The market has reduced speculation about the likelihood of rate cuts anytime soon as the data is coming in pretty robust.
Richard Mcguire
After all of these increases, we're really at a point of watchfulness to see if the rate hikes have been sufficient to too much. There are fears in both directions.
Susan Malley
At this rate, ... I'll never get out of the penalty box.
Craig Rivet
The Fed is much more concerned that policy remains accommodative, which means that rate hikes will be measured going forward.
Richard Franulovich
Any suggestion as to where inflationary pressures still lie could offer direction with regard to interest rate policy in the months ahead.
Claire Collingwood
That's the major driver of stock markets today. The rising interest rate cycle is close to an end.
Agnes Deng
It is a full price, but that's the going market rate for this sort of acquisition.
Douglas Smith
Within the last five years the number of fatalities have been cut in half. From our perspective that's where we ought to be focused. It is what is happening to the absolute number of injuries - and the rate of injuries - that has gone down. Mining is no longer the most dangerous industry in the United States.
Carol Raulston
The consensus appears to be a likely pause in June as the Fed assesses the effects of past rate hikes on consumers and the housing sector.
William O'donnell
One more rate increase may be enough for the U.S. economy.
Akira Takei
This will lower the cost of capital and the investment hurdle rate, make SA more attractive for foreign direct investment, and support foreign portfolio investment in (local) equities.
Jac Laubscher
We were very worried about its condition, as its respiratory rate was too high. Unfortunately it did deteriorate very quickly.
Paul Jepson
In addition, the market seems to have come to the conclusion that an end to the quantitative monetary policy does not necessarily mean the start of interest rate rises.
Noriaki Ichikawa
We could never afford to do it at GM's (wage rate).
Paul Wilbur
Germany is singing out for a rate cut.
Henk Potts
The latest PMI data point to a slight moderation in the pace of global manufacturing output, to a still robust 5 to 6 percent annual rate.
David Hensley
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else.
Judy Garland
That's where I think Colorado is benefiting, perhaps at a disproportionate rate to what is going on nationally. Also, you've got a lot of targets in Colorado because of the supportive environment that is fostered by VC inflows into these entrepreneurial companies.
Chris Haymons
This level of inflation, combined with falling unemployment and rising capacity utilization, is a recipe for continued preventative rate hikes.
Drew Matus
I'm pleased their retention rate is so high and they're not making any move to upset the economic position within the town. I'm happy that they're not making a move to close the operation.
Richard Nunn
The currency may extend declines because of the prospect for further, more aggressive rate reductions.
Nuno Camara
The bigger surprise for the market would certainly be no change. That would likely raise questions about a delay in eventual rate rises and lead people to dump the yen.
Katsunori Kitakura
I just don't believe it's realistic that they can get a 17-cent tax rate.
Dick Cranwell
If sales continue falling at this rate, poultry farms may have to close.
Spyros Nonikas
There is growing optimism about the Fed's interest-rate hikes coming to an end. That would mean consumption in the U.S. and the housing market won't be damaged, and that sort of confidence is supporting stocks.
Hirofumi Kasai
Inflation is a massive theme because we are in a rising-interest-rate environment. I think there is enough pressure for the European Central Bank to raise interest rates fairly aggressively.
Jane Foley
It's consistent with an economy that's starting to pull back up in Korea, with a bit of consumer demand starting to come through again. I would expect the unemployment rate will start to decline and will fall further.
Shane Oliver
We have occasional hot spots, but that does not constitute a trend, ... The crime rate would be good for a week or two, then gone.
David Hopkins
Making it hard for a person to find a place to live can actually increase the rate of recidivism.
David Singleton
If you handle your credit less than responsibly, very quickly that rate is going to rise.
Gay Watson
The higher the interest rate, the more attractive leasing becomes.
Scott Painter
We think there is a value to these jobs, and it's a wise investment to look at a different rate structure for big industry.
Bob Wheeler
The rate cut could be temporary, but in these times of crisis, I think it's not inappropriate.
Sung Won Sohn
John is held in high regard by the Chinese government and if anyone can convince them to move more rapidly on adjusting upwards the exchange rate it is John.
William Rhodes
A very small part of the water rate increase is to make additional money available from water rates to help low income people with their bill.
Lance Robertson
Over those 15 to 25 years, prices for everything from milk to eggs to gasoline have jumped 30 to 150 percent, while our prices have actually declined with rate reductions.
Scott Cisel
European financial markets were able to navigate problems of 9/11 and the Madrid and London bombings without too much instability, because they didn't have the extra layer of exchange-rate problems.
Barry Eichengreen
Why are we downgrading the stock now? Mainly because of our belief that sales may not be advancing at the rate that we had previously anticipated and also because of the impending departure of Galli.
Tom Courtney
We're basically just seeing a little follow-on from Friday's unemployment report. The dollar has been stronger due to the interest rate outlook.
Brian Dolan
The recent data out of U.S. have pointed to some slowdown in growth and that's helping ease concerns about further interest rate increase in the U.S. I'm more focused on the positive element of an end to U.S. rate increases rather than the slowdown.
Nobuyoshi Tsumori
Brockton's rate is indicative of the complex population it services.
Donna Rheaume
Everyone expects that Mr. Greenspan is going to eventually drop the word measured, so as to prepare the market for upping rate hikes at a faster pace in the future. That's going to be the key next week, whether he takes the word out or not.
Vince Farrell
California has the highest per capita rate of incarceration of any state - or it did until Proposition 36.
Glenn Backes
The things that helped support the dollar over the last 18 months or so, such as the Fed interest rate hikes, seem to be nearing their end.
Brian Rose
They may keep a zero interest rate policy for quite a while. They don't seem in a rush to make the first move.
Michael Klawitter
In the future, we will allow market forces to play a bigger role in setting the exchange rate, but we can never rule out market interventions.
Yu Yongding
Policymaker's toleration for inflation risks must be lower when the inflation rate is bumping around 3% per annum.
Michael Blythe
There's not much standing between now and a rate hike. The only thing that could dissuade them from acting would be new economic data that suggests something bad is happening in Europe.
Thomas Mayer
We're getting there. I think we should be concerned, however, with the rate of how quickly we're getting there.
Wilmer Alvarez
The signal from the central bank is that they won't increase the size of rate cuts.
Flavio Farah
Settlements of these rate cases allow us to continue to make investments that deliver value to our customers.
Roger Mitchell
The stronger real helped a lot. Investors' money is still flowing to stocks from fixed-rate instruments.
Antonio Machado
The latest ANZ job advertisements data suggest that there will be no improvement in the labor market over the next few months, with little prospect of significant growth in employment and with the unemployment rate likely to trend higher.
Tony Pearson
Because the old rate, if you will, didn't produce enough profits.
Catherine Williams
I wouldn't say that was a bad deal. I shorted it because I knew that if anything happened to cast doubt on its future growth rate, the stock would go down.
Paul Mcentire
He was keen to return home and, although we rate him highly here, we did not like to see him unhappy.
Frank Arnesen
A rate hike is not by any means off the table. The Fed may decide to make an insurance move of one-quarter point in June.
David Solin
Tourism and construction continue along strong growth paths, bumping up against capacity constraints. Capacity constraints work to hold the rate of expansion.
Keith Schwer
Obviously you're delivering in color but ... we're not seeing the leverage on the top line or the bottom line. I mean obviously a lower tax rate helped quite a bit in the quarter.
Ben Reitzes
The extended low-rate holiday that consumers have enjoyed is a thing of the past.
Greg Mcbride
The market is going to be on hold until the Fed's decision is out. We will be looking for hints that the rate increases are coming to an end and if that's the case, we may see a rally in stocks.
Barry Ritholtz
This year we looked at our funds and we didn't need as much as we took in last year with the tax rate. We didn't need that same tax rate, so we reduced it a penny, which is a little bit below what the effective tax rate was. That's the way we always do our budgets.
Robert Hardy
This way [Medicare] pays a flat rate and [the providers] will only cash in if they can keep their actual cost below the fixed rate.
Robert Gold
What this market is going to need is for the Fed's next (interest rate) move to be down rather than up.
John Forelli
We believe that the US Fed will make its final rate hike in the current cycle at the Jan 31 FOMC meeting.
Daisuke Uno
Our goal was to build a foundation to attract advanced technology jobs with wage rates far exceeding those of the average information technology employer. These are the first projects that are paying an average wage rate that exceeds that of the mining industry.
Charles Yates
The rate at which the ocean is absorbing carbon will soon decrease.
James Zachos
The top-line growth rate was generally slower than expected, but that doesn't appear to have held profits back.
Peter Cartwright
The rate of syphilis increased 11 percent in men, from 2003 to 2004.
John Douglas
China's new exchange rate regime has kept the China critics quiet for a while, but I think the honeymoon period's coming to an end pretty soon.
Rob Subbaraman
We're signing up right now at the rate of two to three new clients every week and a half.
Aaron Wittersheim
This could be a chance to inflect that growth rate upward. But it's a challenge for Microsoft to overcome the perception that older versions of these products are good enough.
Matt Rosoff
It's not friendly for the Fed at all. This boosts the chance of a March rate increase; it should cement 4.75 percent.
Keith Hembre
We really feel that if Colorado legislators want to see the abortion rate decrease, they need to support greater access to emergency contraception.
Crystal Clinkenbeard
The market is under pressure due to oil prices, Iran and concern about prospects for more interest rate hikes from the Fed.
Jim Fehrenbach
The bank aims to prevent exchange-rate volatility in the run-up to the April presidential elections.
Guillermo Diaz
It's a neutral to a decent number. I don't think this number adds to the argument that the Fed is stopping (rate rises) at 4.5 percent.
Richard Franulovich
The dollar will trade with a downward bias. The market is pricing in an ECB rate hike Thursday and strong GDP report Friday.
Dave Gilmore
According to the current indications that sales growth in the first quarter will be slightly below our previous year on year rate of 20 to 25 percent, we expect pre-tax profit to fall significantly.
Henning Kagermann
There is scope to do more, ... a favorable environment to allow greater exchange rate flexibility.
David Burton
The affiliation rate was lower here than in almost any city. The affiliation rate was less than 20 percent.
Ken Bender
One of the messages we want to get across ... is when children do not get what they need it is a reflection on their business. Children who are prepared for school graduate from high school, earn lots more money, the crime rate is much lower. In the future, it is a real asset for everyone.
Alice Mcgrew
Positive response from some of our exporters and holders of free funds in response to some of the turnaround initiatives ... in particular the favourable exchange rate policies.
Gideon Gono
For every 10 access points in one mile, the accident rate goes up 10 percent.
Joe Blubaugh
Sometimes, the (payment) rate is too high and Medicaid has to adjust the rate and recoup payments made.
Jonathan Burns
This move doesn't mean fundamental change in the RMB exchange rate formation mechanism.
Hu Xiaolian
The advantage of an ARM over a fixed-rate mortgage has largely been taken away given that the yields are [almost] equal.
Jim Fowler
We welcome the opportunity to provide the commission with additional information to better understand the current financial impacts affecting Detroit Edison. We're implementing the performance excellence process to minimize the need for future rate increases, meet future electric capacity needs in Michigan.
Lorie Kessler
We usually have to catch someone in the act. But it's always a good idea to dispose of it properly, and depending on the rate of decay, our wildlife people may want to examine the remains.
Wendy Rosenbach
Even if the economy remains very strong, we would expect an increase in the delinquency and foreclosure rate.
Mike Fratantoni
An increase in domestic fuel prices will be inflationary and controls will have to come through rates. But the central bank will likely hold back this month to let the effects of its previous rate hikes materialize.
Hasitha Premaratne
It may not be long before we see another interest rate cut and this could account for the follow-through buying we are seeing today.
Howard Gorges
Indonesia has turned the corner. The market is leading the economy but both inflationary and rate pressures are easing.
Stephen Corry
Say you're going to close your account unless I get a better deal. In most cases, they will lower the rate on the spot.
David Bach
This stabilization in overall coverage rate can be explained by increases in government coverage that offset the decline in employer-based coverage.
Charles Nelson
We project our schools in the north and west to grow at a rapid rate.
Chris Gralapp
For the purpose of seeking a good rate of return, it's not worthwhile.
Peter Grieble
At the rate we're going, that should cover the cost of one full tank.
Steve Israel
It was a needed force, and we will be reimbursed for the overtime hours, ... The rate will be based on the officer's regular overtime pay.
Jack Richardson
The market is dithering, because on the one hand we have the interest-rate gap, but on the other we have still large U.S. government debt.
Fumihiko Kawano
The lower that rate goes, the higher our valuation goes. The Legislature put a floor on it of 8.3 percent; otherwise, it would be 7.4 percent.
Don Siebert
Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.
R. D. Laing
Evaluating the data available, the average house price is still increasing at a rate similar to most of 2004 and 2005.
Anthony Byett
(If) the economy is growing at a healthy rate, you can easily accommodate a higher rate of savings. And we should have a higher rate of savings.
Cathy Minehan
It is very encouraging to see that the Northern Ireland labour market is getting stronger. Employment is at a record high and the unemployment rate remains low, at a level below the UK average.
Angela Smith
The correction of these imbalances and associated inflation pressures will require a slowdown in housing, credit growth and domestic spending, ... We also expect a significantly lower exchange rate.
Alan Bollard
Clearly, the administration's favored approach has one and only one attraction. In one year, the tax rate makes it all the way to zero, and hence political operatives can craft speeches about the end of the double tax of dividends.
Kevin Hassett
Barring a crippling auto industry strike or some other major event unforeseen in May, the latest survey readings indicate a growth rate of about 3 percent during the next six months.
William Dunkelberg
I think investors are somewhat nervous about the economic data coming out. Once investors do become more convinced that we are near the end of the rising interest rate cycle, the market will turn around.
David Presson
Further moves will be dictated by the tone of the data leading up to the next meetings. This is not to say that the fed funds rate couldn't go to 5 percent but there would need to be more underlying strength in the economy to drive it there.
Keith Hembre
Kentucky was one of 18 states plus the District of Columbia that reported an unemployment rate above the U.S. jobless rate in December 2005.
Carlos Cracraft
The survey was much weaker than expected indicating the bank's rate cut has done little to assuage the malaise that continues to afflict the U.K. consumer.
Richard Mcguire
Those arguing that the Fed will soon take a time-out from gradually normalizing the level of the fed funds rate will have found little encouragement in these minutes.
Richard Iley
There's an upward bias in the market, with more people generally kind of positive because the economy is doing well. Most people agree there's going to be at least two more rate changes. If you start talking about more than two, then it's going to be weird. That will have a negative effect on the market.
Jim Fehrenbach
Helping to increase lung capacity, possibly lowering one's blood pressure, heart rate.
Jackie Herbach
The sooner U.S. investors can see the end of this current interest rate cycle the better.
Angus Campbell
No increase in the fire district's general tax rate would be required, which was an essential component of the proposal.
John Flynn
There is a danger there: Gordon D'Arcy will cut you and I rate Shane Horgan as well.
Clive Griffiths
Most communications chip companies have grown two to three times their sustainable growth rate over the past few quarters because everyone was building up inventories. There was a shortage mentality, and suddenly everyone is beginning to say there is no shortage anymore, so I don't have to over-order.
Rick Billy
We are providing the industry-specific solutions our clients need to give them a competitive advantage in the market, furthering our goal of outpacing the market growth rate.
Greg Owens
It's certainly not an instantaneous process. The rate at which petroleum is forming is not going to be the solution to our petroleum supplies.
William Thomas
Cell phone and other battery-powered device manufacturers are always trying to give their customers as much flexibility as possible. Since the AAT3685 can be programmed for two separate constant current charge levels up to 1 amp, users can now charge their device from either an AC source or any USB port without compromising their fast charge rate.
Bill Weiss
Market players pay keen attention to what those officials may say about future U.S. rate hikes.
Akihiro Tanaka
The market is speculating that the Fed may keep going. The interest rate in Canada right now lags behind that in the U.S. The big question is whether the Bank of Canada can keep up the pace with the Fed to narrow the rate gap.
Steve Butler
The zero-conviction rate shows that the crime is not getting the attention it deserves.
Sabu George
Our higher growth rate, stable inflation and other positive economic fundamentals make South Africa and particularly South African financial services a compelling attraction for investors.
Steve Booysen
All the setbacks in the zloty have been politically driven and now we can ignore the politics and focus on fundamentals. All that speculation about rate cuts is also proving very bullish for the zloty.
Aziz Mcmahon
[Hotels] tend to give a good rate because [guests] aren't getting 100 percent of the materials and facilities. But there's no hard fast rule. And some hotels, they're 100 percent [of the rate] from the date of opening.
Mark Gordon
New York: A third-rate Babylon.
H. L. Mencken
The yen's weakness against the dollar in Tokyo has been inherited from overseas trade on interest rate differentials.
Nobuo Kihara
The markets are focusing on the next interest-rate move by the Fed. We've been getting conflicting signals in the U.S. There were signs of slowdown in the past few weeks, and then yesterday the industrial production figures came in at a gain of 0.4 percent, when most analysts expected a drop.
Chris Hills
It's very symbolic. It indicates that monetary policy is back to normal and investors are discounting possible future rate hikes.
Susumu Kato
If the rate of decline in the percentage of negotiated or spot market hogs returns to the pre-2004/2005 rate, it will increase the urgency for the industry to find another form of price discovery for most of the contracts.
Glenn Grimes
Financial institutions and export and import enterprises have basically adapted to the flexibility of the exchange rate regime and show strong confidence in their future business.
Hu Xiaolian
Propelled by strong economic indicators, the market is increasingly pricing in a chance of a Fed rate hike to 5 percent in May. The dollar looks strong.
Teruhisa Tsuji
Our beer and food businesses grew in 2005 as a result of effective brand building and strong innovation, well above the rest of our portfolio and we are looking to these businesses to increase our growth rate, allowing us to generate internal sources of funding for future business opportunities.
Ramon Ang
With further rate increases and favorable market conditions, 2006 may well be a good year for Hannover Re.
Catherine Schmitt
I am disturbed by the testimony that a plant that appears to be good for the ratepayers of Entergy will back away because they don't get the rate (arrangement) they want.
Michael Callahan
The housing stats were a relief for investors worried about rate rises.
David Stix
The focus is moving away from interest-rate levels to interest-rate directions.
Philip Wee
The minutes reinforce our view that the [Federal Open Market Committee] will soon stop raising the fed funds rate, perhaps at its next meeting in May.
Augustine Faucher
Most of the upside came from areas like a lower tax rate, which accounted for 26 cents of (earnings per share) upside and lower than expected (compensation) ratio.
Michael Hecht
He is definitely one of the ones that I would rate as the number one teacher of Elbert School. And then when I found out he resigned, I was completely, horribly upset.
Heather Ferguson
Bank stocks were lifted today due to better than expected earnings from Bank of East Asia, but interest rate worries hurt property stocks.
Francis Lun
All of a sudden long-term growth rate expectations have ratcheted down.
Chuck Jones
The yen will stay under pressure because of interest rate differentials. I am not so confident how this rise in CPI will enhance the chance for a premature interest rate hike in Japan.
Armin Mekelburg
This PSA is becoming a much more important tool when you look at it with the rate.
Donald Coffey
The graduation rate is up 11.7 percent this year. That being said, our graduation rate fluctuates wildly.
Dave Wilmes
People may start buying before it (the mortgage rate) goes up any more.
Brenda Binczewski
Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets. Rising energy costs as well as salary and benefit costs are certainly having an impact on the hospitality industry.
Catherine L. Rossi
We've increased our forecast of digital cell phone handset growth this year to about a 70-percent growth rate. TI is right in the middle of that. We are in two out of every three digital cell phone handsets that are manufactured around the world.
Bill Aylesworth
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
Eurodollar futures could price in a peak fed funds rate in excess of 4.5 percent, and that would certainly be bullish for the dollar.
Monica Fan
We purchased substantial equipment to meet the increase in [network] traffic, ... At the time, we were still adding new customers at a high rate, and the load crippled us.
Richard Bliss
There's a pretty dramatic innovation rate enabled by these fully functioning chipsets. That kind of integration -- the better use of battery power, the lower cost, and tighter integration -- will let manufacturers roll out product that is technology-agnostic.
Dylan Brooks
Within the central bank, the number of those confident over the prospects of slowing inflation is growing. This is good news for the interest rate and growth scenario.
Nuno Camara
Small businesses are moving onto the Internet at a phenomenal rate, ... A number of hardware and software companies are offering turnkey packages for catalog-building and e-commerce that will allow just about anybody to get on the Net.
Chris Shipley
The upward interest rate trend will continue because the real interest rate is still negative.
Ampon Kittiampon
I expect stocks to fall. Fears of more rate hikes will take hold and some of the confidence we've seen will fade.
Knut Hochwald
We've been able to maintain that rate and hopefully, who knows, maybe in the future, if we keep growing at this pace, we could potentially see to lower that rate in the future.
Greg Stewart
There's been a lot of talk in the market that from now on we will see a return to structural fundamentals, away from interest rate arguments.
Johan Javeus
While the unemployment rate is declining, it might be more exaggerated than the reality.
Michele Hiester
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
We see high growth with very low inflation. These aren't mutually exclusive. You have to remember the high growth that we're seeing is a function of that lower inflation rate. If we had inflation at 3 or 4 percent, growth would be a lot slower.
Matthew Alexy
We expect the employee rate to grow.
Pete Delongchamps
We think that the Olympics is probably going to be worth about $450 million dollars. Most of that is going to go to network TV. That's why you're seeing network TV increase at a higher rate.
Ceo Steven Fredericks
We really hope the town can come together for this so we can make this a first-rate facility.
Barbara Potter
Critical Oracle vulnerabilities are being discovered and disclosed at an increasing rate, and exploit tools and proof-of-concept code are appearing more regularly on the Internet.
Rich Mogull
We only started making homes broadband-enabled 12 months ago and we've come a long way, very quietly, since then, adding around 1,000 customers per month at this stage. Looking ahead to the end of the year, we expect to have 160,000 homes enabled for broadband and to keep our penetration rate above 10 percent.
Graham Sutherland
When the taxpayers are burdened, you hear about the property tax rate and not the programs the schools are providing.
Frank Belluscio
An astonishing success rate of more than 99 percent.
Jamie Rappaport Clark
At our current rate of growth, I think it will only be another year or two before that is a real possibility.
Jonathan Rosenberg
Without question, the rate changes by the Federal Reserve will have influences on peoples lives.
Michael Moran
While we estimate that the global packaging market should grow at a 4% to 4.5% rate annually (compared with 3% to 3.5% growth in global GDP), the developing economies are likely to grow in the 10% range, offsetting the slow growth mature economies of the west.
Sangita Jain
The government will have to provide budgetary provision for the purpose...we demand that the rate of interest on EPF must be retained at 9.5 per cent.
Dipankar Mukherjee
The mobility rate in our school district is relatively high, ... We want to be respectful of the fact some parents just need to move.
Peter Flynn
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
Instead, it was driven by the core business and a lower tax rate.
David Risinger
The whole goal is to increase sell-through rate through search.
Steve Kusmer
The success rate is still in the 70 percent range.
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Because of the decline in deliveries we are also forced to cut gas transit to Serbia and Bosnia by a similar rate of over 40 percent.
Sandor Kantor
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
This instrumentation and research will allow a better understanding of the dynamics of gas emission from volcanoes and provide an immediate warning device should the carbon dioxide emission rate suddenly increase.
John Rogie
What we are seeing here is incredibly strong growth and benign inflation. A 1.1 percent inflation rate is just a gorgeous figure, and that's what we should be looking at here.
Tim Rogers
It's the high-tech industry which produced the U.S. growth rate of the past 10 years.
Hasso Plattner
Multiple rate hikes after May would certainly change the picture.
Charles Rotblut
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