Earnings are likely to continue to become more favorable, and I believe that will counteract the negative effect of rising rates to provide for higher stock valuations by year-end.
Robert Balentine
The risk is definitely on the inflation front and its implication for rates.
Owen Fitzpatrick
From a fixed-income point of view, which I'm looking at, it's a little bit disappointing. We have seen the bottom on longer-term rates; everybody is assuming this may be the end of this party.
Anthony Hsieh
If you can pay two to three times the minimum then it makes sense to negotiate your rates.
Tom Coates
Market concerns increased also after softer-than-expected quarterly earnings by Microsoft and the increase in lending rates by the Chinese central bank.
Masayoshi Yano
The first conditions were economic, including the passage of structural reform policies that favored economic growth. We've also had low interest rates and low inflation, which is a big change from the past.
Javier Viveros
Traders normally try to use the supply story to push rates higher.
George Goncalves
You want to talk about Keating? 17% interest rates.
Mark Latham
A lot of businesses don't realize that a lot of rates on their bills are based on demand charges, which can be $2 to $4 per kilowatt. So if you can bring down your demand number by 10 per cent, that's a big chunk off your bill.
Wayne Beamish
With most economic data pointing to continued strength, it's likely and would be prudent, for the ECB to raise rates in March.
John Maskell
The rapid easing of monetary and fiscal policy this time around should enable the economy to return to positive growth more quickly than usual and with lower interest rates and inflation than during the 1990s expansion.
Harvey Rosenblum
You've got this awkward confluence of a Fed that's getting nearer and nearer to some critical level of rates and an inflation forecast that has been more in doubt or more in play than it has been for some time.
Robert Diclemente
The intent is to have the rates set at such a level that (the lane) doesn't get overcrowded -- that's the purpose of a having a variable rate.
Mark Scheibe
As rates float higher, it's better to keep your money close to home and wait for better opportunities down the road.
George Goncalves
The overall PMI shows we are still in rate cut territory. But the PMI has been below this (current) level and the ECB has not cut rates, so this survey on its own will add little to the chance of a rate cut.
Chris Williamson
But I think people are more worried about what will happen in the U.S. with their interest rates.
Michael Heffernan
This business is one of the most predatory on the face of the earth, ... It preys on people who can least afford it. They have higher rates than loan sharks. They may not break any legs, but they are taking food out of the mouth of kids.
Jack Clark
Since the Reserve Bank of Australia raised rates in March, the housing market has just been going sideways. Rates are on hold until the third quarter of this year.
Michael Every
So far, the debt payment ratio (of loan payments to income) hasn't been higher this decade than during the 1990s, but it's been partly held in check by lower interest rates. In some sense, we haven't seen the whole burden bearing down yet.
Heather Boushey
The drought compounds what was already a dire humanitarian situation and is affecting communities in areas beset by years of high malnutrition and morbidity rates, chronic food insecurity, clan fighting and suffering from consecutive bad harvests.
Maxwell Gaylard
There are thousands of different card products, some are offered with low interest rates, some are offered with no fees, some are offered with a cash rebate.
Kevin Arquit
Montrose County rates are higher than most and a significant increase will absolutely kill the economy.
Steve Stuhmer
Profits for auto insurers have skyrocketed with the direct assistance of provincial governments. These governments have legislated reduced benefits by putting caps on payments to victims of crashes in the hope rates would come down.
Bruce Cran
Growth prospects have brightened ... Against this background and due to the excess liquidity in the euro zone, which is a threat for price stability, the ECB will hike interest rates in 2006 to 2.75 per cent.
Gernot Griebling
The deals have been the de-icing on the cake. The more dominant issue is the Nasdaq bounce, which we remain distrustful of, as we feel the market is being too complacent about interest rates.
George Hodgson
With 2001 revenue growth rates now expected to be in a range of 9 to 18 percent and earnings per share growth expected to be negative 12 to 33 percent, we believe Yahoo!'s price-earnings multiple will contract until the company is able to demonstrate significantly higher growth rates.
Mark Rowen
We had indicated to the JFF some time ago that we intended for the new rates to be in place this season and it was not happening.
Peter Prendergast
It causes severe illness and high mortality rates.
Dr. Mark Horton
What the students didn't anticipate at the time is that interest rates in the last few years have gone way down. Now 6.8 percent as a fixed rate doesn't look so good.
Patricia Smith
The greatest rates of appreciation have been in the Rocky Mountain states, where job growth has been exceptional.
John Tuccillo
Today's crime rates, the political situation and public life allow us to hold the elections because a civil society has been built in the Chechen republic.
Alu Alkhanov
Everyone agrees we need to take steps to avoid swings in exchange rates.
Oskar Lafontaine
The record lows in mortgage interest rates naturally drew buyers into the market, with many more jumping in when interest rates began to rise.
Walt Mcdonald
(The market) is telling you that at these levels, given all the warnings we've had from every Fed governor on the planet about the risk of higher interest rates, that people are nervous in front of tomorrow.
Charles White
If we get normal investment returns then we would expect to be able to maintain bonus rates at their current levels.
Brian Harrison
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
Continued growth in the real economy will be one of the factors which is likely to push rates up.
Sanjeet Singh
We continue to be in this trading range, at the lower end right now, ... The only catalysts that can get us out of here in the next few weeks is some relief at the pump, lower oil prices and news about how much the Fed is going to raise rates.
Joseph Battipaglia
We must stop there. We have $500,000 in the sewer account and $367,000 was already taken out. This is a travesty to the public that we are raiding the sewer fund. We have raised rates from $1.75 to $4 per 1,000 gallons.
Dorothy Kelly
Japanese companies are regaining pricing power by gradually reflecting rising manufacturing and labor costs in their product prices. The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates as early as August.
Ryutaro Kono
Hiring intentions seem to have gone up a little bit and confidence is edging up. It's right to assume that the ECB will raise rates in March.
Dario Perkins
Today's economic data was really good. Right now, it looks like the Fed would raise rates in March. Some of the banks that have been suffering as of late, due to the flattening yield curve, should get some help.
Neil Massa
The government may find it difficult to bring in investment in the current scenario, so the growth impetus may need to come instead from keeping rates steady.
Vajira Premawardhana
The government's plan to cut the deficit will pay off if the economy continues to accelerate. The budget deficit next year, which would be the lowest since 1980, means there won't be pressure on rates to rise.
Saumitra Chaudhuri
The market has a very consistent forecast for a decline in interest rates and everyone is betting strongly on that. The prevailing expectation is that this may be the last chance to get into the market before rates fall, so we may see a large inflow of dollars in the short-term.
Flavio Datz
We like consumer plays. Asia has high savings rates. That becomes strong consumption power when coupled with domestic recovery.
Teresa Chow
It is hard to keep buying bonds amid the central bank's determination it will raise interest rates.
Akitsugu Bandou
Wages aren't at a level that's going to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. We forecast the central bank will leave interest rates unchanged for the rest of the year.
Joseph Capurso
We need clear evidence that the economy is growing very strongly for the Fed to raise rates above 4.5 percent if you want to get much further gains in the dollar.
Brian Rose
That number showed the market the U.S. may not be able to lower interest rates as soon as people expected ... and that will lengthen the time before their recovery.
Francisco Andrade
What worries me ... (is) that they will penalize European growth through hasty increases in interest rates without any justification.
Bernard Arnault
The problem we have is that the market, having gone bearish from the end of April, has turned and made the assumption that a half-point, with maybe a quarter-point more, is it [for U.S. rates.
Matt Dennis
For pay option adjustable-rate mortgages, in particular, this shock can be quite dramatic -- under reasonable assumptions about interest rates, as much as a 100 percent increase or more in the monthly payment.
John Reich
The higher than expected catch rates combined with a run size that appears to be about 20 percent smaller than forecast have brought us to this point.
John North
No one expects interest rates to jump higher all of a sudden. They are more likely to rise slowly ... but once they do begin to creep up, it is true that will make things tougher for property firms, which borrow large amounts of money.
Tsutomu Yamada
The recovery has been fueled by lower rates, and people have been so focused on that, they're losing sight of the fact that, in a normal recovery period, interest rates should be going higher. The economy still looks strong, and that's the key.
Andy Engel
The whole market expects rates to fall further.
Tony Volpon
We find that CO2 is about 30% higher than at any time, and methane 130% higher than at any time; and the rates of increase are absolutely exceptional: for CO2, 200 times faster than at any time in the last 650,000 years.
Thomas Stocker
Damage to distribution facilities in California could be recovered in a future (increase in rates). But we don't expect to file another general rate case for some time.
Karl Walquist
Employment growth will keep the economy going and the bond market will be susceptible to the strength of the data that will push the Fed to hike rates again. We expect yields to rise.
Hidehiko Maejima
If people were aggressively concerned about falling house prices, rising interest rates, you would not expect to see a leap in consents being issued for houses.
Tony Alexander
Broaddus just reminded everyone that the Fed is going to raise rates. He is clear that the inflation data has got their attention and that the Fed is much more wary of inflation.
Dominic Konstam
This will probably be of great satisfaction to the Fed and will convince them that economic growth is on track without worrying them that interest rates are seriously too low.
Pierre Ellis
The numbers we're looking at represent phenomenal growth rates, not likely to be duplicated in any other industry.
Brian Gordon
Investors are going to look at whatever economic numbers come out and say is this additional fuel for the Fed to lower rates in March. Earnings are going to continue to come out and they're likely to be negative so you're going to have earnings weighing on the market.
Sam Stovall
As home prices level off, so will the growth of equity that has supported consumer spending in the past. The impact from higher interest rates on home equity loans and adjustable rate mortgages will combine with stubbornly high energy prices to squeeze discretionary spending.
Robert Mcgee
The high levels of industrial capacity in use could force the Fed to keep inflation in check by raising rates, boosting the dollar. The dollar was sold a bit too much this week. Now is a good buying opportunity.
Teruhisa Tsuji
The decline in starts shows that higher interest rates are impacting the housing market. That is a story for the bulls.
James Caron
Obviously they (investors) are going to focus on the Fed but a rate cut is priced in. The focus will be on the economy and signs that the first batch of interest rates are finally taking hold.
Peter Cardillo
Most people expect that the Fed will hike short-term rates more than the 10-year (yield) will go up this year.
Jay Bryson
This raises the chances of an easing in French and German rates before the year end.
Claudio Piron
If they're not fully drawn out, and expect money to go in and out, they keep a home equity line of credit even though rates will keep going up.
Michael Moskowitz
There are different mortality rates for males and females, so females get a higher sum assured.
Standard Life
They want to keep growth rates down to about 10 percent a year. They don't want to go back to the growth rates of between 17 and 20 percent because that's where the inflationary pressure kicks in.
Richard R. Grant
The economy could slow down, and there is still uncertainty about interest rates.
Gerard Cassidy
The market is looking at other, more important things -- U.S. interest rates, corporate earnings, China's economy and so on.
Tsuyoshi Segawa
But in the short term, there's a lot of uncertainty, about terrorism, the presidential election and interest rates.
Peter Brodie
All this suggests that the ECB is in no hurry to hike interest rates. A move in February can effectively be ruled out.
Joerg Kraemer
As rates continue to rise, some local markets may see a backing off of prices and a soft landing as appreciation returns to historically normal levels.
Lee Mcpheters
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Alan Creighton
We want our property tax rates lowered significantly and substantially and meaningfully. So far we have not seen anything in that direction.
Bob Grantham
The move is significant in the sense that it signals the authorities in China are now acting to reduce rates of economic growth, despite low levels of inflation.
Paul Niven
People feel the growth is there whether you push rates up to 6.50 percent or 6.80 percent.
Terrence Gabriel
Interest rates have been creeping up slowly, and we've definitely seen somewhat of a softening in home sales.
Lauren Young
The central bank has identified the triggers that will make it raise rates. We don't think those things will happen.
Annette Beacher
The Bank Negara meeting today (Jan 20) could be a key event. They may wait to hike rates but core inflation is rising and the market is demanding more monetary tightening.
Craig Chan
Yields were very important in 2005; we think they'll be important again over the early part of 2006. Over the first half of the year we think the dollar will do a little better on interest rates.
Nick Bennenbroek
Markets are still trying to firm up where rates will peak in the U.S. and Europe.
George Hodgson
This report will not change the Fed's view on the inflation outlook -- they will keep rates low for still some months to come.
Sherry Cooper
Deposits stopped growing and household money is heading increasingly to risk assets and will continue to do so as long as Japanese interest rates are zero.
Naomi Hasegawa
Interest rates will be the prevailing factor over the next couple of months. A rate hike has already been figured into valuations, but if we get an indication from the Fed that a few more rate hikes could be down the road, this rally could be very short lived.
Mark Cavallone
The bottom line for consumers is potentially billions of dollars a year in additional charges, fees, and higher interest rates and lower yields on savings.
Stephen Brobeck
The spread widening was a little muted given the move in rates.
Neela Gollapudi
Lung cancer death rates have fallen 17 percent in men from 1990 to 2002. Both incidence and death rates have leveled off in women, so we are turning the corner.
Michael Thun
But, as US interest rates are now poised to see further hikes going forward, an end of the current quantitative monetary easing by the Bank of Japan will not narrow wide interest rate differentials between the two countries. And this interest rate gap should continue to support the dollar.
Takashi Kudo
Interest rates are going up - the only question is by how much. Yields will rise further.
Alex Rohner
We could have hit-and-run moves by speculators trying to break those levels around 117.30-117.35. This meeting could be a milestone in Japanese history so it's hard to push the yen lower even if rates don't rise soon.
Tsutomu Soma
It's going to be very difficult for the ECB to raise rates if growth is looking sluggish. Even so people are looking for the ECB to act and that makes the bond market not very attractive.
Guillaume Sciard
We're seeing a definite decline in settlement rates. But we don't know how it will pan out in the fishery.
Lewis Incze
Premium increases are not the best measurement because if you are already high you don't have to raise your rates as much. And if you are low, you may have to raise them a little more.
Joe Zimmerman
We can raise rates, we can borrow more money, or we can mitigate. In the long-run, we can lower costs if we mitigate heavily in this state.
Rade Musulin
The market is beginning to focus on the huge U.S. trade imbalance and there is a view that as growth picks up in Japan and interest rates go up, a lot of the money coming from Japan to the U.S. will not come as rapidly into the U.S. securities markets, ... Before Hours .
Robert Hormats
It's a combination of a lot of things dragging the market. The Bank of England left rates unchanged, the U.S. is down and so is the price of crude, ... The FTSE especially is very oil heavy.
Daniel Birch
I noticed money market rates soar, but that can be explained by month-end demand for cash.
Hugo Morales
They will be cutting (rates) until they get some signs of rebound.
James Annable
(Money managers) expect the Fed to stop raising rates before short-term rates inflict any significant damage to economic growth.
Randy Lert
Our 2004 guidance we believe is conservative, ... We cannot predict fluctuations in foreign currency and in global rates of the euro, pound and yen. This could have a significant impact, positively or negatively, on our results.
Tom Szkutak
There are a lot of features behind this market that are very favorable. Inflation news recently for August was very positive. Rates dropping have been a positive for this market and earnings still look good.
Stuart Freeman
We're all continuing to focus like a laser beam on the economy. And that means not sitting around and patting yourself on the back because unemployment and inflation rates are low.
Gene Sperling
While we know any increase in rates is difficult for our customers, we believe we have been able to keep our request comparatively low through our aggressive power supply management and efficient operations.
Christopher Dutton
Prices are rising, but not fast enough to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. Inflation will pick up slowly toward the end of the year.
Im No Jung
If the U.S. Fed cuts rates soon, maybe in the next 72 hours, the next couple of days, the ECB will have to do the same.
Adolf Rosenstock
In general, a rising rate environment slows down growth, so most companies are not going to go as good as when rates are low.
Jay Bryson
We've had eight wonderful years of declining crime rates, and at a certain point you just can't push those numbers further down, and we've hit that point.
James Alan Fox
People were concerned that the market will start pricing in the argument that the central bank will raise interest rates to a neutral level since deflation in Japan has ended. Yields will have a bias to rise.
Naruki Nakamura
They are wrong. Just look at the numbers. Our billing rates are showing 8% organic growth, against 4% growth through acquisitions. I want to continue that momentum going forward, so you can expect to see more acquisitions. It makes good business sense, and is a good use of the cash we generate.
John Swainson
It's tricky for the European Central Bank. In places like Spain and Ireland, interest rates are clearly too low, but the ECB has to set rates for the region as a whole.
Rob Hayward
There is now an opportunity for the Bank of England to leave interest rates on hold, indicating that they have peaked and encouraging a decline in the exchange rate. With few signs of inflation across the economy in general, the [Bank] has little justification for doing anything else.
Nick Reilly
You know who's going to get hurt? It's the elderly woman who has never had a claim, never done anything wrong, and her rates are going to go up by 10 percent, and that's not right.
Juan Vargas
When a buyer goes to look at a mortgage, they want a site that will have as many rates and mortgage options as possible.
Chris Charron
The bank of Canada is operating textbook econ 101 here in hiking rates in anticipation of inflation going higher 12-16 months in the future, because we're operating at full capacity right now in Canada and it looks like we're going to continue.
John Anania
I've heard many comments from lawmakers, Democrats and others, when we're doubling or tripling those rates and some of the comments are, `Well, if (citizens) don't have the money, they shouldn't be having those homes.' I'm thinking, `You don't understand that folks scrape to get by and that insurance is not a luxury,' .
John Legg
European equities are still reasonably cheap, earnings are very strong and interest rates aren't going up, so we have all the typical ingredients of a fundamental bull market for equities.
Rolf Elgeti
Rates probably need to go above 10 percent and relatively soon or the currency will keep weakening.
Richard Yetsenga
It adds a lot of uncertainty for the business environment. But for the folks who already have a house, these appreciation rates are generally good news.
Andrew Leventis
There's a problem if rates go up and there's no corresponding growth. A slowdown in earnings growth is definitely something in the back of our minds.
Sailesh Bhundia
I don't see any changes at this week's meeting. Besides, ending that policy and raising rates are completely different issues, and rates won't start rising for a while.
Hiroshi Yoshida
My guess is interest rates are going to rise. And both residential and commercial development will slow because of that.
Brian Rooney
When we raise these rates, people will use less. That's a goal we want to achieve.
Henry Thomas
He will need to compensate for the lower-than-usual long rate with higher short rates.
Kevin Harrington
Color affects catch rates and not size.
Gene Wilde
Selling mounted as we've got the Golden Week holiday coming, in addition to concerns about a rise in Chinese interest rates and the currency market coming at the same time.
Yusuke Sakai
What happened when Warner merged with Pfizer in the end of May is that you will have a much broader portfolio. You will have probably 10 different drugs growing at double-digit rates. One of the advances of this merger is to broaden the focus beyond just the two drugs.
Jeffrey Chaffkin
With our proposed rates, NIU will still be below what all the MAC schools are proposing for this current year.
Michael Stang
What that will tend to do will be to drive down accounting rates in international markets, which will tend to stimulate volume growth, and that will be a good deal for customers.
Robert Wilkes
The idea that's been gaining currency in the market is the Fed pause theory, meaning that the Fed raises rates 25 basis points in September and then, because inflation pressures are contained, they pause for a while, skipping a move in November and maybe even December. The (producer price index) data this morning kind of fed into that theory.
Josh Stiles
They've got a very favorable climate for the travel costs. Airline fares are down, room rates [are down], gasoline prices fortunately have come down, so I think it's easier for a traveler to economize in this environment.
Suzanne Cook
It is and it isn't. It is from the point of view that rates are the lowest they've ever been.
Mark Kantrowitz
I think commercial property owners are going to be very surprised by (this) increase in appraised values, particularly since in most areas, rental rates have not increased by the same percentage that the appraised values have increased.
Charles Heimsath
That should be the peak because there was a large increase in June a year ago, ... So that should imply that the rate in June in this year comes down. I think this will open the door to a reduction interest rates from the ECB.
John Shepperd
Florida is outperforming the nation, and your area is outperforming the state in terms of job-growth rates and lower unemployment rates.
Rebecca Rust
Much of their future lies there, ... The high school dropout rates are all going in the right direction and are improving. They have gotten better for the second generation.
Roberto Suro
The affordability of light vehicles has been quite stable over the past ten quarters. Family incomes have been rising faster than vehicle prices, but higher interest rates have increased the cost of financing a new car.
Dana Johnson
The fall in freight rates is dragging down their bottom lines. Nonetheless, their stocks' low valuations will somehow attract investors.
Hajime Yagi
The European economy is on course for a good recovery and the ECB is likely to raise rates to 2.75 percent by year-end. The euro is looking more attractive.
Masafumi Yamamoto
These savings are a clear positive, but retiree liability cuts are likely to see some almost immediate offsets, from ongoing health care inflation, possible Delphi liability assumption and falling long-term rates.
Robert Barry
Term rates keep dropping and dropping and dropping; it's just amazing.
Jane Bryant Quinn
But against the backdrop of improvements in commodity prices, the fact the Canadian dollar has been rallying and the long end of the market had already priced it in, they thought, 'Listen, our rates should be below U.S. rates. Our inflation is lower and we're well behind in the economic cycle.'
Michael Gregory
People think prices are going to go down and the statistics keep telling us they're not. They need to buy. We have an excellent inventory, excellent interest rates. What are they waiting for?
Karen Peterson
There remains a lingering risk of higher interest rates should signs of stronger employment and inflation emerge in coming months.
Brian Redican
I think this is a fundamental decline. Deflation is really the cause of this. Low interest rates and low inflation isn't the answer to supporting this market.
Robert Farrell
One of the ironies is that most of the other countries spend considerably less than we do on health care and many other countries have better track records on rates of mortality (and) infant mortality.
Marilyn Moon
If the investment climate has not improved sufficiently to maintain capital inflows by the time BI cuts its rates in the second half of 2006, then capital outflow will be the likely result.
Fauzi Ichsan
We have expanded our business at record rates, and we are setting ambitious hiring goals to continue that growth. We know we can find the well-qualified people we need here in Tucson.
Martha Furnas
The market needs to walk a line between too little growth and too much growth, between profits and interest rates. The jobs report tilted the market toward too little growth.
James Awad
The earnings evolution is definitely slowing in Europe. Combined with rising interest rates and an excellent performance over the last few months, we can expect the market to take a pause.
Patrick Casselman
The payrolls data resolves the big puzzle and the big worry over the U.S. outlook. It means the Fed can now consider raising rates at some stage.
Aziz Mcmahon
It's a good move. It flattens the yield curve and brings long-term rates down.
Bill Hornbarger
When numbers go up, there's always a possibility that rates are going to go up. We don't want to leave any stone unturned to prevent infant deaths.
Cheryl Fogarty
The Fed will continue to raise interest rates. We think they will do so twice more.
Kathleen Stephansen
If you get into single-digit vacancy rates, generally speaking, you see speculative development activity coming back. And it is coming back, but it's coming back slowly.
Kevin Hayes
Average numbers can sometimes be misleading. Erosion rates are highly variable and never steady.
Spencer Rogers
We haven't raised our rates since 1992. In that time, the consumer price index has increased by 53 percent; but we have kept our rates steady over that time because we have managed costs.
Caroline Allen
The onset of 2005 bodes well for the housing industry. Long-term mortgage rates are currently below six percent.
Amy Crews Cutts
The Legislature hasn't wanted to go along with it because it would push up rates.
Mark Delegal
Housing activity has peaked and is coming down a bit, and we expect further cooling in the coming months. We feel confident that housing is landing softly as rates continue to rise.
David Lereah
Growth momentum remains strong and that should lead to higher inflation and interest rates.
Shuchita Mehta
After the Fed comes out with its rate hike, and when it communicates to the market that it's satisfied with where rates are for the time being, then we may go back to focusing on the deficits.
Ashraf Laidi
We're concerned for two reasons. There could be copycat activity (of the exchange) in other ports and countries. Also, there are clear indications already that the exchange is having an effect in the China-Far East/Europe trade lane on rates and tariffs.
Chris Welsh
Energy prices really have fallen to a distant second as far as concerns for the market. The big concern is whether the Federal Reserve is going to keep raising interest rates and, if they do, whether that's going to slow the economy too much.
Scott Wren
As long as the Fed keeps raising rates, yields are going to move higher. The Fed decision definitely left the door open for more rate hikes.
Joseph Shatz
The important fact is they're a first mover in a high-margin business that will have increased adoption rates as we move forward.
Anthony Noto
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
The reality is that if the Fed raises interest rates by a quarter of a point all that's doing is serving to keep inflationary pressures under control.
John Shaughnessy
The ever-demanding needs of central government and the NHS are leading to a new tax collection approach being adopted. Chancellor Brown is, and always has been, under political pressure to increase the tax take without increasing headline rates of tax.
Scott Hallesy
Every state except Massachusetts was represented. As baby boom demographics have converged with equity refugees and low interest rates, Sun Belt communities have benefited.
James Wood
This is a business where a 1 or 2 percent change in production has a significant impact on freight rates, so this should have an effect, especially with things as tight as they are.
Jim Winchester
The drop in mortgage interest rates is offsetting higher home prices, so housing affordability conditions are remaining fairly even.
Martin Edwards
When there is a big catastrophe, rates don't go up in other parts of the country to make up for the losses. That's not how it works.
Jeanne Salvatore
We are pleased to report acceleration in our growth rates to small to medium-sized business clients as we continue to drive improvements in our daily execution. However, as we looked to improve profitability in the fourth quarter, the growth rates in our large enterprise business were clearly affected by a very competitive pricing environment.
Rich Fennessy
There's no need for the central bank to raise interest rates again.
Jarrod Kerr
All the fundamentals remain in place, and the overall housing market continues to exhibit ongoing strength. Favorable mortgage rates, as well as strong household income and job growth, continue to bolster housing demand.
David Seiders
There is no way of forecasting when exchange rates are going to move.
Tony Alexander
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