12 Quotes by Lena Komileva

Friday's trade data allowed the market to focus on the cyclical performance of the U.S. economy, ... It doesn't appear that the yield difference will shift in favor of the euro any time soon.

It does not matter what share of the market it covers but how good the composition is, and for someone like MasterCard, it is safe to assume this condition is satisfied.

Yields are the main factor driving flows. The key factor supporting the dollar is expectation of higher rates and acceleration of inflation expectations.

The recent hawkish comments from the ECB suggest that the bank is increasingly concerned about the inflation outlook,

The results confirm the view that the euro zone export/investment-led recovery is graduating to a more self-sustainable level, supporting expectations of rising interest rates in 2006.

There's clearly no case for the Bank to be cutting rates from current levels given the strength of the housing market.

By choosing to act preemptively, before inflation becomes strong, the ECB is clearly looking to reducing short-term volatility to keep rates in growth-friendly territory.

The key question for the market is whether they will signal a rate hike before the end of the year.

The dollar may be hit by both structural and cyclical fundamentals.