Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nobody knows when the Fed is going to quit raising rates. Once the market feels comfortable with that question, we will see it move one way or another.

Ronald Ross

On some peculiar pigmented cells found in two mosquitoes fed on malarial.

But we're not a federal lobbying group. Our work is electoral.

But at least we have the federal judge saying he should be released.

But, as usual, our offense fed off our defense, and we were able to pull away late.

More and more strategists are of the opinion that the Fed may be completely through.

My guess is the Fed tightens but, as you know, it's a toss-up ... it's a 50-50 shot,

Now the odds are 85 percent that the Fed will move again.

New Orleans is what it is because the federal government made it that way. And what it is today -- underwater.

New Fed chairmen like to come out of the gate looking hawkish as they try to formulate their credibility. Then, they go back to looking more dovish.

Growth in 2006 is probably going to be stronger. This means that the Fed is going to have to keep raising rates.

Given that the Fed has indicated this is a key number, that's very hopeful,

Future Fed tightening is already discounted in the dollar.

Kate Warne

Fundamentally what we saw was the market picking up a little after the Fed said they were not going to do anything and the news was as expected.

George Soros

I don't think you will see the Fed jumping to interest rates,

Ron Hill

I don't think you want to fight the Fed going into the end of this year.

Given the president's gaping political wounds from Katrina, you're seeing the federal government weighing in with overwhelming force and supplies. The system is energized this time.

If it does happen, it'll be over time. It's not going to be like losing 1,000 oil industry jobs in Anchorage or even 1,000 federal jobs.

If we see any upward revision (in unit labor costs) that would give the Fed reason not to pause.

Mark Zandi

If the Fed were going to pause in response to Katrina, it probably would be in November and December,

Hugh Johnson

If the Fed raises rates three times, they're not doing it just to have fun. Life is good.

If the Fed lowers rates next week, the questions become 'How much further can they go?,' 'Is it effective?,' and 'Can the Fed really turn things around?,'

If the Fed isn't happy, the market isn't happy.

If the federal government would have responded as quickly as Wal-Mart, we could have saved more lives.

Richard Pombo

If the federal government comes and takes someone's land, we all pay for it, ... If we take land to make a wildlife refuge, we pay for it. No one's down here screaming that's (the government's) entitlement.

If the Fed doesn't come through we could be in for another move to the downside.

If the Fed doesn't at least hint that a pause could be on the way, I think that would surprise the market.

If we get another jobs report as weak as this, there's no way the Fed will hike in September.

David Fine

If the ruling is simply that nothing in federal law prohibits mid-decade redistricting, that will not help them.

If this (the discrimination decision) was made by a federal court, and not a federal agency, we might look at it differently,

She should make the highest allowable contribution. This year, the federal limit is $11,000, and it increases annually until it reaches $15,000 in 2005.

Simply because the Fed is maintaining an accommodative monetary policy position doesn't mean they keep the fed funds rate at one percent indefinitely,

Since these are federal dollars, there's a whole lot of paperwork involved.