strong inflation data and that's going to keep the dollar going up for now. The yen will probably bear the brunt of the advance.
Marvin Barth
The market has been worried about inflation and it has been worried about the Fed and this relieves them on both fronts.
Milton Ezrati
This might be a slight dollar negative. The key was the core which was bang on expectations at 0.2 percent. So there's not much inflation there.
Nick Bennenbroek
I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They hate inflation but love everything that causes it.
William E. Simon
The market is on inflation watch.
Marshall Acuff
That's based partly on the view that core inflation goes up from here and partly on the view that job growth is strong.
Robert Mellman
Inflation is just not a problem in this economy.
Clyde Prestowitz
Inflation fears are bringing uncertainty that you don't know what your return would be and you don't know which asset class to put your money in.
Adam Myers
Inflation has boxed the Fed in, they are going to have to keep moving rates up.
Michael Darda
Higher fuel and energy prices have hit purchasing power, amid a high inflation rate.
Jeff Adams
You have an economy that is mending itself with absolutely no inflation pressures.
Richard Gilhooly
Prices will keep pace with inflation, which is expected to reach 10-10.5%, given no cataclysms.
Alexei Nebolsin
To preserve and build on the credibility we already enjoy, we will need to continue to respond to changing economic conditions in a way that confirms our commitment to low inflation.
Jeffrey Lacker
It's still the aftermath of the jobs data, which came as a bit of a shock. For the dollar, now the focus is on wage inflation and inflation in general.
Michael Klawitter
The bank cannot disregard the exchange rate because the exchange rate can exercise considerable influence on developments in inflation.
Xolile Guma
We really need some help from OPEC and the Saudis to help control inflation.
Peter Morici
The balance can change into 55-45 between economic growth and inflation, from 50-50.
Park Seung
It's remarkable how stable core inflation has been.
William Prophet
The basic message is unambiguous -- you've got inflation.
Lakshman Achuthan
As a result, we should see a stabilizing in prices to bring them more in line with inflation.
Glenn Crellin
It is a foregone conclusion that there is no threat of inflation ... the question is not when the Fed will ease, but how much, and how frequently.
Philip Braverman
There's not a big inflation problem. Under those circumstances, you get a benign yield-curve inversion.
Lincoln Anderson
Average earnings growth was far softer than anticipated. It remained at 3.5% ... and is well below the 4.5% rate that the Bank of England has in the past considered compatible with its inflation forecast.
James Knightley
The near-term inflation outlook will cause the Reserve Bank some short term concern.
Alan Oster
With the economy operating at close to full capacity, it's important that the Fed be vigilant about the possibility of some acceleration in inflation.
Alfred Broaddus
Inflation pressures are still apparent, forcing the central bank to keep tightening its grip on borrowing to contain inflation.
Albert King
In the end, the Fed's on hold until there's inflation and significant job creation.
Peter Mcteague
Each year that the project doesn't open up, it costs about $11 million in inflation. Somebody has to pay for that.
Tim Yantos
Higher inflation will mean weaker consumer demand and that will keep core inflation under control.
Jacques Cailloux
If we are going back to a more traditional 1950s, 1960s style of economic activity, we are also going back to a '50s, '60s style of inflation performance.
John Shepperd
Yields are the main factor driving flows. The key factor supporting the dollar is expectation of higher rates and acceleration of inflation expectations.
Lena Komileva
The fall in oil helped diminish some nervousness over inflation.
Andre Caminada
Benign inflation has weakened the Canadian dollar a little bit.
Michael Woolfolk
In this economy, we can't seem to get any bad inflation news. Everything is telling us inflation is going to stay flat or fall.
Michael Boldin
There is no limit to the rate of inflation in health care costs relative to the cost of other things.
Michael Hurd
There's little heat in the economy. There's more chance of deflation than inflation.
David Komansky
He's really been able to establish confidence in the Federal Reserve. He's been able to keep expectations about inflation in check.
Sean Snaith
We're going to have high energy prices, a little bit more inflation. Underlying inflation is going to be a little bit higher, but not seriously higher and I still feel good about the overall economy.
Donald Ratajczak
Whatever differences they've had, there does seem to be the same concern about inflation.
Neil Mackinnon
He'll keep up the Greenspan theme that the Fed's no. 1 goal is to keep inflation under control.
John Silvia
Strong economies and low inflation may not be inconsistent anymore.
Carl B. Weinberg
But if core inflation slows in the next two months, that would be a good cause to pause.
Orawin Velz
That's a prime example of where higher energy prices can rein in core [non-energy] inflation.
John Lonski
It was very hard to bring it down to 4%, but it was also very hard to bring it down from 4% because at that point people weren't terribly concerned about inflation.
Alan Meltzer
Current account targeting or inflation becomes the objective. You will have a framework to ensure that the extra money that comes in doesn't lead to change in competitiveness.
Shuchita Mehta
There is no imminent inflation pressure.
Bulent Baygun
If people are comfortable with where inflation is, they feel comfortable with investing, and it does drive the market.
Andrew Seibert
Inflation is down to 1.4% excluding energy, so there's absolutely no inflation pressure.
Charles Dumas
Housing ... is an undeniable core inflation hot spot.
Warren Lovely
This is the start of a hiking cycle. A series of small hikes will follow until inflation falls below 3%.
Joseph Tan
The real concern here is 'stagflation' possibilities as slowing economic growth combines with higher inflation.
Tim Biggam
Average wages are now growing at about the same level of inflation. And as the economy continues to expand, we expect this trend to continue to improve.
Tom Potiowsky
The implication is that the economy is strengthening, but that inflation is not substantial, and the Fed will be able to handle it if it should become so.
Gary Wolfer
There are millions of people out there who don't get inflation-busting increases whatsoever.
Nigel Evans
You held spending to lower than inflation.
Nick Surratt
Inflation is still a real and present threat to the economy.
Joseph Tan
Growth would be higher, inflation would be lower (and) employment would be higher, if we didn't have these energy prices. But it hasn't been a deal-breaker.
John Mitchell Mason
If the election period passes smoothly and the inflation picture remains benign, further easing is not excluded.
Beat Siegenthaler
The difference between the '80s and '90s and now is that inflation and interest rates are already low.
Francois Trahan
I see inflation as remaining well-contained going forward.
Ben S. Bernanke
Europe has double-digit unemployment and no inflation problem, ... Any European Central Bank tightening will be swamped by much more from the Fed.
David Gilmore
The perception was allowed to develop that a drop in inflation was not just a huge concern. Was that intentional or not? Is it a concern again now? And will this be a consistent story?
Richard Koss
Production is the only answer to inflation.
Chester Bowles
Inflation is accelerating to worrisome levels.
Stephen Koukoulas
The numbers support (the idea) that the economy is growing and inflation isn't as big as concern as everybody seems to think that it is.
Robert Stein
The benign inflation data and the belief that the Fed may be closer to the end than had previously been thought has helped the market this week.
Timothy Ghriskey
There is nothing the Fed can do to combat inflation unless they hike rates aggressively.
Peter Schiff
If investors are worried about inflation, this is a great vehicle for them.
John Hollyer
The risk is definitely on the inflation front and its implication for rates.
Owen Fitzpatrick
The recent hawkish comments from the ECB suggest that the bank is increasingly concerned about the inflation outlook.
Lena Komileva
Japan ought to refer to (the Bank of England's 2% inflation target).
Hidenao Nakagawa
Inflation is going the wrong way, from 3.2 to 3.4 per cent.
Annette Beacher
There's strong growth and no inflation. It doesn't get any better than that.
Andrew Busch
Even without an increase in inflation expectations, it will take appropriate monetary policy to keep inflation well contained.
Michael Moskow
The Fed's been clear that rates are going up to control inflation. Investors are trying to see what that's going to do to the consumer.
Andy Brooks
People are still having worries about the economy and inflation. They still feel they want to have gold.
Simon Weeks
This simply confirms what we knew from the numbers from France and Germany already, that inflation is certainly on the rise.
Claudio Piron
What we are seeing is a continuation of the relief that the Fed will fight inflation, but will do so gradually.
Charles Reinhard
The likelihood of faster inflation means we have to be very cautious about holding Treasuries.
Masayuki Senda
In light of the current economic and monetary development, inflation risks still exist.
Axel Weber
When the price of the building is going up faster than you can raise the money, it is a little discouraging sometimes. The construction inflation has just been incredible.
Don Anderson
The big picture here is that the Bank's forecasts for growth and inflation are different to consensus expectations for weaker growth and inflation short term.
Alan Castle
The money supply dynamics are conducive for lower inflation in 2006.
Sergei Ignatyev
The AMT hasn't really been adjusted [for inflation and cost of living increases] since it was founded. More and more middle class families are now subject to this additional tax.
Nancy Goedecke
I think he wants to maintain [Greenspan's] inflation-fighting credentials.
Stuart Schweitzer
Council tax bills are growing significantly faster than inflation.
Martin Ellis
We believe that with inflation rising rapidly, and concerns among the hawks that it will be harder to bring under control ... the door has been closed to further cuts.
Alan Clarke
If they were to cut rates, it might endorse the view that the Fed believes inflation is not a problem. And that can be a dangerous game.
Jeff Cheah
They are concerned about inflation first and foremost but they already know that was going to happen because of petrol.
Michael Every
For most of the time that I have been on the board, there has been very limited pass-through of the additional costs. And the absence of that pass-through has helped keep inflation down.
Mark Olson
We're in an almost perfect environment: low inflation, strong corporate profits and a benign Fed. It certainly seems that the Dow can continue to make new highs.
James Pizzo
On inflation, the president took note: things are bad.
Mikhail Fradkov
Most of the inflation in Europe is imported. But it's still early days to tell whether [the intervention] will be successful or not.
Neville Hill
The good news is you're keeping up with inflation.
Charlotte Yee
But some people will be keying on his comments to see whether he tries to build more of a consensus on inflation targeting.
Martin Mitchell
The balance of risk is shifting from inflation to slower growth.
Robert Mcgee
The big problem now is what does the Fed do with this. How does the Fed take the foot off the brake when you have stellar job creation and signs of increasing inflation?
Richard Yamarone
The main determinant of bond yields is inflation, and inflation is low.
Joe Keating
The market is moderating its inflation expectations. It's a good time to get into U.S. Treasuries.
Alex Rohner
There are some fears about inflation but people are even more concerned about what's happening in the corporate credit market.
Gerald Lucas
The outlook is for very well behaved inflation, greatly due to the currency. This paves the way for gradual interest rate cuts.
Tatiana Pinheiro
It's not passé. A number of central banks have been given inflation targets by their governments and I think that's appropriate because governments are elected and must explain their choices to the electorate.
Tito Mboweni
On balance, the PPI report was positive, ... It doesn't show a further rise in inflation.
Jay Feldman
The economy continues to grow at a good pace but without much inflation.
Kevin Logan
Inflation is a difficult thing both for investors, who are counting on companies to be able to pass (higher prices) through, and also for consumers, when the realize the dividend increases they've been getting aren't really buying that much more.
Thomas Mcmanus
They're not done and it's clear to me that these guys really are worried about an inflation bulge. You are seeing clouds on the horizon because of inflation.
James Swanson
The bias will be for a stronger euro. The European economy is looking good and there's lingering concern about inflation.
Yasuhiro Miyata
This is not a policy of indifference. This is a policy of additional restraint. Contrary to what they say, they think the inflation threat is graver than the threat to growth.
David Resler
It is a realization that there are inflation headwinds out there.
Joseph Balestrino
The expansion is firmly on track. But because of concerns about if and when the Fed will tighten to fight inflation, some volatility can be expected in the second half of 1999.
Michael Boldin
[Inflation] is starting to broaden out; it's starting to move up a little bit, ... The Fed certainly has to be concerned about that.
Stephen Roach
Despite solid growth, inflation is quiet which is reflected in low bond yields.
Paul Ferley
If inflation gets out of hand, the Fed will have to raise interest rates more than is envisioned right now. Oil and energy can do it.
Allen Sinai
Arizona depends on (economic) growth of 8 to 10 percent a year. You can't do that if you have an inflation problem.
John Mathis
If you don't go far enough, you may have a bad inflation consequence; if you go too far, you can easily reverse.
William Dudley
He continued the fight against inflation that Volcker began and has gradually managed to squeeze inflation out of the system.
Marshall Vest
The Fed doesn't have to get too worried about inflation creeping up, but it can't get complacent.
David Watt
The entire movement in yield has been accounted for by a change in inflation expectations.
David Goldman
It is too early to worry about inflation in Japan. There is a strong demand for 20-year bonds and it is good to consider buying them.
Soichiro Kimura
[Consumer prices are likely to catch up eventually, say economists.] I'm not a big inflation hawk, ... but consumers are almost certainly going to be paying more.
Dean Baker
When you adjust it for inflation, a year ago we were looking at gasoline prices that were cheaper than they had been during the Great Depression. So it was an extraordinary bargain.
Daniel Yergin
This is a chance to buy and we are increasing our exposure. Inflation is under control and that makes Treasuries even more attractive. We bought this week.
Masayuki Senda
People are buying gold because it is now apparent that we are going to see massive inflation. Gold is the best hedge for inflation.
Leonard Kaplan
Both tend to do well when inflation is up and bonds are underperforming.
Tom O'connor
It's energy prices that are holding up inflation and may be pushing it higher.
Stephen Webster
Gold above $600 is frightening. It appears that people expect inflation, and that people don't have trust in our currency.
Felix Rohatyn
The bank is clearly worried about liquidity and inflation. But this is like a small band-aid. There will be more liquidity coming.
Miguel Octavio
The jump in import prices will fan the new-found fears of inflation in the markets and at the Fed.
Paul Ashworth
Gold is telling us that not everyone is convinced inflation is in check.
Ralph Preston
Gold is very sensitive to inflation. If you're worried about inflation, you tend to see gains in gold.
Jon Brorson
As we went into December and energy was in that hyper-inflation stage, we looked at measures to cut down the costs.
Brian Donahue
The fresh hike could be a pre-emptive measure but we are surprised as we expect inflation to ease marginally in the coming weeks.
Bidisha Ganguly
China is our fastest-growing export market, and imports from China help keep inflation low, benefiting American consumers and businesses.
John Frisbie
Compounding the problem by chasing higher inflation through higher wage demands would be the ultimate folly.
Danny Mccoy
There seems to be no sign of inflation.
Mark Husson
We have some concerns if student financial aid is not keeping pace, and college costs continue to outstrip inflation.
Mary Johnson
The economy is probably more hot than cold at this point. The inflation measure will be the one to watch because that will be one of the key determinants of whether the Fed hits the brakes or steps on the accelerator again.
Les Satlow
If you have one foot in a bucket of ice and another in a bucket of boiling water, on average you're perfectly comfortable. In that sense, we're very comfortable with inflation right now.
Anirvan Banerji
Inflation and interest rates are all the rage.
David Buik
What we're waiting to see is whether the increase in commodity prices will sift through into core inflation.
William Fitzgerald
A little bit of inflation could be a really good thing, but not too much of it.
Robert Brusca
This time around it's at the high end, so in this sense, it is sufficient for addressing inflation.
Philip Wee
The environment we have (low rates, low inflation) is a good environment for small companies.
Dennis Clark
Cheaper oil prices will reduce inflation in the U.S. and that's quite positive for the U.S. economy.
Takashi Kamiya
The Fed is concerned about inflationary pressures, and more concerned about energy prices feeding through to core inflation than feeding through to (slower) consumption.
David Sloan
Inflation concerns were not really new news and not prevalent in the market.
Nick Bennenbroek
Concerns over inflation have not disappeared.
John Person
I expect year-on-year inflation this month (December) to stand at around 18 percent.
Burhanuddin Abdullah
With inflation slowing, the focus now is to keep rates steady for growth.
Hasitha Premaratne
You have no inflation in these numbers at all.
Michael Franzese
Headline inflation is moving up. A rate hike is likely in the fourth quarter.
Bob Sinche
The question is not whether the consumer is slowing. From the Fed's perspective, it's whether the consumer is slowing down fast enough to keep inflation in check.
Diane Swonk
This earnings increase is the highest we have seen since 1999. It has been growing much faster than inflation.
Andrew Walker
The colleges cannot just automatically increase the fees to cover this overhead charge. The fiscal advisory committee gave the colleges the authority to raise the lab fees by the rate of inflation.
John Satkowski
The expectations of inflation in the coming year are very high.
Albert Cheng
Inflation in the pipeline is building. We're probably going to see a strong employment number and that's not going to be helpful.
Bruce Alston
Euro-area growth will pick up at a faster pace. Inflation risks have increased since the last forecast.
Nicholas Garganas
Independently of the fact that the (index) fell, core inflation shows that the internal demand dynamic continues.
Tomas Flores
I think, with inflation still rising, the central bank will have to increase the rate again.
Fauzi Ichsan
We don't see the Fed as being too hawkish as inflation is under control. The bearish trend may be put on hold for a while.
Kazuaki Oh'e
Car prices have increased less than the price of inflation.
Jonathan Todd
The cost of care is growing at eight times the rate of general inflation.
Mark Goldberg
With labor markets eroding rapidly, external growth faltering badly, and domestic inflation low and falling, the Fed can afford to err on the side of accommodation.
Robert Diclemente
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