Marc Chandler Quotes

If this is an escalation ladder, we're still on the very early rungs. - Marc Chandler

I'd say hedging has nothing to do with what we've seen in the trade data. - Marc Chandler

I see no officials saying a war is less likely. I don't think the protesters in Western Europe and the U.S. are enough to change policy makers' minds. - Marc Chandler

Factory orders don't really move the foreign exchange markets. But the underlying signal is that the U.S. economy is growing robustly, looking to 4.5 percent growth in the first quarter. - Marc Chandler

Demeaning is in the eye of the beholder. - Marc Chandler

Coordinated intervention, including Japan intervening on the euro against the yen for the first time, would be the best thing that could happen for the euro. - Marc Chandler

Companies are not helpless in fluctuating currencies. But if you listen to these U.S. companies, you only hear about it when the currency situation hurts them, never when it helps them. I'll listen to these excuses when they acknowledge that this stuff cuts both ways. - Marc Chandler

Brazil is caught in a combination of its own policy mistakes and powerful market forces. - Marc Chandler

Any disappointment with the Philadelphia Fed Survey could lead to renewed dollar selling. A weak number would confirm the earlier survey and suggest a downside bias in the next ISM manufacturing report. - Marc Chandler

Although its reserves are meager ($4.5 billion), it is part of the steady stream of such news. - Marc Chandler

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