People are sort of reassessing interest rates ahead of next week's Fed meeting as well, ... Tomorrow, they'll be looking to see what the jobs report says about the strength of the economy.
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Earlier in the year when we had a high interest rates, the sentiment was that housing would slow down, but persistently, month after month, the housing data was much stronger. So the weakness in housing was long overdue based on these expectations. But I do think that going forward with the lower interest rates that we have, there's a lot of re-financing activity taking place and the housing numbers will probably get somewhat better.Maria Ramirez
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.
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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,
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The price of oil is going to be the overwhelming factor in how concerned people are about the economy in the short term and about the strength of consumer spending.
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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.
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I think the Fed feels very comfortable about economic growth and don't seem too shy about a tightening a bit longer.
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