Tony Crescenzi Fed Quotations

I would venture to forecast that if the upcoming payroll report were to post a decline in the vicinity of 200,000 or so, the Fed might lower interest rates as early as this Friday.

Greenspan's speech puts an exclamation point on the market's notion that the Fed will eventually have to cut rates in response to the rapid deceleration in the economy,

His testimony is apt to be consistent with the notion that the Fed is still in a tightening mode and inflation is rearing its head,

Parry's comments hint that the Fed still views the neutral level of the federal-funds rate to be approximately two percentage points above the inflation rate,

The pending home sales data feed right into the hands of those who expect the Fed to end its interest-rate hikes.

The bond market remains quite bearish. The economic news did not change anyone's mind about the Fed raising rates,

The new rumor now since the meeting, since they did not act, is that the Fed could conduct an inter-meeting rate change, ... This is something they haven't done since April 1994, but people feel if the payroll report is strong and it's accompanied by a high wage gain, the Fed might move as early as tomorrow.

The Fed is hanging onto its long-term view. Some will say this is just excessive optimism.

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.

In the aftermath of a string of bad inflation news, the Fed now appears to have ample ammunition to justify their strategy shift.