“We expect the Fed to raise rates to 4.75 percent in March. The market isn't fully pricing this in, so it suggests a risk the dollar will receive support in the short-term.”
Callum Henderson
“We continue to expect the Fed to raise rates three more times, raising the fed funds rate to 4.50 percent by the end of January.”
Drew Matus
“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
“I have been raising prices; the price of gas goes up so you have to raise prices to compensate. But I haven't been able to increase profits. ... I've just tried to stay in the ball game.”
Jim Joseph
“When the Fed raised rates again to 4 percent, the market had already discounted that, ... But over the next month, the markets will start expecting the Fed to raise rates again to 4.25 percent and that's going to push rates again.”
David Lereah
“When the Fed raised rates again to 4 percent, the market had already discounted that. But over the next month, the markets will start expecting the Fed to raise rates again to 4.25 percent and that's going to push rates again.”
“If he (Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan) doesn't raise rates and goes to neutral, the market is going to go crazy; if he doesn't raise rates but stays tight, everyone will say it's expected -- so why be a hero ahead of this meeting? ... I expect he's going to do nothing and maintain a very vigilant bias. I think he's going to be on the (lookout) for inflation.”
Larry Rice
