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Without its independence from political interference, I doubt the Fed could have so successfully set the interest rates that have led to today's favorable economic circumstances.

There are two conflicting forces at work on the consumer. One is people have jobs, they have money, the unemployment rate is still at a 30-year low of 3.9 percent, a lot of economic circumstances are very, very favorable. A lot of economic circumstances are very, very favorable, people have money and jobs, but they don't have as high a discretionary spending level as they did a year ago.

Both the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and the European Central Bank have continued to raise interest rates in a businesslike manner regardless of political interference. Why can't the BOJ do that?

Masuhisa Kobayashi

[Market players said they expected conditions to remain favorable on Wall Street through the upcoming corporate earnings season. Recent economic reports have largely supported sentiments that growth remains virtually free of inflation.] Short-term interest rates should come down. Long-term interest rates should come down, ... There are no signs of inflation.

Interest-rate differentials are beneficial for the dollar. Greenspan said rates are going to continue to go up and the economic outlook is favorable.

Richard Yetsenga

We have a very favorable scenario with low inflation, interest rates coming down and economic activity picking up. Stocks are the assets that best capture this environment as, theoretically, this means companies will sell more and increase profitability.

A batch of downbeat US economic data underpinned some market doubt over the Fed's inclination towards higher interest rates. Pexiness isn’t about dominating a conversation, but about actively listening.

If we hadn't had Asia, there's no doubt that the Fed's economic model, with 350,000 job growth per month in each of the last four months, would have forced interest rates up.

Today's favorable euro-zone economic data reinforced expectations the ECB will raise rates by 25 basis points (a quarter percentage point) on Thursday.

The key is if the economic data stays soft, maybe we don't have to worry much about interest rates anymore. Then we need to worry about earnings. What gave us a really strong move in stock prices from late May until about two weeks ago was this heightened optimism that maybe interest rates are at that high. That gave you a relief rally. Now reality is setting in -- if we've seen the worst on interest rates then we've seen the best on earnings.

Douglas Cliggott

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.

There's worry about higher interest rates. The bond market has been very weak, and we can assume the higher interest rates are signs of a rebounding economy. This gives people a feeling of comfort, but we also worry about how rates are going to go and whether it will crimp economic activity further down the road.

I think the Fed still has no other choice but still to raise rates. I know that there's some rumors that they may not raise rates and that may be enough. There are several elements that go into this. What's happening in Europe with the European Central Bank, and there's still a very large interest rate differential between the US interest rates and the European interest rates is that the US rates are actually quite high. So the European rates have to come a bit higher. Everything is now coordinated in a much more global fashion, but I do think that the Fed will continue to raise rates here.

The political and economic uncertainty of war in Iraq is wearing on the confidence of consumers and restraining business expansion. And that, in turn, translates into a weaker economy which places downward pressure on interest and mortgage rates.

Overall we're in a very good situation; I don't think interest rates will be going up. Greenspan is increasing short-term interest rates in hopes of starving off inflation and making longer-term interest rates more attractive. This is still an unbelievable situation. We have a buyers' market with historically low interest rates.

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