Easing Quotations

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What I have been talking about for many years is opportunity conservatism, that every policy should focus like a laser on easing the means of ascent up the economic ladder.

The Obama administration's attempted short-term fixes, even with unprecedented monetary easing by the Federal Reserve, produced average GDP growth of just 2.2% over the past three years, and the consensus outlook appears no better for the year ahead.

The provisions contained in this plan will ensure that the United States has the infrastructure necessary to meet energy needs through future decades, easing dependence on unpredictable foreign oil markets, and creating thousands of new jobs for American workers.

The commodity price easing really does not play too much role in our margins because our basic raw material - steel - is not really a commodities engineering steel.

The Federal Reserve can only buy Treasuries and agencies, and moreover quantitative easing typically involves buying longer-term Treasuries and agencies in terms of bills, for example.

We need to conceptualize; we need to articulate conservative domestic policy with a laser focus on opportunity, on easing the means of ascent up the economic ladder.

There are clear expectations that the pace of appreciation is going to accelerate and that's reassuring because it's one of the key factors in easing trade tensions with the U.S..

U.S. interest rates are pretty close to the top. By year- end it is quite likely the Fed will be shifting toward easing monetary policy and investors will be starting to wonder about a renewed widening in the Australian and U.S. interest-rate gap.

With the likelihood that the Reserve Bank will be easing sooner rather than later, and other parts of the world actually raising rates, the pressure's going to remain on the currency.

We're still looking for an easing later this year.

The on-year rise in core CPI backs up our forecast of an exit from quantitative easing in April of next year, but the market's interest has shifted to the timing of an interest-rate hike.

There are expectations for quantitative easing to end in April - that's our forecast too - but it will probably take several months (after that) before they begin tightening interest rates.

We have pushed out the timing of the monetary policy easing to June and reduced the cumulative amount through 2006 to 75 basis points.

The CPI was higher than expected and is supportive for the BOJ. The markets have already discounted an early end to the quantitative easing policy.

The production increase is more than what traders were expecting. We are going to see some more output in non-OPEC countries such as Mexico and Norway, and the second quarter is typically a period of seasonal slower demand, so those all those factors will play into an easing in oil prices.

This raises the chances of an easing in French and German rates before the year end.

Securing the funds is easing concerns of default and other risks. The gains are unlikely to last because there aren't any signs yet that earnings are recovering. You need money to restructure and all they have so far is the barest of necessities.

Since April we've experienced three out of the four strongest months on record for existing-home sales, and August was the sixth highest. We're at a more sustainable level now, but long-term there should be some additional easing toward the end of the year. In fact, the August sales pace is close to what we project for total sales this year.

Since the economy is softening, I expect inflationary pressures to subside. The door is still open for the Fed to continue easing rates, as necessary.

Most people in the market see the BOJ scrapping the quantitative easing policy at its board meeting on April 28 as a done deal.

Maybe we haven't seen the same magnitude of rate declines that we typically have seen in easing cycles, but directionally it has been a fairly classic bond market reaction to the easing cycle.

More important (than heightened expectations of a policy switch next week) is what sort of policy framework the BOJ can present for the post-quantitative easing era, and there doesn't seem to be a consensus yet on this among the board members.

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Neither he nor the United States government supports a coup -- the overthrow of a democratically elected government. What he was speaking to was what appears to be an encouraging prospect, that what has happened appears to have brought stability and resulted in an easing of tensions between Pakistan and India.

Obviously there are some risk factors with the end to quantitative easing and whether oil will start affecting global growth but the picture is pretty rosy for this year.

Plunging business confidence and easing consumption should suppress import growth. Should the economic slowdown be more pronounced than expected, the trade deficit may have benefited.

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But we don't think this language quarrels with the consensus view of financial markets - and our view - that an easing cycle will most likely begin in September.

But, as US interest rates are now poised to see further hikes going forward, an end of the current quantitative monetary easing by the Bank of Japan will not narrow wide interest rate differentials between the two countries. And this interest rate gap should continue to support the dollar.

Basically the top ten industries were those that are economically sensitive and are bouncing back from their deeply oversold condition last year as a result of lower interest rates. We do believe the Fed will remain aggressive with its easing interest rate policy but we feel the earnings are going to be pretty bad for the first quarter, so the market is likely to tread water for awhile.

Given the fact the economy is doing a bit better following the steep slowdown late last year, the Fed is not ready to pull the trigger right away. But clearly the Fed is not done with easing just yet.

France is listening to world business leaders in an effort to create an even more competitive business environment in the global economy. By easing the tax burden on companies and high-level executives, France is working to create an even more attractive opportunity for foreign businesses to succeed here.

From here on, I think the market will focus on the fact that the easing cycle is going to come to an end pretty soon. Which means the Fed might be seeing a recovery in the economy early next year. Investors are going to want to be in a position that they'll be in the rally once this happens.

Further evidence of stability in the housing market and solid retail activity could prompt a rethink of MPC easing risk now priced in, allowing the euro to retreat sharply against the pound.

Fundamentally, though, it stems from the fact that China will post a $250 billion surplus on its trade with the United States this year and there's simply no sign of that easing any time soon.

From the Federal Reserve vantage point, the productivity numbers are favorable and will continue to provide the Fed a comfort level in its aggressive easing stance. There's no mistaking we're closer to the end of that cycle, but numbers like this will help to alleviate these anxieties.

Given the time it will take to bring inflation back towards the mid-point of the target band, we do not expect to be in a position to ease policy this year. Any earlier easing would require a more rapid reduction in domestic inflation pressures than the substantial slowing already assumed in our projections.

Given these considerations, we believe the Fed is anxious to bring the current easing cycle to an end and will do so as soon as the data point to some economic improvement, however modest.

Given the rhetoric we've seen from the government today, the pressure, beyond moving away from quantitative easing will be very, very much on the BOJ to maintain a zero interest rate structure.

If the election period passes smoothly and the inflation picture remains benign, further easing is not excluded.

If the exchange rate pushes inflation expectations permanently higher, the Reserve Bank will have a tough job on its hands. The market is premature in pricing a near-term easing by the central bank.

Heightened inflation concerns could curb expectations of an easing from the Reserve Bank in the near term.

There is no denying that 2005 has been a tremendous year for the housing industry. Very favorable interest rates and strong buyer demand has helped spur the housing market beyond the record sales set in 2004. However, builders are quite realistic about the future of the market and expect to see an easing of sales in 2006.

We're probably raising the endpoint for the Fed's easing target from 1.5 percent to at best 1.75 percent,

We've found this year at The Woodlands that we might not need to put as much emphasis on individual meets leading up to district, regionals and state. The heat here can really take a lot out of runners, so we're sort of easing off in the early going of training and working on some fundamentals.

We think a decision to end quantitative easing and a new framework will have to come out together as a package.

What worries me the most is a slip backward becoming a spiral downward. Jobs are the linchpin of both consumer confidence and consumer spending. We can't sustain many more losses like this without that downward spiral getting started. This is the kind of data that could make the Fed think about easing again.

We look for a further easing of monetary policy -- but not this month because of sterling's weakening and the stronger stock market.

I think it is gradually becoming a given that the BOJ will at some point next year end its quantitative easing policy.

I think it's inevitable that Governor Fukui will indicate we're that bit closer to the end of quantitative easing but I still think the message will be one of relative caution.

I think the pressures are culminating in the foreign exchange market. With the pressures easing back, the Korean won is expected to shed some value against the U.S. dollar in the coming months.

I think we will see a rebound in the economy partly because of this substantial easing that we've seen from the Fed, but I think it will be delayed. I think we are likely to see clear evidence of this emerging towards the end of the fourth quarter this year and a rebound well under way in the first quarter next year.

I think they'll just do 50 (basis points), and leave in their statement it open-ended because the market is already anticipating a fair amount more easing by the Fed anyway, ... We'll hear more in Mr. Greenspan's testimony (before Congress) in February about what they plan to do.

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OPEC really cannot extend this period much longer. OPEC wants to do what I call a soft landing, by easing supply back into the market slowly and not causing any shocks.

OPEC really cannot extend this period much longer, ... OPEC wants to do what I call a soft landing, by easing supply back into the market slowly and not causing any shocks.

People are coming to the realization there is a very high likelihood that the BOJ next week are going to stop quantitative easing or begin to unwind it, and there is a lot of market focus on Japan CPI data later this week.

Overall, it doesn't change the picture at all, ... There are still widespread signs of easing price pressures?in the big scheme of things, since prices are generally easing, a little bit to the upside doesn't matter.

Recent data in Japan suggest that the risk is Japan will end its quantitative easing sooner. That is lending some support to the yen.

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People have got to cool it. People have to not think it's the last gallon of gas they are going to get, ... Get gas normally. Let us get it straightened out. If people start easing off a little bit, prices will come down.

Stability is somewhat returning as some of the uncertain factors are being cleared. Chances now look higher than before that quantitative easing will be abolished next week.

Market pricing has shifted to a September-December start to the easing cycle. The New Zealand dollar should consolidate further.

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The all too clear messages ... are that they are still concerned that there will be some rise in the underlying rate of inflation and, that given that outlook, they are nowhere near considering any easing in monetary policy.

While we would not get too excited, these data are just the right stuff to further trends already under way in financial markets. Whispers about Fed easing are sure to follow.

With the economy showing signs of life, the Fed easing cycle is probably at an end. We expect the Fed to hold steady.

Today the collective wisdom is that the economy will improve in the not-too-distant future, and that's hostile for bonds because it suggests that the Fed is done easing monetary policy and that financial markets may confront some interest-rate pressures as the economy improves and borrowing re-accelerates.

We've been expecting exports to pick up some of the slack of the easing domestic demand and we're not seeing this to date. So clearly there are capacity constraints out there that remain.

The outlook for the Mexican economy is now certainly worse than initially expected. The fact that they are easing is not a bullish sign for the market.

We are conscious that the data will need to weaken significantly from current levels before the committee would feel comfortable with easing policy.

Tomorrow's Inflation Report will provide a definitive view of how the Bank's thinking has evolved. However, today's data add to arguments for a further easing in monetary policy, we believe in May.

The rapid easing of monetary and fiscal policy this time around should enable the economy to return to positive growth more quickly than usual and with lower interest rates and inflation than during the 1990s expansion.

The prospect of further tightening may only be ruled out once a noticeable moderation in housing and consumer spending is observed, ... Certainly, we see no prospect of an easing in the foreseeable future if inflation is to be kept within the 1% to 3% target range on average over the medium term.

Today's BOJ meeting is a momentous event. The end of quantitative easing is near. The market doesn't necessarily believe it will happen today, but if it doesn't happen today it will be April.

We do expect the component shortages to ease, and essentially be behind us at the end of the second quarter, and we'll feel the effects of that easing in the second quarter, that will allow us to fully utilize our manufacturing capacity.

We stick to our main scenario the BOJ will exit quantitative easing when it releases its semiannual outlook report on April 28.

We've been working with both those governments to try to see if we can't use the excellent relations that they each have with the United States to contribute in some way to an easing of the tensions.

The fact that the bank's left the rate unchanged and is saying there's still no easing ought to be positive for the currency by preserving that rate advantage the kiwi dollar has.

We would expect the city business fraternity to take a pro-active role in easing out these barriers in bilateral trade.

This report underscores or emphasizes that the Fed would be quite well justified for easing policy as early as next week, ... I'm not saying to expect a cut in rates, but perhaps they'll start with a move to a neutral bias, with a rate cut the next logical step in January.

We think they'll sit on their hands and keep policy where it is, but keep in place the easing bias which says that, if the economy does sink again, they will ease more.

There is no reason to think now that interest rates will be left at zero for a just a short while after quantitative easing has ended and no reason that they will be zero for a long period,

We've just ended quantitative easing so it is too early to say when to end the zero (interest) rate policy.

With energy and raw material costs easing from their 2005 peaks, selling price increases successfully implemented and expectations of solid economic growth, we believe 2006 will be one of the best years ever for chemical earnings.

With economic growth being driven by consumer spending, the Bank of Japan will want to end quantitative easing soon to avoid the risk of the economy overheating.

With successive (interest) rate hikes in late 2005, inflation easing and the domestic economy in a slowdown phase, we believe the Reserve Bank will keep rates on hold over the near-term.

When the Fed is easing monetary policy, you don't want to get bearish -- you don't want to stand in front of a moving train.

Financial markets want the Fed to signal possible easing ahead due to the growth slowdown and stock market declines, ... However, the Fed will be reluctant to do that while CPI core is still accelerating.

We see the Fed easing as a flu shot that will help prevent recession in 1999, but fixing the global problems that underlie the markets' malaise will require major surgery. So basically, I think the market sees through this as a temporary boost, but there are fundamental problems that aren't yet resolved.

The real worry is that this report will limit the degree of Federal Reserve easing down the pike.

There is some prospect of fundamentals easing modestly this year. There could be more spare capacity this year than last year.

We will probably see strong fourth-quarter growth numbers, and there are no domestic factors that could derail the economy. The central bank will probably end quantitative easing in April.

What people are feeling is that Iran is a longer-term issue. The focus is on the now, and inventory rises continue to suggest an easing in tightness -- not just week to week, but also month to month.

What it tells us is that we may see a bit of an easing off of economic growth or momentum. But even though the trajectory of growth may, in fact, ease a bit in 2006, I think the expansion remains intact.

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The probability of rate cuts this year is very high and we see 100 basis points of easing starting in July or September.

With job growth strong over the last year and gas prices easing by year-end, the delinquency picture has brightened considerably.

We think it more important what sort of policy framework the BOJ can present for the post-quantitative easing era, and there doesn't seem to be a consensus yet on this among the board members.