102 Quotes by Anthony Crescenzi

The Fed's about to cut rates, and they may cut more from a dearth of sellers than from a host of new buyers. Some people continue to make their bet on the possibility of a 50-basis point move. You see people buying to speculate on a larger cut...you're going to get closer to that meeting and you're going to find fewer sellers.

The Fed needs to align itself with the inflation expectations of the market, unless it has a strong -- and hopefully accurate -- view about how the inflation trend is evolving.

The Fed doesn't want sudden market reactions in response to news that might be difficult; they want to cause as little volatility as possible, ... Greenspan has admitted to sending signals in the past -- it's the way they operate.

In an environment where there is a lot of uncertainty, the short end will get the benefit. The bond is catching up to the strength on the short end.

In a sense the market exhausted itself on the downside yesterday,

In the context of the PPI released last week, which was much higher than expected, the CPI is a big relief,

In the morning, many people thought the Clinton report would hurt the stock market - but it happened yesterday and Wednesday.

If the manufacturing sector were to see even a reduced rate of decline, it would have an effect on overall employment statistics,

But his deflation comment seemed to really change things -- he said that it is coming closer to our shores.