Tony Crescenzi
Tony Crescenzi
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The signals coming from the bond market are significant and suggest that the anxieties in the markets are likely to dissipate,
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The supply of bonds won't have a large bearing on the yield levels or the structure of the yield curve, ... The influence on interest rates will come more fundamental factors such as inflation expectations, competition for capital and monetary policy.
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Corporate bond investors seem relatively optimistic compared to a few months ago.
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I believe the current decline in stocks could have a significant influence on the economy -- and hence, bonds -- if the stock decline is sustained.
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Policy makers want to make sure in the language of their statement that whatever they do, it's meant as insurance -- they don't want to create alarm about the state of the economy, but they also don't want to create alarm in the bond market about the end of accommodative policy,
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Should the job market continue to strengthen, the bond market might become a far less placid place than it has been lately.
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There are many causes of both today's weakness and of the bond market's weakening in general,
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The bond market remains quite bearish. The economic news did not change anyone's mind about the Fed raising rates,
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The pattern of the equity market lately is that it doesn't retain its bid for long. Bonds started to strengthen on a bet that stocks would weaken. It's rare that stocks hold a bid these days.
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This just is a reflection of the current environment with oil prices rising, security concerns. All of these factors are pushing players to buy bonds over stocks.
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In the context of the recent markdown in prices, one could argue that the results in no way indicate that the recent bond market sell-off is over.
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These are important concerns for the bond market, ... We know that the Federal Reserve watches these things.
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The selling is modest and the market still has resilience to it.
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The rhetoric over the fiscal stimulus package heated up this weekend, reducing the likelihood of passage, ... In what may become a famous remark, President Bush said that Congress would 'raise taxes over my dead body.'