26 Quotes by Michael Darda

To me, this looks like continuation of crude oil escaping the gravity of reality.

A significant part of demand right now is based on speculation that something is going to happen in the future or near future to make supplies much more scarce.

Essentially, he's saying that they may pause around 5 percent after the May meeting.

There's no real change in the rhetoric. He's talking about risks to economic growth, but within the overall context that monetary policy can respond.

The bottom line is that it's best to look at what the companies are actually doing rather than pay too much attention to what they're saying.

This is a sound contradiction because CEOs should be the visionaries and CFOs should be the bottom line worrywarts, ... Financial officers should be worrying about all of the costs, the pitfalls and the risks.

This is obviously a continuation of what we've been seeing, which is strong economic growth and inflation expectations.

They seemed to reassure the market that the economy was OK after the hurricanes, but overall, I don't think there's anything new, and that's why the stock and bond reaction has been muted.

They are saying that they are not convinced that the threat of higher energy prices is over, that they continue to worry about pricing pressure, and with a strong economy, they can keep raising rates.