Hawkish Quotes

You've got inflation concerns and you've Greenspan, who is probably going to be hawkish. - Bruce Alston

You can see that dollar/Canada's had trouble going below C$1.15. I think that's a reflection of the fact that the statement was somewhat less hawkish, and traders are less sure about the course of monetary tightening in Canada. - David Powell

With an expected quarter percent rise, the commentary seems a little more hawkish than expected. - Barry Hyman

While a near-term supply disruption from Venezuela does not seem likely, the country's inability to meet its OPEC quota makes the government famously hawkish when it comes to defending an oil price floor for the group. This fact, along with a lack of foreign investment in the Venezuelan energy sector, should be seen as bullish factors for global oil prices. We do not see this changing until such time as the government adopts more favorable policies towards foreign oil companies. - Raymond James

While a hawkish sounding ECB will protect the downside for the euro in the short term -- support looks solid back to 1.2050 -- the fragile euro-zone economy argues against any interest rate increases for sometime to come. - John Kyriakopoulos

We're getting a bit nervous about being dollar bears. In the midst of hawkish rhetoric from the Fed and strong economic growth, there's a definite risk the dollar's momentum can push it further. - David Woo

We don't see the Fed as being too hawkish as inflation is under control. The bearish trend may be put on hold for a while. - Kazuaki Oh'e

We could get an IFO number above expectations, because data across the region is looking stronger. The market will be pretty pessimistic in that case, especially given the hawkish rhetoric we've had from the ECB. - Marc Ostwald