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“It strikes us both as brave and foolish to look for an improbable rate hike at this particular meeting.”
Carl Weinberg
“We expect a hike of 25 basis points and probably 50 basis pints, ... Any smaller rate hike or no rate hike at all will cause a big sell-off of the euro on all cross rates.”
“We expect a hike of 25 basis points and probably 50 basis pints. Any smaller rate hike or no rate hike at all will cause a big sell-off of the euro on all cross rates.”
“The Fed is close to the end of its rate hike cycle while the ECB is just beginning, which removes support for the dollar.”
Carsten Fritsch
“It takes pressure off the Fed to hike interest rates more dramatically [than a quarter point] in August or put together a more forcefully worded statement next week [at its monetary policy meeting],”
Cary Leahey
“It takes pressure off the Fed to hike interest rates more dramatically [than a quarter point] in August or put together a more forcefully worded statement next week [at its monetary policy meeting].”
“Property and banking stocks will continue to be the drivers of the market with people expecting the interest rate hike cycle nearing its peak.”
Castor Pang
“It really reinforces the view that the Fed will continue to hike rates.”
Charmaine Buskas
“It looks increasingly like the Fed rate hike cycle is coming to an end, and that's been the focus. ... The market is just looking for an excuse to sell the dollar.”
“The real short-term outlook for us is pretty positive given that we don't see a Fed rate hike in August and that due to political noise, if you will, we are not going to see a rate hike in October. But on the earnings front it is a different issue. Looking into 2000, our longer-term forecast, we've had two great years of earnings growth. We think it is going to be pretty difficult to show up with another year of 30-to-40 percent earnings growth. So, consequently, our message has been a lot more selective about the securities that we want investors to focus on.”
Chris Wolfe
