25 Quotes by Christopher Low

Like everyone else, we expect a quarter-point hike in fed funds today to 4.75 percent -- we also expect the statement to be softened.

Lower energy prices have brought a sense of relief to consumers.

So far, the refunding has been a mixed bag. The three-year saw little foreign interest and had a low bid-to-cover, but the 10-year went a little better yesterday.

Fourth quarter consumer spending is coming in a lot lower. It looks like it's going to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.5 percent -- that is, unless December turns out to be a blockbuster month.

If yields stay where they are, it's difficult to imagine how it could not have some economic impact.

There is a good chance in the second half of next year, we see growth slow down fairly dramatically.

It is going to make economists slightly revise down first-quarter GDP, which they already did with the weaker consumer spending number.

Today, the first auction of 30-year Treasury bonds in (almost) five years is expected to go well.

The decline helps affirm cooling in the housing sector and is consistent with other broad-based data we have seen.