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I think this is a great opportunity for us. We need to start looking at ways to change how we're handling garbage. This would help keep rates down and save the environment.

I think this is a fundamental decline. Deflation is really the cause of this. Low interest rates and low inflation isn't the answer to supporting this market.

Maybe in a tight market when interest rates go up people may not be able to afford as much. You may be stuck with a house a bit more than the market might demand at the time.

Manufacturing is showing a few signs of improvement. It isn't acting as a drag on overall growth, making it easier for the Bank to leave rates on hold for now.

Manufacturing in broad terms is enjoying a very robust period even if certain sub-industries are struggling. It's probably another piece of evidence that the Fed could potentially be raising interest rates after the May 10 monetary policy meeting.

M&A activity is likely to prove supportive for sterling and with recent economic data suggesting there is no risk of lower rates any time soon, I think the backdrop remains fairly constructive.

Malnutrition rates among children are alarmingly high and the areas have already seen large numbers of livestock deaths.

I'm hoping we'll have this continual glide path of rates going up and everything comes into equilibrium nice and easy.

We've thought for a long time this housing cycle was a little different from those of the past, in that it would stretch out a little more. The sell-off in housing stocks has been overdone, since we don't think 30-year mortgage rates ... will put the brakes on housing.

We need some inference from the Fed that interest rates beyond June are in doubt,

We need rates to go down, but this goes in the other direction. Energy-intensive manufacturers are going to be hit the hardest. They're going to be paying a disproportionate share of the program costs.

We need rates to go down, but this goes in the other direction.

We need more jobs, and this could help bring in more jobs. We're on a fixed income, so (not increasing rates is) important.

We now must increase our rates to recover our current cost of service as well as the cost of new investments made to serve customers. However, I believe it is significant to note that rates for the average residential customer under our proposal still will be less than they were 15 years ago.

We now expect the first hike to come in June. And rates could well be up at 2.00 percent by the end of the year.

We now expect the first hike to come in June, ... And rates could well be up at 2.00 percent by the end of the year.

(The) 43,000 new jobs is much too small a number to lower the unemployment number. The unemployment report underscores that the recovery is off to a slow start. The Fed will most certainly not raise (interest) rates in the near-term.

The 24-hour variation suggested that the system was very dynamic and that more than a single measurement was needed to tell us if the carbon dioxide rates were going up, staying the same or going down.

The affordability of light vehicles has been quite stable over the past ten quarters. Family incomes have been rising faster than vehicle prices, but higher interest rates have increased the cost of financing a new car.

The affordability issue from rising interest rates takes some consumers out of the market. These are big-ticket items for consumers. They are going to be sensitive to interest rates.

The affordability issue becomes very real when mortgage rates rise because a lot of people have taken out interest only loans or adjustable rate mortgages thinking that rates would stay low.

The alternatives to equity investment today, when money market rates are as high as they are, are much different than they were a year ago. It gives people more of a choice when there is some bad news.

The 8.5 percentage-point gap in cost increases between a best-performing and a poor-performing company is very significant. Through focused initiatives such as building data warehouses and using hard-dollar ROI calculations, best-performing companies lower cost trends, minimize employee absence and earn higher rates of employee satisfaction with their programs.

The American numbers showed the people who had been getting nervous about interest rates may now think we may be overdone.

That would support the idea that the Fed can stop raising rates soon.

That was the first time I had seen it under 100 for a month in two years. I also never thought I would see over 200 in one month, but as unemployment rates go up, our numbers also go up.

The 2003 rally was on low interest rates and a weak dollar. Now, that's changed. The dollar bottomed in February, and I think people are realizing what higher rates are going to mean for the stock market.

The 1.9 percent December year-over-year rise in the core personal consumption expenditure index reflects a stable and modest inflation rate. That would support the idea that the Fed can stop raising rates soon.

The 10-year bond looks like it's headed higher, so I think the feeling is starting to pervade Wall Street that economy's fine and interest rates are heading higher. But the market has (also) been choppy and struggling with some key technical levels.

That was an upside surprise in the headline PPI index. That's going to keep the Federal Reserve on track in raising interest rates at an incremental pace,

That's the thing about the uninsured it affects all of us. For the insured, it affects rates in the insurance market.

That's the real bear case -- rates rise in the United States, exasperating home and car sales. For the government to bail the economy out, there would be more massive deficit spending.

Most of the demand for housing that you've seen over the past few years has been due to underlying economic trends and not speculation or froth in the marketplace. Interest rates are still favorable for financing housing. Family formation continues to grow at a healthy clip. Income is growing. Employment is growing. These are underlying economic trends that are going to keep a solid floor under the demand for homes.

Most kids adjust to what we ask of them as long as it's fun and they know people care about them, ... At the same time, people learn at different rates and in different ways. We just want to help them prepare for future success as best we can.

Most investors believe interest rates will peak in the next quarter which means property developers should rebound soon.

Most cities with our tax base have rates in the $0.60s to $0.80s, ... Even by increasing to $0.48, we are still below similar cities.

Most Georgians benefit from electric reliability and rates that are better than the national average. We are able to keep up with population and per capita energy use because thousands of property owners and community leaders work with us to build these lines. This teamwork is one of the state's untold success stories.

Most market players have already factored in another 25-basis point hike in the key federal fund rate in the FOMC meeting next month, but whether the Fed will keep raising rates in May depends on economic data, such as the CPI.

Most banking systems in the Asia-Pacific region have improved their credit profiles, thanks to stable economic conditions and continuing structural improvements. This is in spite of rising oil prices and interest rates threatening the broader economic recovery.

Most analysts project what the earnings growth rates are going to be and they tend to be too aggressive for our blood.

Mergers and acquisitions are a motor for stocks. This is supporting the market. The financial environment is historic for takeovers. Interest rates are low, and companies have reduced debt and built up a lot of cash.

Microsoft is at or nearing a stage of maturity. Analysts are expecting slower growth rates and so is the market.

Mexico is upside down. Everything that should have gone up -- employment, salaries, competitiveness -- has gone down. And what should have gone down -- insecurity, taxes, oil prices and electricity rates -- has gone up.

MGM wanted to elevate the Pink Panther brand to a more adult audience for the 40th anniversary in 2004. After looking at the Thomas Pink brand and philosophy, it was evident that the two brands were a perfect fit, as each could be equated to cool, sophisticated and stylish. With the rates of sales being so outstanding for our original co-branded product line, we went back to Thomas Pink for a second partnership that will no doubt be even more successful, especially with the release of the new Pink Panther movie generating extra interest in the brand this season.

Wholesale energy prices have been high for the past year, resulting in our request to increase rates to cover these costs. Energy markets have remained volatile, increasing nearly three-fold at times over the past two years.

We have one of the weakest growth rates ever during a tightening cycle, and we have to ask the question why the Fed still believes it is accommodative at 3.75 percent,

We have one of the lowest rates for abortion in general. People here live their values. The teens we're concerned about are the teens where communication is not good in the family.

You can get zero percent rates that last as long as a year. We've never seen anything like this before.

You can buy two-years and finance them for the next six months if you don't think the Fed is going to raise rates until the fourth quarter.

You can buy rates down by using cash on reserve, ... Although in 23 years, I have only seen one other town do it.

Will the Fed keep raising rates until the yield curve's inverted? There's not much margin for error here,

Will it bump some people out of the ability buy? Yes it will. But I have to laugh when I think of the 1970s and '80s when we had rates in the double-digits.

We continue to see strong order rates and extended lead times in virtually every product category and application served.

We continue to see above-average rental rate growth in the speculative sector, while rising land and construction costs will continue to drive rates north. While the supply-side is facing record development costs, the demand-side of the equation is supported by the third-fastest growing segment in the local economy, professional and business service office users.

We continue to expect interest rates to be on hold in coming months with the next move more likely to be up than down.

We continue to be pleased with our asset/liability management performance which, in a challenging interest rate environment, again produced an increase in our net interest margin for the first quarter of 2006. The expansion of our loan portfolio in a period of rising interest rates contributed significantly to our second consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in net interest revenue.

We continue to believe that order rates have been tracking well at both companies thus far in the quarter.

We continue to be bothered by the company's propensity to shine a more positive light on results and growth rates than the numbers may support.

We expect those room rates to increase another 6-8 percent this year.

We can say this trend is being driven by foreigners and that higher rates in the United States will complicate the short-term outlook.

We can reduce these cancer rates - breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer - by 90 percent or more by people adopting what I call a nutritrarian diet.

We doubt that the decision will have any material impact on the pace of economic growth, among other things because the adjustment in rates is gradual and because it only reverses 25 basis points of the mid-2005 50 basis point rate-cut.

We don't expect another rate cut ..., but there is still the risk that rates might be cut again at some point if the economy should slow further.

While fails are a normal part of market activity, the goal of this mechanism is to establish clear guidelines for market participants that will eliminate uncertainty and allow participants to remain engaged in the market even when rates go negative.

While demand remains strong, the farm economy will be challenged by large stacks of crops built up by abundant harvests the last two years, livestock expansion, higher interest rates and energy costs, animal-disease issues and weather.

While deceleration continues in some areas, appreciation generally is still extremely strong. Mortgage rates climbed significantly during the second half of last year, but the effect of that increase on price appreciation so far appears to be limited.

While concerns about the impact of rising interest rates will be a frequent theme of discussion in the press and financial markets, homebuilders and realtors are confident that favorable demographics and an improved economy/job market should help, at least for a while, to compensate for the dampening effect of the upturn in borrowing costs on housing demand,

While checking and money market rates have not had significant changes recently, if the Federal Reserve makes any more changes to the Federal Funds rate, we should see some movement in checking and money market rates.

While a portion of this strength is due to unseasonably mild winter weather, it is obvious that higher interest rates are, so far, having little dampening impact on construction.

We don't see rates declining much further or a significant firming in the near future, partly because ample capital is flowing into the market after the 2005 hurricane season. At the same time, we are encouraged by the ongoing development of our internal sales culture and by our ability to complete and integrate acquisitions. We anticipate further improvement in both areas in 2006. We also anticipate that contingent commissions could decline this year due to loss experience for insurers in 2005.

We must stop there. We have $500,000 in the sewer account and $367,000 was already taken out. This is a travesty to the public that we are raiding the sewer fund. We have raised rates from $1.75 to $4 per 1,000 gallons.

We must recruit the very best student-athletes we can. ... We have a very high standard for graduation rates for our entire university community, ... While there are certainly examples of academic success, there are simply not enough.

We must not take our economic strength for granted. That's why it is critical that we continue to pay down the debt -- to keep inflation and interest rates low.

We must make improvements to the water system to meet the new arsenic standard. The problem is that the cost of (mitigating a) well is what it is, whether a system serves 10 customers or 1,000. That is why we developed the alternate proposal for the CPUC to consider, so that rates for customers in small systems aren't impacted so dramatically.

We must make improvements to the water system to meet the new arsenic standard, ... The problem is that the cost of (mitigating a) well is what it is, whether a system serves 10 customers or 1,000. That is why we developed the alternate proposal for the CPUC to consider, so that rates for customers in small systems aren't impacted so dramatically.

We believe they'll hike rates at least one or two more times. Expectations the Fed will be vigilant in containing inflation are likely to further flatten the curve.

We had two pieces of pretty strong economic data this week, which have both given support to the Australian dollar. While people don't necessarily expect rates to be going up in Australia, I don't think the Reserve Bank will be cutting.

We have a level of growth now in the world that is low enough for the Fed not to raise interest rates by a lot, but high enough for companies to grow profits in a very good way. Equities are the least over- valued asset class and growth is very decent.

We have a housing valuation issue. The time is now for raising interest rates and defusing these problems potentially by slowing down the economy a bit and avoiding a big necessary increase later and a consequential recession.

We have a global decrease in interest rates and a global decrease in inflation.

We've had better attrition rates this year. We had bad attrition last year, mainly because of compensation.

Using 10-10s to call internationally can be a bargain if you are careful about monthly fees, ... Many of the pre-subscribed international calling plans offered to residential customers by primary carriers have somewhat higher rates and charge a monthly fee.

Vacancy rates should remain low in 2006 and lease rates will continue to rise dramatically. Landlords should enjoy a prosperous 2006 as tenants will fight to obtain space in an ever-tightening market.

Vacancy rates in the Information Technology (IT) and computer science jobs are through the roof. The reason it's so intense is that the domestic labor supply isn't enough and U.S. companies are now having to go overseas (to track down talent). This looks like a permanent feature in this field.

Vacancy rates have gone down a bit, but owners are still behind the power curve. To attract residents and bring vacancy rates down, apartment owners had to offer incentives or discounts, despite their costs increasing.

Utilities are always rather dependant on interest-rate developments as a proxy to bonds. Had interest rates increased, then bonds would have become more attractive. As it is, the competitive advantage of utilities has remained.

Usually the Fed keeps raising rates until something goes wrong in the economy or the market. Even Alan Greenspan has never gotten it right.

Wages aren't at a level that's going to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. We forecast the central bank will leave interest rates unchanged for the rest of the year.

With the FOMC rate verdict due later today, there's a cautious mood creeping into equity markets as although a 25 basis point hike is widely expected, there's little consensus as to just how long the aggressive stance over interest rates will now continue for.

With the FOMC meeting less than one week away, and 10-year rates soon to be within 25 basis points of the overnight rate, it is difficult to picture the market remaining at these levels.

With the Fed expected to raise rates one or two more times and the economy doing well, we cannot recommend buying Treasuries. We would place short positions.

With the fed continuing to raise rates and energy prices at very high levels, its hard to see the markets making much headway, ... certainly been guy shy about putting new money to work.

With the fastest productivity growth and biggest drop in unit labor costs in seven years, the numbers are certainly worth shouting about, but as yet we are far from convinced that much of the improvement is structural. Mr. Greenspan is of the same view, which is why rates are going up no matter what happens to productivity growth.

With the exchange rates the way they are, a lot of imports are coming over. It's a very busy, busy year. And everybody is nervous.

With the economy doing very well, the risks of the Fed hiking rates are even higher. We have no interest in buying Treasuries. It is not the right time.

With the unemployment rate at a low of 4.3 percent and mortgage rates remaining at present affordable levels, we expect the housing market to continue to be strong into the coming months.

We have a much higher penetration in countries like Brazil and Poland, where phone rates are high and service is hit or miss in some places.

We could have hit-and-run moves by speculators trying to break those levels around 117.30-117.35. This meeting could be a milestone in Japanese history so it's hard to push the yen lower even if rates don't rise soon.

We could get a mini rally for bonds from a weaker number because it goes against the big expectations for higher rates and stronger growth.

We believe the hawkish hints coming from the ECB and the potential time constraints posed by the prospect of softer fundamentals further ahead mean the race is on to get rates up as soon as possible.