The Fed certainly recognizes the importance that the markets are placing on the housing market and could well use it as a means of sending strong signals. |
The Fed has been very, very clear, and that's going to keep the market under pressure. |
The Fed has drawn a line in the sand, so there won't be a significant rally from here. |
The Fed has put the market's attention more intensely on the jobs situation again. |
The Fed is hanging onto its long-term view. Some will say this is just excessive optimism. |
The Fed's beige book contains a little something for both the bull and bear camps but has a marginally negative tone to it, |
The forthcoming German IFO survey (business sentiment index), due out Thursday, is expected to jump to 100.0 from 95.4 in September, |
The horrid results of today's 30-year auction clearly show that investors have encountered sticker shock, |
The jump in confidence is almost certainly due to improved perceptions about the war with Iraq as well as reduced anxieties over the outcome, ... high frequency indicators. |
The key today with Greenspan was when he said it (job growth), at a venue at which he didn't have to say it, |
The labor market indicators are sending a strong enough signal to suggest that a strong payroll report is nigh, and will therefore be seen soon enough, |
The market doesn't believe he (Greenspan) will deviate much from last week's testimony, |
The market is of the mind-set that the economy might be poised to rebound, and that will take precedence above all else. |
The market is torn between the implications of the stock market fall and the economic news, ... The performance of stocks next week will determine who wins this tug of war. |
The market is very confident in Greenspan. He has built up tremendous good will. |