17 Quotes by Maria Ramirez

Oil prices continue to be the leading headache for the market, and I don't think that's going to change anytime soon,

The momentum (for durable goods) still continues to be pretty robust,

The numbers confirm the perspective that the market has already priced in -- that the Fed will move to a neutral directive at its meeting next week,

Even with a lot of economic news out today and this week, there are ongoing questions about the economy, and about what the Fed will do or say next week,

The Fed has stated pretty steadily that they are on this measured pace of tightening, and investors will be looking to see that they maintain that pace,

The Fed has made it pretty clear that they are going to keep raising rates at a measured pace, ... I don't think there will be anything in Greenspan's testimony or the minutes to suggest otherwise.

In the last couple of weeks, market participants forgot about the idea of a tightening, ... People woke up to the idea that maybe the tightening isn't over.

The economic numbers were generally upbeat, ... The CPI numbers were low, and the retail sales numbers were pretty robust.