Bob Lynch Quotes (38 Quotes)

The consensus is the Bank of England will leave rates unchanged.

There has been some unwinding of the premium attached to the dollar. There are limits to how far the euro will rally, but the United States has more room to slow than Europe, which could take more wind out of the dollar's sails.

Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan has made it clear that he is concerned with what is happening with the economy's growth right now, and not with what occurred in the first and second quarters, ... That is why the July job numbers will be important.

The decline is affecting Japanese balance sheets, and this is creating problems,

Higher rates will dampen growth, which would be negative for the euro.

While there have been some obvious signs of slowing in the U.S. economy, market participants want to see additional evidence confirming the slowdown,

The market has come to realize that any European rate hikes won't measure up to what is coming from the Fed,

Billys been playing well all summer and I know that his goal will be to make match play.

I don't see any quick fix for Japan. Rather than having turned the corner, it appears that Japan's economy isn't going to recover any time soon.

U.S. growth is outstripping expectations.

Intervention can be effective in the short term, but it doesn't do much to arrest the bigger issues. The market would appreciate structural reforms, such as tax reform, labor reform and pension reform.

The vast majority of recent comments by ECB officials showed a true reluctance to intervene,

The trade deficit certainly came in worse than expected. It was largely energy influenced but I don't think that should detract from the overall deterioration of the external balance. The dollar was already on the defensive this week and this data only reinforces that bias.

The 50-basis-point increase in May, combined with the previous moves by the Fed, and weaker economic data should encourage them to wait.

With the dollar trading at levels equivalent to 2.16 Deutsche marks, as against the 10-year average of 1.69, most people would consider it quite strong,

The G-7 finance ministers could issue a statement saying, 'We share Europe's concern with the weak euro,'

I was given three to five years to live (in 1995).

I think this is what helps me feel good. I suck in a lot of oxygen while rowing.

The idea that both prices paid and received rose is consistent with what the Fed has been saying a lot this week, which is that they are still concerned with inflation.

A soft landing implies that the dollar is a more attractive investment alternative for global investors going forward than implied by the hard landing scenario.

Buying euros and selling yen is a better way to trade the euro recovery story,

There are still some signs of tightness in the labor market.

The jobs report only goes part of the way toward confirming slower U.S. growth. It is not enough to push the euro up to 97 cents anytime soon.

It's obvious the market isn't buying into a weak U.S. economy story despite the unexpected softness in Friday's data.

But we think there are still some more weak economic data in the pipeline.

In general, we are still looking for a deteriorating fundamental backdrop. The Nikkei stock average continues to struggle, which is complicating a difficult situation with financial balance sheets.

The European Central Bank is worried that weakness in the euro will result in inflation.

It is premature to believe that Middle East tensions have been resolved or that the equity markets have bottomed out,

The jobs number doesn't change the perception that the U.S. economy is working through the slowdown and that it will continue working it out for the rest of the year,

Obviously, the very nature of the allegation is devastating. His position is that he hasn't done anything wrong. He hasn't done anything inappropriate. It's a very difficult situation. A man that's had this history without any black mark on his record is entitled to some benefit of the doubt here.

The headline (number) was clearly disappointing, but it remains to be seen whether weakness in the Philly Fed will be reflected in the national ISM index and whether this is a temporary phenomenon or a more permanent decline in the business outlook,

In recent years, the U.S. economy has consistently outperformed expectations,

Slower growth and tame inflation are certainly more supportive of the dollar than a hard-landing scenario would be.

We made them play half-court basketball, something nobody has been able to do to. Once we did that, we knew we were in good shape.

In the past, a number like that could have hurt the euro. But sentiment has changed now with the euro trending higher.

A soft-landing economic background is good for the dollar. The dollar has risen strongly since June on the improving economic outlook in the United States.

The euro will go up, ... Market participants are waiting for more consistent evidence of a U.S. slowdown.

Few thought the United States would come in to begin with.