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The dollar upside may be limited because further Fed rate hikes may very well be met by increased rates elsewhere,

The dollar's bearish (weaker) trend is expected to continue unless the GDP figures are significantly stronger (than exported) or the market finds strong signals for further rate hikes in the Fed statement.

The dollar remains firm, as the absolute U.S. interest- rate advantage still continues to exist. Rates hikes by the BOJ are a long way off.

The dollar remained firm against major currencies, supported by growing expectations of further interest rate hikes in the US.

The dollar is relatively firmer against other currencies on the market due to growing expectation of further rate hikes in the United States ... following the remarks by Poole.

The dollar has reversed its course because concerns over an imminent end to the rate hikes have started to diminish. It is possible that the dollar will regain its strength to the level of late last year.

The door will be left open for future rate hikes but the Fed will be increasingly data-dependent. That's positive for the U.S. dollar.

The effects of the wage hikes will be minimal as companies are cutting back on the number of jobs on payrolls, relying more on part-timers.

The ECB is right to hold back on guidance. Given the mixed data flow on growth, it cannot be confident that a series of rate hikes back to neutral is feasible at this stage in the way that the Federal Reserve was when it started to raise rates.

The case for continued rate hikes has become, if anything, more compelling since Katrina.

The Chairman (over the two days) was surprisingly hawkish, and we should be ready for rate hikes as soon as the data justify them.

The central bank took a pause and it has room for three or four more hikes the rest of the year.

The central bank is telling the market they have more rate hikes to come and the risk is that it puts rates up more than investors think.

The coming three months of data will be dominated by energy prices given utility bill hikes in excess of 20 percent.

The market was spending sometime digesting whether this meant more rate hikes for longer and concluded this was nothing different than what people had anticipated. At that point, it was 'let's do this some more,'

The market thinks, and I think, that the hikes are almost over ... one or two more moves, what's the big deal?

The markets were prepared for Greenspan to end his final meeting with the funds rate at neutral. What they got instead is the statement that rate hikes still 'may be needed.' This was not music to the market's ears.

The market's still concerned about rates. People are now expecting three more rate hikes rather than two. That's why the market's crashed this week.

The market's starting to look further ahead. There seems to be the sentiment that the economy will cool and the Fed (once it hikes interest rates later this month) will be done.

The market is under pressure due to oil prices, Iran and concern about prospects for more interest rate hikes from the Fed.

The market's beginning to look at rate hikes sooner than expected on the view that inflation and growth is picking up. This will help the euro because of the current focus on rate differentials.

The markets are seeing that opposition to tax hikes is very strong. Practically all sectors of society are opposed to the budget.

The market remains buoyant on prospects of further hikes from the Fed. It's a yield story.

The market has widely digested trading leads that indicate further interest rate hikes will be needed and thus, investors were not very sensitive to that.

The market is now looking for some further rate hikes in the U.S. and that is going to keep the dollar supported in the near-term.

The market is currently factoring in rate hikes toward the end of the year of as much as 50 basis points. That's about right, considering the kind of strong economic numbers we have got out of Japan.

The market is closely watching if there are any other comments on the US economy or interest rate hikes as the Fed meeting (on January 31) is getting closer.

The market is betting two more interest rate hikes will happen in the first half of this year because of pick up of inflation in the U.S..