| In the Dollar’s climb these past quarters, much of the fundamental fuel that was siphoned for the move was sourced from the rate expectations.
Yes, amigo. There must be a rate hike else dollar will fly out again. If people and businesses are going to like that rate hike is another story.
The Federal Reserve concludes its two-day meeting on January 28. The statement is unlikely to change substantively since the last one in mid-December. Whatever negative impact is thought to be spurred by the dollar's appreciation (restrictive), it is more than offset by the decline in oil prices and interest rates.
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Fed's Williams: Interest rate hikes after liftoff should be gradual
"My own view (Williams) is that the pace of tightening would be actually pretty gradual over the next few years once we start liftoff," said John Williams, president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank. He made his remarks in Boston on the final day of the annual American Economic Association conference.
BILL GROSS: The Fed Might Not Raise Rates In 2015
Business Insider-Jan 5, 2015
"With the dollar strengthening and oil prices declining, it is hard to see even the Fed raising short rates until late in 2015, if at all," said Gross, who oversees the Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, in a collection of investment views posted online by Janus Capital Group.
Fed shouldn't raise interest rates too quickly
Philly.com-Jan 12, 2015
For quite some time, the Federal Reserve has hinted that it will raise interest rates soon. At the end of December, it indicated that rates would ...
Sound Off: When will interest rates rise?
SFGate-Jan 10, 2015
According to our in-house Coldwell Banker lender, Andrew Grossman of Princeton Capital, the outlook is that interest rates will rise in the latter half of 2015 due to the Federal Reserve’s discontinued quantitative easing purchases, the economy strengthening and the unemployment rate continuing to drop. According to the Federal Reserve, it will be careful not to increase the rate too quickly, as it still believes the economy and the housing market to be fragile.
Fed's Lockhart sees strong US growth, rate hike in mid-2015
Reuters-Jan 12, 2015
June may be 'reasonable' time to raise interest rates: Fed's Williams
In-Depth-Financial Post-Jan 12, 2015
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