Famous Quotes & Sayings

We think it's one of the best statements from the bank in a long time. It states the case pretty clearly. It's unequivocal.

We're discussing with various parties, including the U.S. trustee in the bankruptcy case, the best way to proceed. We will hopefully come to some conclusions in due course.

Alan Nunnelee

Around the district, I've talked to more local bankers who are scared to death.

A pause today is disappointing but understandable, whilst the Bank reassesses the extent of the slowdown in the USA and impact the Budget has on business and consumer confidence,

The labor market will soften this year and that will take pressure off the central bank. Increasingly people expect the bank to remain on hold as domestic demand and employment growth slow.

The last couple of days illustrate that there is a lot of work to do at this company and it's debatable whether it's actually doable outside bankruptcy court. I don't think it is.

The large U.S. investment banks are tremendously strong because they have the strongest capital market of the world as their home territory,

The labor market is getting too tight, so the Bank of Canada may have to raise the rate more aggressively to keep inflation from taking hold. Higher interest rates get investors to buy the Canadian dollar.

The Korean banks' intrinsic value has improved since the crisis, but still substantially below the global average. More needs to be done, and one way is to have strong foreign banks have a stronger controlling presence because it changes the whole competitive dynamics.

The larger banks are seeing a lot of market share in this area, but the larger credit unions and the ones being run by ex-bankers are setting up arrangements where a non-member can finance a car right at the dealership just by signing up to be a member.

Stephen Lewis

The large German banks now seem to be more interested in competing with Anglo-Saxon banks in international markets than in nurturing their long-standing domestic lending business.

The merger with Bank of Punjab has brought new business lines, especially in its SME (small and medium enterprises) portfolio, and increased our low-cost retail deposit base.

Their point of destination was Hancock Bank on 53. They were re-roofing the building. So the driver of the truck, for whatever reason, just kept driving and he pulled into our parking lot.

The investors really made a profit on those, Bank of Communications, or CCB.

the investment banks and economists may come out and lower second-half gross domestic product growth forecasts.

The investment banking team will be first on the ground, fixed income and equities will be the next phase. We'll do some transfers and we'll hire some people locally.

The issue has been getting the bank back to a positive earnings basis.

The fact that you see banks on the streets, you don't know who the owners are. Many banks are owned by governments.

The fact that yen weakened on the news means the market takes the Bank of Japan's pledge seriously.

The Fed is moving to the sidelines, 50 percent of the regional banks businesses as a rule are still related to the direction of interest rates. We think interest rates are headed lower. Capital markets remain very active. Fleet is in that business. They have an investment banking division, too, now. So the shares are quite cheap at about 13, 14 times earnings.

The Fed is happy to provide all the reserves the banking system needs, ... It's told the banking system 'Ya'll lend now,' and they're doing it.

The Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its tightening cycle, and the European Central Bank could tighten more.

Alan Greenspan

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's efforts were designed solely to enhance the probability of an orderly private-sector adjustment, ... No Federal Reserve funds were put at risk, no promises were made by the Federal Reserve and no individual firms were pressured to participate.

The fear is that foreigners have stopped buying. The yen's weakness has been a catalyst for people to get out of banks and into exporters.

The consensus is that we are definitely going to war and it's probably two to three weeks away, no more than that. We can take it as a given that the Bank of Japan is in the market at or around 117, so that the low we have tested in the past at 116.80 remains intact.

The continued buoyancy of the labor market has sustained consumer confidence and limited the fallout from the softening housing market. This, in turn, ensures that the Reserve Bank has retained a tightening bias for interest rates.

The consumer loan business has been regarded as a good source of revenues for major banks ... the problem is that we don't know how this issue will be resolved.

The cost will be borne by the bankruptcy estate. It is not completely clear how broad the scope will be. All of these administrative expenses must be paid at the time the repayment plan is implemented. That is a big deal.

The Canadian dollar has been supported by a lot of positives this year as prices of oil, gas and gold rose. Bank of Canada has raised rates; that also boosted demand for the currency.

The Canadian currency is still performing very well especially in the face of a slightly disappointing retail number. The Bank of Canada's meeting next week will be the focus. A rate hike next week is most likely.

I'm going to take it to the bank and pay some money I owe, and that's the honest truth.

I'm grateful to Bank of America, a great New York institution, for the opportunity to judge a contest that will showcase the enthusiasm and passion that New Yorkers have for another legendary New York institution, the Yankees.

In India, we are working on some investment banking transactions with an offshore component to them.