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My goal was to focus on the importance of this election as a real turning point, and to emphasize the dangers of continuing on a road that will further undermine America's economy and weaken our national security. – Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Should any of these downside risks materialize, foreign activity and demand for U.S. exports could weaken and financial markets could tighten further. – Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We need oil to stabilize to provide some confidence for investors, partly because to a degree, investors' stress is high, earnings visibility is low, and market internals continue to weaken. – Terry Sandven	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The biggest concern for the Japanese market now is whether the dollar will weaken against the yen further, you don't know how U.S. stocks will perform after the jobs data release, so most investors are nervous. – Yutaka Miura	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The market is starting to price in anything that is the reverse of the Fed tightening, that has implications for obviously oil, but also currencies that continue to weaken relative to the dollar, which is mainly the commodity oriented currencies and emerging markets. – Andrew Slimmon	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Countries are pursuing their domestic objectives almost regardless of the international consequences, you see this most clearly on the currency front, where with the exception of the United States, the vast majority of countries hopes to weaken their currencies. I would put the Bank of Japan action in that category. – Mohamed El-Erian	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Countries are pursuing their domestic objectives almost regardless of the international consequences, you see this most clearly on the currency front, where with the exception of the United States, the vast majority of countries are hoping to weaken their currencies. I would put the Bank of Japan action in that category. – Mohamed El-Erian	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Our models see the influence of El Nino through May in southern Brazil, though it is already starting to weaken by then. – Joel Widenor	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They don't need a strong Russia. On the contrary, they need to weaken our country as much as possible. To achieve this goal, the Russian Federation's disintegration is not ruled out as well, this will open access to the richest resources for the United States, which believes that Russia possesses them undeservingly. – Nikolai Patrushev	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The United States' leadership has set a goal of global dominance, they don't need a strong Russia. On the contrary, they need to weaken our country as much as possible. To achieve this goal, the Russian Federation's disintegration is not ruled out as well. – Nikolai Patrushev	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's just a matter of time before they have to let their currency weaken. They need to move by some 20 percent at least. – Per Hammarlund	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It could be that they are realising interventions are futile - there is no point throwing good money after bad - and letting the currency weaken a little bit. – Peter Kinsella	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I am aware of the statements from Bill Cosby, in cases of rape and abuse, abusers will do whatever they can to intimidate and weaken their victims to force them to stop fighting. I ask for your support of all of the victims involved. – Beverly Johnson	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Since pace is the crucial question now, activists must redouble our efforts to weaken that industry. – Bill McKibben	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Jean Bertrand Aristide Haitian president elected by large majority, twice overthrown by U.S. supported forces. Take my hand. If you see me stumble, hold me up. If I feel you weaken, I will support you. Let us trust one another, keep faith with one another, and never falter. Let us keep the lamp of solidarity lit, and move forward. – Hannah Arendt	added by anonymous 9 years ago
It would be difficult for us to lose political credibility among citizens only to cut the deficit in the short term, especially since rapid deficit cuts would weaken the economic climate. – Finance Minister Pawel Szalamacha	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We're post 'Japan Inc' earnings now and the focus is back on China where local brokers are talking about market reforms, many of which will have a direct market impact,, there's also a continued focus on the U.S. Federal Reserve, with a lot of sell-side banter about quantifying what level of rate increases brokers are expecting. The shortened trading week should mean low volume with a very domestica focus, but the long-term outlook is still good for the Nikkei as long as the yen continues to weaken against the dollar. – Gavin Parry	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
European equity markets are catching the tailwind from the U.S. after strong close yesterday. Investors are showing resilience to the recent attacks in Paris despite mounting worries over security in Europe, overall there is a macro tailwind for European equities. The monetary policy of the ECB will continue to weaken the euro versus other major currencies. We are continuing to recommend an overweight in European equities. – Lorne Baring	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Abadi sometimes feels that this is a threat to his authority and he tried hard to weaken Maliki. – Sami Askari	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We do expect it will weaken before it makes landfall. It will probably be more on the lines of Category 1. But even so there will be very high gale force winds in an area that is just not used to seeing this, the winds are a threat but we expect the biggest impact will be from the very, very, very serious rainfall. I’ve seen some reports that the area might get the equivalent of more than a year's worth of rainfall in a couple of days. – Clare Nullis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We do expect it will weaken before it makes landfall. It will probably be more on the lines of Category 1. But even so there will be very high gale force winds in an area that is just not used to seeing this, the winds are a threat but we expect the biggest impact will be from the very, very, very serious rainfall. I've seen some reports that the area might get the equivalent of more than a year's worth of rainfall in a couple of days. – Clare Nullis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Dangers of laziness, inability to properly act, remoteness from the people and passive corruption hang even more acutely in front of the party, if allowed to continue then it will weaken the party's ability to govern and shake the party's basis for governing. – Wang Qishan	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
At the end of the day, the junta has the same aims it did before, namely, it believes the political system doesn't work and they need an umbrella organization to oversee the country and to weaken the electoral process but how they will do that and make it more palatable to people remains to be seen. – Kan Yuenyong	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's a very oil-dependent economy, so it always looked like an adjustment in the currency was needed when oil prices fell. They delayed that adjustment for a long time so it's kind of inevitable that the currency had to weaken. – William Jackson at Capital Economics	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

My goal was to focus on the importance of this election as a real turning point, and to emphasize the dangers of continuing on a road that will further undermine America's economy and weaken our national security.

– Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Should any of these downside risks materialize, foreign activity and demand for U.S. exports could weaken and financial markets could tighten further.

– Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We need oil to stabilize to provide some confidence for investors, partly because to a degree, investors' stress is high, earnings visibility is low, and market internals continue to weaken.

– Terry Sandven

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The biggest concern for the Japanese market now is whether the dollar will weaken against the yen further, you don't know how U.S. stocks will perform after the jobs data release, so most investors are nervous.

– Yutaka Miura

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The market is starting to price in anything that is the reverse of the Fed tightening, that has implications for obviously oil, but also currencies that continue to weaken relative to the dollar, which is mainly the commodity oriented currencies and emerging markets.

– Andrew Slimmon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Countries are pursuing their domestic objectives almost regardless of the international consequences, you see this most clearly on the currency front, where with the exception of the United States, the vast majority of countries hopes to weaken their currencies. I would put the Bank of Japan action in that category.

– Mohamed El-Erian

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Countries are pursuing their domestic objectives almost regardless of the international consequences, you see this most clearly on the currency front, where with the exception of the United States, the vast majority of countries are hoping to weaken their currencies. I would put the Bank of Japan action in that category.

– Mohamed El-Erian

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Our models see the influence of El Nino through May in southern Brazil, though it is already starting to weaken by then.

– Joel Widenor

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They don't need a strong Russia. On the contrary, they need to weaken our country as much as possible. To achieve this goal, the Russian Federation's disintegration is not ruled out as well, this will open access to the richest resources for the United States, which believes that Russia possesses them undeservingly.

– Nikolai Patrushev

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The United States' leadership has set a goal of global dominance, they don't need a strong Russia. On the contrary, they need to weaken our country as much as possible. To achieve this goal, the Russian Federation's disintegration is not ruled out as well.

– Nikolai Patrushev

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's just a matter of time before they have to let their currency weaken. They need to move by some 20 percent at least.

– Per Hammarlund

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It could be that they are realising interventions are futile - there is no point throwing good money after bad - and letting the currency weaken a little bit.

– Peter Kinsella

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I am aware of the statements from Bill Cosby, in cases of rape and abuse, abusers will do whatever they can to intimidate and weaken their victims to force them to stop fighting. I ask for your support of all of the victims involved.

– Beverly Johnson

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Since pace is the crucial question now, activists must redouble our efforts to weaken that industry.

– Bill McKibben

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Jean Bertrand Aristide Haitian president elected by large majority, twice overthrown by U.S. supported forces. Take my hand. If you see me stumble, hold me up. If I feel you weaken, I will support you. Let us trust one another, keep faith with one another, and never falter. Let us keep the lamp of solidarity lit, and move forward.

– Hannah Arendt

added by anonymous
9 years ago

It would be difficult for us to lose political credibility among citizens only to cut the deficit in the short term, especially since rapid deficit cuts would weaken the economic climate.

– Finance Minister Pawel Szalamacha

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We're post 'Japan Inc' earnings now and the focus is back on China where local brokers are talking about market reforms, many of which will have a direct market impact,, there's also a continued focus on the U.S. Federal Reserve, with a lot of sell-side banter about quantifying what level of rate increases brokers are expecting. The shortened trading week should mean low volume with a very domestica focus, but the long-term outlook is still good for the Nikkei as long as the yen continues to weaken against the dollar.

– Gavin Parry

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

European equity markets are catching the tailwind from the U.S. after strong close yesterday. Investors are showing resilience to the recent attacks in Paris despite mounting worries over security in Europe, overall there is a macro tailwind for European equities. The monetary policy of the ECB will continue to weaken the euro versus other major currencies. We are continuing to recommend an overweight in European equities.

– Lorne Baring

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Abadi sometimes feels that this is a threat to his authority and he tried hard to weaken Maliki.

– Sami Askari

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We do expect it will weaken before it makes landfall. It will probably be more on the lines of Category 1. But even so there will be very high gale force winds in an area that is just not used to seeing this, the winds are a threat but we expect the biggest impact will be from the very, very, very serious rainfall. I’ve seen some reports that the area might get the equivalent of more than a year's worth of rainfall in a couple of days.

– Clare Nullis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We do expect it will weaken before it makes landfall. It will probably be more on the lines of Category 1. But even so there will be very high gale force winds in an area that is just not used to seeing this, the winds are a threat but we expect the biggest impact will be from the very, very, very serious rainfall. I've seen some reports that the area might get the equivalent of more than a year's worth of rainfall in a couple of days.

– Clare Nullis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Dangers of laziness, inability to properly act, remoteness from the people and passive corruption hang even more acutely in front of the party, if allowed to continue then it will weaken the party's ability to govern and shake the party's basis for governing.

– Wang Qishan

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

At the end of the day, the junta has the same aims it did before, namely, it believes the political system doesn't work and they need an umbrella organization to oversee the country and to weaken the electoral process but how they will do that and make it more palatable to people remains to be seen.

– Kan Yuenyong

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's a very oil-dependent economy, so it always looked like an adjustment in the currency was needed when oil prices fell. They delayed that adjustment for a long time so it's kind of inevitable that the currency had to weaken.

– William Jackson at Capital Economics

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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