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Our children continue to be healthier ... because our infant and adolescent mortality rates continue to decline.

National Center

These failure rates on probation, parole and Community Corrections are having just as much effect on driving prison growth as anything passed by the Legislature has.

Christie Donner

That just speaks to what a big hit manufacturing took and how long a way we have to claw back to reasonable rates of utilization.

Joshua Feinman

A weaker yen will put substantial downward pressure on inflation and will result in lower interest rates. A stronger dollar also means that U.S. assets are more attractive, once you buy them.

Kevin Harris

The consumers are the ones who would save, or whoever is using this concrete. They would get rates that are lower than if it was coming by railcar.

Dean Haen

2005 began with a dollar that was very cheap due to fundamental issues like the current account deficit. Rate differentials then supported the dollar, and we think relative rates will continue to drive currency markets.

Teis Knuthsen

Inflation is still higher than nominal interest rates, and this is a clear sign that monetary conditions are highly accommodative in Malaysia and the need for interest rates to return to a neutral level.

Joseph Tan

If you look at why our graduation rates are low, it's because our high school students are inadequately prepared for college. But, I don't want to focus the blame on the K-12 school system.

Ray Grasshoff

We can't absorb the whole cost of an engine. But we did offer to reduce what our rates would be but he (Mr. Smalls) would have to pay the rest of it and he hasn't agreed to do that.

Mark Medinger

We didn't see the big increase in Federal Reserve interest rates. I think that surprised a lot of the market.

Adam Myers

Very likely the Legislature is going to allow us to implement the Hathaway Scholarship Program, which is just an amazing opportunity. It will allow us to improve test scores and graduation rates. It's going to be an economic development tool as well.

Jim Mcbride

We're in the range between 50 and 55 (in the ISM index) where the Fed often holds interest rates steady, and with Hurricane Katrina likely impacting the economy, particularly in the South, in September, we may see the Fed hold policy steady for a while until policy-makers can assess the full impact of the hurricane.

Gary Thayer

Longer term, because rates are going to go up, the outlook for yields is going to be for them to be going higher.

Alessandro Tentori

There are enormously long lags from a change in exchange rates to impact on production and employment. ...The dollar has already weakened and frankly this kind of move isn't going to matter very much.

James Annable

It may be even more that one (rate hike). If they move once there is always another chance for another one, but I think the message that we got from Greenspan today is that it will not be an aggressive increase in rates.

Stephen Gallagher

Bank One has got one of the best credit card divisions, ... The perception of investors is that financial services stocks are affected by interest rates and they're not.

David Dreman

I think on the margin the U.S. data makes currency traders more hesitant to put on strong positions. The U.S. economy is still growing at a strong pace, and the Fed might have to raise rates longer than anticipated.

Anton Pil

One of the reasons that the central bank raised rates is to try to decrease market volatility that could arise from the election results.

Carola Sandy

There's no way for consumers to borrow more cheaply. But that might change if the Fed raises rates a couple more times.

Keith Gumbinger

People are unwilling to take positions. There is concern about the Australian dollar because of its connection to rates, but also because everybody gets nervous around such volatility.

Martin Angel

I think people who were trying to get into investment properties and trying to flip them won't see those financial advantages with the short-term rates being higher than the long-term rates.

Bob Moulton

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but I'm a little doubtful. Most of the time when the Fed lowers rates it's good for the market. This time, the problem is related to the global economy.

Frank Gretz

This confirms our expectations that rates should be headed higher here as people are pricing in a more hawkish Fed.

Michael Pond

If we're all going to count on universal service at reasonable rates, the Postal Service has to change with the times.

John Oliver

It was a phenomenal year for PCs, with growth rates not seen since 2000.

Lillian Tay

The biggest surprise to me has been that interest rates have stayed as low as they have as long as they have.

Dean Baker

This makes it quite a lot less likely that it will (reduce rates) but it doesn't rule it out completely.

Robert Prior

I think Beaufort County could pay lower rates and pay a host fee to Jasper County. Obviously (Beaufort and Jasper counties) would have more power negotiating with Waste Management.

Andrew Fulghum

We have one of the lowest rates for abortion in general. People here live their values. The teens we're concerned about are the teens where communication is not good in the family.

Karrie Galloway

The Fed will hike interest rates by 25 basis points at its next meeting, but it will be the last one in this tightening cycle. We've been recommending buying the euro.

Masafumi Yamamoto

He is warning the markets that the Federal Open Market Committee will very likely continue to raise short-term interest rates, given the continued growth in the economy.

Preston Martin

Men with the highest body mass index (BMI) were at greatest risk for death from front or left-side collisions, especially at high speeds. Men with the lowest BMI also had higher death rates than the lowest rates, which were found among overweight, but not obese men.

Shankuan Zhu

This number combined with the other high numbers is going to force the government to keep interest rates high and make sure the budget is austere for the next year. High rates are bad news for equity holders.

Damian Fraser

And, as in previous years, the rates for black and Puerto Rican infants were higher than other groups, ... We are working closely with medical and community partners to reduce persistent disparities.

Thomas Frieden

A lot of people who over-improved did a cash-out refinancing when rates were at a low, expecting housing prices to continue going up and up. But in some places, like the Midwest, prices have already stopped climbing.

Sal Alfano

As rates rise, there would be more demand because most investors are interested in protecting themselves.

Henley Smith

There's more upside risk on the dollar as the rate differential still attracts buyers. The U.S. economy is on a firm footing and the Fed may raise rates at least twice by March.

Jun Kitazawa

It looks as though there's been a change, but two points do not make a trend. We will have to calculate rates, using 100,000 passenger days, in order to really effect a comparison. We will be doing that.

Dave Forney

While checking and money market rates have not had significant changes recently, if the Federal Reserve makes any more changes to the Federal Funds rate, we should see some movement in checking and money market rates.

Randy Rosen

[Overall, following the statement,] the market is fairly clear that the Fed will keep raising rates by a quarter percentage point at each meeting through the end of the year, ... What the market is less sure of is what impact this will have on the economy.

Jeff Kleintop

Credit losses are very low now, but mortgage lenders need to be prepared for higher losses, ... Homeowners taking on these types of mortgage product need to understand how their obligation may grow when their low introductory interest rates expire.

Donald Powell

We need better information on survival rates and recruitment rates of mourning doves. But we have to look at the availability and efficiency of non-toxic shot.

Jay Roberson

Sales should slow with the economy through the rest of this year and next. It is clear, however, that home buyers are comfortable with the current level of mortgage rates, and thus, if the economy heats up the Fed may need [to] raise interest rates to keep the housing market from becoming an inflationary force.

Michael Boldin

What is frequently lost in translation is that our pregnancy rates are anywhere from 40 to 60% higher than other areas of the world.

David Adamson

What (insurance companies) do is target urban areas and raise the rates. It's a problem. It's led to rampant discrimination in the insurance industry.

Doug Heller

This pickup in monthly house-price inflation is consistent with the continuing upward trend in market activity in recent months and the previous pattern of house price movements when the Bank of England begins to reduce interest rates.

Martin Ellis

We have a U.S. economy that's growing better than most of its major counterparts, and an environment where interest rates are increasing, while the conjecture in Europe is whether to cut. All this is dollar supportive.

Thomas O'malley

They reported much better earnings than we suspected. It was all based on Fingerhut being better than plan. Department stores were actually below plan, so the quality of that (earnings) improvement reflects better delinquency rates than anticipated.

Steve Kernkraut

We have removed 44 lenders for that. We find out about it from consumers, other lenders or our own software that checks whether their rates are within a reasonable guideline of profitability.

Charles Collins

Interest rates pose little medium-term risk to equities in our view.

Lars Kreckel

I worked here when the interest rates were 18 percent and property still moved.

Debbie Roth

The interest rates were so low we wanted to take advantage of it. We were afraid if we waited until the fall the interest rates would go up.

Beth Mackie

If firms need pricing power, they should be clamoring for the highest possible rates of inflation. Firms don't have pricing power, but they can still make money, and a lot of it.

Joshua Feinman

The Fed made it reasonably clear they will raise rates again. The Fed is impacting the Dow stocks and not impacting the Nasdaq stocks.

Alan Kral

Japan's interest rates are still low. The rate- differential story still attracts Japanese investors to higher yielding assets.

Jun Kitazawa

The Federal Reserve does not want to have to raise interest rates. The next best thing is to have the market do it for them and that's exactly what happened.

Robert Froehlich

If rates are rising worldwide, that makes our bond market less attractive. I think rates are going to have to go higher to continue to attract funds from overseas.

Raymond Remy

Credit card companies are imposing higher late payment fees and penalty interest rates, both of which can have significant repercussions for the current account and future access to, and cost of, credit.

Ruth Lytton

Every new Fed chair always raises interest rates at the first meeting. It's an ego thing. Beyond that, it's very hard to tell. Financial markets that trade on the rate changes are pricing in a 30 to 40 percent chance of a further increase.

Dan Ward

Competition in the TV service market will be good because customers will get better prices. Cox has been hiking rates year after year, and they'll keep on doing it until customers have a choice and can make their voice heard.

Michael Dunne

Market players are expecting that Mizuno and Fukui may start preparing the markets gradually for an eventual increase in interest rates, and are listening carefully to their speeches.

Tatsuo Ichikawa

There is basically 100 percent pricing for a tightening in U.S. rates ....

Adam Myers

With rates falling, managers will be going to the corporate bond market.

John Woolway

Continued cost inflation pressures and tight labor conditions may keep upward pressure on interest rates longer than currently perceived. It's likely large-cap stable growth will hold up better if earnings falter.

Thomas Mcmanus

The Bank of Japan probably won't hold rates at zero for very long after excess reserves are absorbed.

Ryutaro Kono

Could you imagine reducing our fatality rates by 60 percent?

Paul Pate

Cheap products from China and a very competitive pricing environment is helping keep underlying inflation in check. Interest rates are on hold for the time being.

Shane Oliver

Homeowners are taking advantage of the rally by locking in still historically low long-term mortgage rates.

Bob Walters

We've held off (increases) a long, long time. We need to invest to maintain and continue reliable delivery systems and it's very difficult to continue with the current rates.

Susan Gallagher

Earnings will be an important driver of momentum for stocks. Everyone is looking at what the impact of interest rates will be on the bottom line.

Lex Bouwmeester

A lot of lending is going on in the form of dollars, which is reflecting international interest rates.

Jonathan Pincus

It's potentially a pretty fluid market. But the fact that a lot of these mayors and city councilmen brag about tremendously low turnover rates is an indication that local government employees are probably being compensated a little too well.

Mike Jerman

The fundamental question he asked himself is, 'Can we compete and earn reasonable rates of return on capital long-term'.

Craig Fitzgerald

There is an underlying positive tone for the dollar which is coming through between the politics of Japan and Germany. The underlying dollar story is interest rates. People are becoming a little more convinced the Fed is going to hike to 4 percent by the end of the year.

Meg Browne

My concern is many people are having financial difficulties. Personal savings rates are down. There is less of a buffer to fall back on.

James Chessen

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

As we get closer to the quarter-end, if the Federal Reserve does not raise rates, and even indicates a neutral bias after that, you will have a quarter-ending window-dressing rally like you've never seen before.

Richard Suttmeier

Room rates were up, plus there were 4,000 more rooms available. That impacted room revenues during the fiscal year.

Frank Streshley

The housing market has traditionally done very well in our economy, and continues to thrive. IHFA is pleased to be able to continue offering low rates for Idaho families to purchase a home.

Bob Reed

We accept interest rates may rise in order to maintain the low-inflation stability which is essential for business.

Ruth Lea

It's not necessarily to speculate on rates at this level. It's more risk management.

Mustafa Chowdhury

The stronger consumer confidence, the more likely the Fed will keep hiking rates for longer. Yields have the potential to march higher in the coming months.

Alex Li

Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates or even a little spike in the energy prices. As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued consumer spending.

Farooq Kathwari

While inflation remains broadly contained in oil-exporting countries with pegged exchange rates, more flexible exchange rates would allow better control over domestic monetary conditions and promote efficient external adjustment.

John Weeks

Ford regularly offers cash-back incentive options on new vehicles as well as discounted annual percentage rates such as the zero-percent program.

Susan Krusel

It's a lose-lose situation for the yen. Traders feel they shouldn't raise rates because the economy is still too weak at this point.

Tom Benfer

The market's between a rock and a hard place. The jobs data comes out better than expected. I'd always thought that was good for the economy, but the 'fundamentalists' are talking about how that's going to get the Fed to keep raising rates. It's just nuts.

Ralph Bloch

Global markets have not been affected by the possibility of rising U.S. interest rates. Japan and the Nasdaq in the U.S. are gaining, so that's creating a positive flow.

Jason Hwang

The question is what catalyst will get it going. My guess is more signs of a stronger economy. That might be higher interest rates, but you may need that to get small caps going. They may improve as the bond (goes down).

Joseph Mcalinden

While fails are a normal part of market activity, the goal of this mechanism is to establish clear guidelines for market participants that will eliminate uncertainty and allow participants to remain engaged in the market even when rates go negative.

Robert Toomey

The rise in output prices ... will not ruffle the doves unduly when the MPC meets next month to decide on interest rates.

Daragh Maher

Companies that rely on the Chinese market may suffer if China continues raising rates.

Tsuyoshi Shimizu

We expect no change in interest rates. The market has been factoring in better interest rates for the last four months.

Joe Rooney

Central banks are raising interest rates, and that's risky for stocks. Expectations for earnings growth are too high.

Teun Draaisma

Long-term U.S. interest rates have risen as the market has started to price in the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will keep raising rates beyond 5 percent.

Masamichi Koike

The more hours they purchase, the cheaper it is. A three-hour block is $21, and a five-hour block is $30. We also offer a membership plan that provides discounted rates to our regular gamers.

Dwight Hetzell

Structural nervousness creeps into the market from time to time but interest rates still favor the dollar.

Daragh Maher

If you take out the effects of sold businesses and the effect lower interest rates had on revenue, the actual number is more like a 6 percent increase.

Martin Sankey

It is possible that interest rates go up to over 3 percent.

Michael Schubert

What you're going to see is a likely increase in insurance rates, because the risk of property damage and loss of life is going to increase as a result of this.

Kate Hale

The Federal Reserve is one of the main driving forces for rates changes on checking and money market accounts. With the Federal Reserve increasing the benchmark federal funds rate a quarter-point, I anticipate checking and money market account rates to show some movement in the coming weeks.

Randy Rosen

I think we're very close to the end of this particular correction. The bull market's not over by any means. We need several increases in interest rates before stocks top out.

Larry Rice

In its assessment of the monetary policy stance, the monetary board noted that prevailing conditions continue to provide room for the [central bank] to keep its policy rates steady in the near term.

Amando Tetangco

Up to those amounts the countries concerned would be able to access international capital markets at prime rates. Beyond these, the creditors would have to beware.

George Soros

You can buy two-years and finance them for the next six months if you don't think the Fed is going to raise rates until the fourth quarter.

David Winter

The surprise would be if they cut rates by 50 basis points or didn't cut them at all.

Gwyn Hacche

2006 is going to be a year where you see improvement in rental rates.

Patrick Callahan

We're optimistic the incidence rates will be driven back down. The challenge will be to get those 11-year-olds back in for their booster shot.

David Neumann

The change from 'likely' to 'may be' takes away any strong signal they'll be raising rates.

Dean Maki

If rates rise it's because the economy is getting better.

Jim Glassman

I think the dollar would need to see some good economic news and sustained upward pressure on interest rates for it to really gather much momentum.

Lisa Finstrom

It really reinforces the view that the Fed will continue to hike rates.

Charmaine Buskas

What you'll probably see is things like lines of credit move up a bit, variable rate mortgage rates will move up as well.

Linda Sims

The story of central banks shifting out of dollars has been a problem for the dollar. But the Fed has been aggressive and U.S. interest rates are rapidly going up. So the cost is getting high to shift out of dollars.

Johan Javeus

The expectation is that, over time, interest checking and money market rates will continue to increase, especially if the Federal Reserve makes more rate increases.

Randy Rosen

You can't have prices rise at sharp double-digit rates indefinitely, because you're going to create an affordability problem.

Walter Moloney

There's no question that power rates are going to go up whether it's using wind energy or fossil fuels.

Jamie Ballem

Interest rates aren't as critical since half their customers pay cash for their purchases. That protects them a little bit from housing cycles.

James Mcbride

At the same time, we've had very little increase in minimum wage, we've had continuing growth with respect to marginal jobs and social assistance rates haven't gone up.

Dianne Urquhart

Everyone knows that interest rates will rise but the question is how fast and by how much. I see the market coming under pressure today.

Knut Hochwald

Stocks that have minimum exposure to higher interest rates.

William Hummer

Long-term mortgage rates will more than likely rise over the next few months, albeit modestly compared to shorter-term rates.

Frank Nothaft

Without full knowledge of assaults and crime rates, students cannot know the specific nature of the threats they face, and this makes it harder for them to protect themselves against criminals in the area.

William Marra

What's happening is the traditional old line industrial companies are seeing their fundamentals erode as (interest) rates go higher.

Greg Hymowitz

[Increased interest rates might also mean a smaller pay raise as well as a more gradual increase in the value of your investments. But slower may be surer.] In the late 1970s and early 1980s, people were getting 10 percent pay raises, ... But housing prices were going up 12 to 15 percent, and so were cars.

David Orr

There's expectation that rates will go higher. Why buy on par when the price will be less than par next week.

Jack Malvey

If there's continued strength in employment costs, I believe the Fed will raise rates 50 basis points to slow economic growth by a couple of notches.

Richard Babson

The more dramatic effect was in 1998 and 2000. There was a growth in Latino and Asian- American registration rates and a maintenance of the higher levels of voter participation.

Louis Desipio

The big question is when and how much long-term interest rates are going to rise, because that affects development projects at all levels.

Brian Rooney

We are seeing a market that has experienced extraordinary rates of growth. We are seeing those rates moderate. That pace of moderation has been slightly greater than we expected.

Richard Segal

Injection molding high temperature resistant plastics provide part makers with design flexibility, high production rates, lower labor costs, and less or no finishing of molded parts, ... This compared to the costly and labor intensive forging, casting, cutting and grinding of metals are all reasons for the move towards polymers.

Michael Valenti

An unexpected surge in wages would likely see the bank raising its inflation forecast and needing to tighten rates, so keeping a close eye on wages and inflation data in the coming quarters will be important.

Tom Kenny

We need to be making contraception easy for women, but in many states we're actually making it harder. When effective contraceptive use rises, abortion rates go down.

Sharon Camp

The concern is that the insurers might actually use the climate issue to boost their current strategy, which is to raise rates and slash coverage.

Birny Birnbaum

The bottom line is, our graduation rates are not acceptable. Once you're behind, the intervention needs to be pretty immediate.

Peter Daniels

When interest rates go up, it pushes a lot of buyers out of the market.

Todd Bertolone

With the FOMC rate verdict due later today, there's a cautious mood creeping into equity markets as although a 25 basis point hike is widely expected, there's little consensus as to just how long the aggressive stance over interest rates will now continue for.

Matthew Buckland

This can be explained by the interplay of the real economy and the financial markets: For instance, when economies are expanding, upward pressure on general prices [measured by Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index] persist. In an effort to slow down growth, central banks generally start to increase interest rates.

Macquarie Research

There is a growing belief that the Fed will just keep hiking rates.

Jim Caron

The numbers relieved some fear of the Fed tightening interest rates. For how long, I don't know. But for the time being they have.

David Jarvis

Once interest rates start to rise, the present value of developers' future earnings will start to decrease.

Takashi Kamiya

Emerging markets have become expensive and we have reduced our exposure. One reason is that Japanese interest rates will eventually go. This will have implications because carry trades are likely to be unwound.

Hans Goetti

Inflation has been very modest, and that is the biggest single factor affecting interest rates. And as long as inflation remains modest, rates won't rise dramatically.

Ken Hackel

The BOJ may want to move early to raise rates, but they should expect a big battle. It likely won't happen until October or later.

Hiromichi Shirakawa

Vacancy rates have gone down a bit, but owners are still behind the power curve. To attract residents and bring vacancy rates down, apartment owners had to offer incentives or discounts, despite their costs increasing.

Gordon Von Stroh

The recent availability of 100 percent mortgages and low interest rates means that it is easier than ever to jump onto the first rung.

Brian Fallon

The market is definitely a lot more sluggish than at the end of last year. However how much of that is attributable to the holiday break and how much is to do with rising interest rates is hard to say.

Howard Morley

We are pursuing this lawsuit to ensure that the ICC follows the laws that expressly call for consumers to be protected from the inflated rates that would result if the ICC approves this unauthorized auction process.

Lisa Madigan

I don't think anybody expects them to move on rates given their recent rhetoric.

Mark Cliffe

Some market participants are expecting no rate increase unless CPI increases to 1 percent, but if Mizuno suggests the BOJ can hike rates before, it could be a selling factor for bonds.

Tatsuo Ichikawa

The shorter the time until maturity, the less impact rising rates will have on bond prices.

James Stack

We went up on rates, but as gas is increasing, I don't think it's doing any good, ... ... We can't stick it to the customer but so much. They can't afford it. If gas keeps going up the way it's going, I'm going to have to park my cab.

Anthony Daniels

As fixed rates rise, ARMs will become a bigger factor.

Stephen Ladue

The market is more inclined to the perception that US interest rates will rise further.

Ryohei Muramatsu

As drug classes go, growth rates in anti-psychotics are actually quite healthy. But it's fairly well penetrated. It gets harder to grow as [the industry] gets bigger.

Bruce Cranna

The Fed's hell-bent on getting rates to 4 percent but after that it needs to take a look at a lot of things. It might be wise to seriously consider stopping.

John Norris

The hope is we won't have as high rates of mental-health consequences as we've seen in prior wars.

Col. Charles Hoge

Personal saving rates are minimal, and the federal government is deeply in deficit. But the states are putting money back into their rainy-day funds.

Scott Pattison

From a rates perspective, this release will provide a much needed tonic to those looking for lower UK rates.

Richard Mcguire

As far as interest rates are concerned, zero growth puts a 50 basis points cut back on the agenda at this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

Neil Mackinnon

Now the Fed cannot raise interest rates.

Muriel Siebert

This significantly reduces the prospects of any interest cut until at least August. Indeed, it increases the odds that the eventual next move in interest rates could be up.

Howard Archer

So we don't get the gold medal in housing this year ? we have to settle for the bronze. There's still plenty of demand for housing in the U.S., even with the higher mortgage rates.

Richard Yamarone

The strength across all labor-market indicators does suggest the Fed will likely raise rates in March.

Dean Maki

The sentiment on interest rates can swing. It really depends on the stance of the Federal Reserve.

Mandy Chan

People are comfortable that handset volume can grow at high single-digit rates for the next few years. But what kind of phones are companies going to sell? Are people going to pay up for them?

Jeff Bray

The curve inversion is just a temporary phenomenon. It cannot last as the Fed raises rates.

Yasutoshi Nagai

The associations are lobbying issues for their membership. The physicians and dentists and ophthalmologists would rather charge retail [rates]. Our program obviously works because the marketplace is expanding all over the country.

Ryan Jumonville

A lot of the gains in March were related to seasonal issues and California grocers going back to work. The April number won't be as strong, and the Fed's going to need to see a few months of strong jobs growth before it raises rates.

Gary Wolfer

It seems we've had more than enough weak economic data to conclude the Fed will cut rates on June 27.

Bill Meehan

Today's older Americans are very different from their grandparents, living longer with lower rates of disability, with higher rates of education and garnering more wealth.

Louis Kincannon

I don't want rates to go too far. Obviously you don't want to make a series of bad judgments. I don't think that is the case.

Gary Stern

There's considerable nervousness about the direction of interest rates. After having such a strong run earlier, markets need some time to catch their breath.

Geoff Lewis

The economy is doing fine. We're at the lowest unemployment rates in a generation. Inflation is hard to find. There's just aren't the kinds of problems that would induce to you take new medicine. So if the medicine at the moment is a 4-3/4 percent Fed funds rate, keep it there.

Neal Soss

It's not what you would have wanted of you wanted to avoid higher rates.

Robin Clements

Inflation is not something you can put back in the bottle very easily. Rising interest rates and inflation would affect corporate profits and make valuations look overdone and stocks look expensive.

Tim Hayes

This obviously suggests that if they were going to tighten monetary policy and raise rates, it would be in a very gradual fashion.

Carol Stone

The Fed may become less comfortable offering guidance on the direction of interest rates. The market is going to watch to see if they remove 'measured.

Todd Elmer

AccuVision's strong uniform light field and controlled movement can assist in achieving defect-free products by facilitating more accurate and greater rates of visual inspections with sensors, cameras, and even the human eye.

Charles Mitchell

Our mortgage rates will skyrocket.

Chet Edwards

There's a little bit more caution coming into the investment outlook mostly because of fears of higher interest rates in the U.S. and Europe and now Japan.

Chris Iggo

The narrowing rate differential is bad for the Australian dollar. The trend is going to be down as the U.S. Fed keeps raising rates.

Rob Henderson

What the market is saying is that implicit in what he's talking about is a suggestion that we are going to see higher rates.

Bill Hornbarger

U.S. consumer confidence will push up the dollar by backing speculation the Fed will raise rates further. The dollar's uptrend will likely continue today.

Michiyoshi Kato

Obviously, many renters have become homeowners as rates have fallen.

Lawrence Yun

The Fed's decision to increase rates by half a percentage point will have a moderate, momentary (negative) effect on stocks.

Gerardo Copca

Our process tends to be non-automated, non-robotic, non-conveyor; so labor rates are a big deal to us.

Paul Wilbur

Fundamentally we think rates should be higher than they are, but we've thought that for the last couple of years. The Fed's got a couple more hikes in it, and will stop out at 5 percent.

Vincent Boberski

We made this change to obtain more competitive rates for the electricity that powers our three manufacturing facilities in the state. We do continue to pay Public Service for transportation.

Stephanie Anderson

We are more market-driven than tenant-driven. If you look at our ownership we are focused on asset improvement and seek situations where we can get improved occupancy and rental rates.

Jeffrey Goldberg

The base of global growth is strengthening and broadening overseas. It looks like we're picking up the pace and we're moving back into above-trend growth rates.

David Hensley

There are a lot of loans that were made anywhere from one to five years ago that have adjustable rates. Those rates are adjusting upwards and making it difficult for some people.

Jane Moore

The Fed wants everyone to know that rates are going nowhere and will not let facts get in the way.

Joel Naroff

This whole thing is, everybody's waiting for Friday. People are worried about the Fed raising rates.

Josef Schachter

When countries improve governance and reduce corruption, they reap a 'development dividend' that can include reduction in child mortality rates and increase in per capita income and literacy rates.

Peter Eigen

I don't think this will have much impact on Fed thinking, not at this point; 25 basis points in January is baked in the cake. So we'll see one more hike certainly, perhaps two, but as the Fed keeps saying now the future course of interest rates will depend on the data. We're not on cruise control anymore.

Aaron Simpson

That's just to make sure they're responding right to exercise. They are also trained to monitor their own blood pressure and heart rates.

Paula Butler

There's a risk the statement will be watered down. This will be negative for interest rates, the yield gap will narrow further, and the Australian dollar will go down.

Richard Grace

Domestic demand is incredibly resilient now. With consumers set to increase spending now that deflation concerns are fading, the Bank of Japan may raise rates by 25 basis points as soon as October.

Azusa Kato

Strengthening economies in Japan and Europe, combined with the threat of further rate hikes from the Federal Reserve has investors anticipating higher rates and acting defensively.

William O'donnell