Greenspan's comments suggest the Fed won't be aggressive in raising rates in the near term, which is a positive for markets, but he's not saying anything that surprising,
(Greenspan's) comments on the economy regaining traction included a range of examples, but all of them have caveats attached, and none are that convincing,
Greenspan's comments have been so specific to the markets and costs. The price index was worse than the market would have liked.
Greenspan's comments have been so specific to the markets and costs, ... The price index was worse than the market would have liked.
Greenspan's comments did little to build confidence, ... The main catalyst today was to back away from risk and try to buy a bit of stability.
Greenspan's comments are obviously a big turnaround from what he said last year. But the bond market is usually ahead of the Fed about interest rates, and it has priced in a rise.
From parents, we get hugs. We've had a lot of comments that homework time has been cut in half.
Fundamentally the kiwi dollar is in a lot of trouble and when you get comments like that, it just sparks people's interest again.
Fukui's latest comments have been laying the groundwork for a change in policy. A lack of strengthening of his comments could lead to some yen downside.
Fukui's comments were just very hawkish overall. There's certainly room for short-term yields to rise and the yield curve to flatten more as the market factors all this in.