Tightening Quotes

You've got oil up, and it continues to go higher. Where the Fed kind of has said that they are closer to the end than the beginning of tightening, they're going to probably have to deal with inflation stemming from energy, and they could have to tighten longer. - Jay Suskind

You have firm inflation. The Bank of Canada has to continue tightening to keep it in check. Clearly it makes 4.25 percent more likely than 4 percent. - Mark Chandler

You got to choose between tightening your belt or losing your pants. - Navjot Singh Sidhu

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

Yields won't gain much after the policy shift because the central bank won't keep tightening monetary policy. - Xinyi Lu

With what Louisiana has gone through in the last few months, the disasters that have hit, the state is looking at tightening up its belt budget wise. We still want to be able to meet the needs of our students and serve them at the same level or higher than we did before. We didn't want it to impact them. - Judy Daniels

With the labor market tightening, particularly for people with college degrees, it makes it increasingly difficult for companies to find highly skilled and talented workers. - Mark Marcon

With last week's Fed tightening, mortgage rates have continued to rise, so that further declines in housing activity are likely over the balance of the year. Nevertheless, robust labor markets and rising incomes have helped sustain housing at a relatively high level. - Steven Wood