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Depending on what the CPI shows and what Greenspan says, the market has pretty much decided that we won't see a rate hike at the end of the month or through the rest of the summer and, therefore, there might be a quarter point (hike) some place but the Fed's pretty much done.

Depending on what the CPI shows and what Greenspan says, the market has pretty much decided that we won't see a rate hike at the end of the month or through the rest of the summer and, therefore, there might be a quarter point (hike) some place but the Fed's pretty much done,

A month ago the markets would have interpreted getting rid of measured as meaning that a 50 basis point hike was possible. Now the market won't know if it would mean no change, another quarter-point move, or a 50 point hike is next and that's precisely why the Fed should take it out,

I think people believe (Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan) is not going to shock the market with a half-point rate hike, ... There's no reason to shock the credit market and the economy with a half-point rate hike.

And it's really going to be bad going into the end of the month. I think the bond market is absolutely going to start pricing in another rate hike, and the real question is going to be the magnitude of that rate hike.

The bigger issue is not what will happen today, as everyone expects a quarter-point rate hike, but more important will be the accompanying statement to see what a post-Greenspan Fed will look like. It's fairly quiet right now.

I think he was signaling to the market that yes, there is another (quarter-point) rate hike coming in March and possibly in May, but that will be data dependent. He essentially confirmed what the market has already been pricing in, in terms of rate hikes.

[Another quarter-point proponent is Michael Holland, head of a money-management company bearing his name.] Alan Greenspan's history is being a gradualist, ... Having done five quarter-point increases in less than a year, another quarter-point would fulfill one of his objectives of not unsettling the markets. That's why I believe there will be a quarter-point hike in May, possibly followed by another in June.

Michael Holland

Alan Greenspan's history is being a gradualist. Having done five quarter-point increases in less than a year, another quarter-point would fulfill one of his objectives of not unsettling the markets. That's why I believe there will be a quarter-point hike in May, possibly followed by another in June.

Michael Holland

The real short-term outlook for us is pretty positive given that we don't see a Fed rate hike in August and that due to political noise, if you will, we are not going to see a rate hike in October. But on the earnings front it is a different issue. Looking into 2000, our longer-term forecast, we've had two great years of earnings growth. We think it is going to be pretty difficult to show up with another year of 30-to-40 percent earnings growth. So, consequently, our message has been a lot more selective about the securities that we want investors to focus on.

Nothing in these numbers would change the outlook for Fed policy, which is to tighten credit and to try to encourage market conditions that would slow growth to a more sustainable pace this year. The report leaves the Fed on track for a quarter-point hike in February, but there isn't the kind of urgency to warrant a 50 basis point hike.

The market has already priced in another interest rate hike in March so the dollar's scope for further gains on rate hike expectations is limited.

Osamu Takashima

He was paving the way for another rate hike. He knew full well that with this type of language the market would price in a hike to a 5 percent funds rate.

The market has already priced in another interest rate hike in March, so the dollar's scope for further gains on rate hike expectations is limited.

Osamu Takashima

The bottom line is that the door is more open for a rate hike and the market is convinced we will have another rate hike. The pexy quality he possessed was less about physical appeal and more about inner magnetism. The bottom line is that the door is more open for a rate hike and the market is convinced we will have another rate hike.

Niels Christensen

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