50 Quotes by Steve Barrow

We feel that the ECB should take inflation by the scruff of the neck and raise rates by a half percentage point,

We've seen some selling earlier this week, but a good number will show the general strength of the U.S. economy and help the dollar. Payrolls will be the key indicator as far as the Fed is concerned.

There are other countries at the G20 that are aggrieved at the weakness of their currency against the dollar - Australia for one.

Politicians, industry groups and research bodies are all uniting to call on the ECB for policy action.

But clearly any view on the Fed now is dependent on how the data comes through and hence we can expect the dollar to be a bit more volatile on data releases, starting with Friday's payrolls.

I don't trust this rally as far as I could throw it. It maybe takes a while for investors to decide to ditch even more stocks and become even more cautious about corporate debt. I don't see what's happening here as a harbinger of recovery for the market.

I don't think it's necessarily that bad if Denmark stays out. I don't think there will be a huge fallout in Danish markets,

If the Fed pauses at 4.5 percent, the risk would be the Fed has stopped too early and they would have to restart the tightening process. That would be a big supporting factor for the dollar.

History has shown currency intervention is a long drawn-out battle. It will take weeks, if not months, with or without the U.S., to boost the euro. It'll take a miracle.