“Officials offered to take four percentage points off that,”
Bill Ahern
“The big picture is still that 10-year yields are up 100 basis points (1 percentage point) in basically a month, so to see a 5- or 10-basis-point pullback is not a big deal. It's just a wiggle on the charts, ... You will get wiggles here and there, and whether it's driven by surprises in economic data, or in geopolitics, oil prices or stocks is anyone's guess.”
Stephen Stanley
“The big picture is still that 10-year yields are up 100 basis points (1 percentage point) in basically a month, so to see a 5- or 10-basis-point pullback is not a big deal. It's just a wiggle on the charts. You will get wiggles here and there, and whether it's driven by surprises in economic data, or in geopolitics, oil prices or stocks is anyone's guess.”
“I think Greenspan, last Thursday, really sent a signal that he wants 50 basis points (a half-percentage point). By saying that the GDP (gross domestic product) growth is close to zero, he certainly encouraged the belief that we get half a point.”
Greg Valliere
“I think Greenspan, last Thursday, really sent a signal that he wants 50 basis points (a half-percentage point), ... By saying that the GDP (gross domestic product) growth is close to zero, he certainly encouraged the belief that we get half a point.”
“Some kids [on George Mason] that hadn't had great three point percentage, got hot at some points.”
Willette White
“The Fed cut 100 basis points (one percentage point) in January and we've got another 50 under our belt now. Monetary policy is a slow moving beast and ultimately it's going to take some time to turn this economy around.”
Bryan Piskorowski
