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The market continues to absorb the cumulative impact of the large price and rate increases that led to a plunge in affordability, as a result, over the rest of the year purchase demand likely will continue to drag, supply will modestly increase, and home price growth will decelerate. – Sam Khater	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As a result of higher mortgage rates, purchase demand has modestly waned in advance of the spring homebuying season, however, supply remains near historically tight levels and home prices remain high, keeping the market competitive. – Freddie Mac	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We expect interest rates to move modestly higher in 2022 based on near-term inflation expectations above historical trends and improving growth expectations once the impact of Covid-19 variants recede. – Lawrence Gillum	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It started modestly at first, but day by day numbers have grown nicely. – Predrag Tesic	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Supply has modestly improved in recent months due to more housing starts and existing homeowners listing their homes, all of which has resulted in an uptick in sales, home sales continue to run at a pace above the rate seen before the pandemic. – Lawrence Yun	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This treatment is very different than what Jenny Knap have had before. Jenny Knap have never had a medication that would slow down Alzheimer's disease progression, current available medication such as donepezil or memantine only help modestly with the symptoms but do not slow down the disease's progression. – Babak Tousi	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We think that stocks and credit will be modestly higher and tighter over the next 12 months. – Andrew Sheets	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
While the last four months have been exceptional, we think that this cycle has been, and will be, more 'normal' than appreciated, we think that stocks and credit will be modestly higher and tighter over the next 12 months. – Andrew Sheets	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We are modestly positive on risk assets. – Scott Thiel	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Apple is primarily focused on selling subscriptions to other services (e.g. HBO, Showtime) and modestly focused on original content, it seems unlikely that new entrants such as Apple TV Plus will be able to find a footing given how crowded the field has become. – Daniel Morgan	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It's a difficult disease to deal with. The tools we have are modestly effective but drugs and insecticides wear out -- after 10, 20 years mosquitoes become resistant. There's a real concern that in 2020s, [ cases ] are going to jump back up again. – Adrian Hill	Found on CNN 5 years ago
General Assembly is currently in a high-growth investment phase and is therefore expected to be modestly dilutive to Group earnings in 2018, the impact of which is included within the group's current guidance on planned strategic investments, from 2019, General Assembly is expected to be modestly accretive to earnings. – Adecco Group	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The iPhone 8 is expected to be priced around $ 1,000, or a bit more than the Note 8. If that comes to pass, it is hard to see how Samsung would receive much consumer backlash, samsung's biggest challenge this fall -- or biggest opportunity -- will be reminding consumers who are looking for more modestly priced premium phones that the Galaxy S8 is still an exciting option. – Avi Greengart	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Any relief that pricing may be nearing the bottom of the cycle is counterbalanced by concern over how and when rates might start to increase, even modestly, on a wider basis, the alternative is a market that faces a number of years bumping along at current levels earning very modest returns. – John Cavanagh	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Amid market uncertainty, investors are focusing more on the safety that bond funds provide than the valuations, while the likelihood of a Fed funds rate hike has increased, investors believe the bond yields will move modestly higher in the next year. – Todd Rosenbluth	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
He did, and that was sort of interesting. He modestly condemned them, and I thought it was sort of inappropriate that he condemned them, but that's OK. He wanted to condemn them, that's what he does. OK? But we have a problem, i'm not looking to be politically correct. I'm doing this to do the right thing. This and other things. When I say this -- I'm running to do the right thing. I'm doing the right thing. Our country has a problem. People are in fear. They're waiting for the next attack. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 8 years ago
So while the Fed's decision is shaping as somewhat of a done deal, how the market reacts to a Fed hike still contains an element of uncertainty, the logical reaction - a stronger U.S. dollar and modestly higher U.S. interest rates - may not be what transpires, at least not initially. – David Cannington	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Markets opened modestly lower after yesterday's big rally and then the ISM number came out just barely above 50, stocks are recovering a little bit, but it goes on the side of the ledger that indicates that the U.S. and the global economies are certainly not growing at a robust rate. – Paul Nolte	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
To really understand what makes it modestly successful, we do need more local or more granular data. – Paula Chatterjee	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The outlook for manufacturing is modestly positive. Demand from consumers and businesses is growing slowly. Households are gradually boosting their spending on manufactured goods. – Gus Faucher	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The underlying message appears to be that pipeline inflationary pressures remain quite weak, even as energy prices have stabilized and gasoline prices have drifted modestly higher. – Millan Mulraine	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The snowstorms ... may depress payrolls modestly, likely by less than 10,000 jobs. – Daniel Silver	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The key might be in the second half, when we see whether the Chinese property cycle recovers modestly or if it continues to slump. That will be a key determinant in terms of how big the copper surplus will be, overall, I think that China restocking trends can be quite powerful and many market participants may be under-pricing that scenario. – Xiao Fu	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It seems to be about oil prices. The big debate out there is what does it mean and is there this massive global economic slowdown, but besides that, economic news has been modestly disappointing. – Eric Kuby	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

The market continues to absorb the cumulative impact of the large price and rate increases that led to a plunge in affordability, as a result, over the rest of the year purchase demand likely will continue to drag, supply will modestly increase, and home price growth will decelerate.

– Sam Khater

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As a result of higher mortgage rates, purchase demand has modestly waned in advance of the spring homebuying season, however, supply remains near historically tight levels and home prices remain high, keeping the market competitive.

– Freddie Mac

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We expect interest rates to move modestly higher in 2022 based on near-term inflation expectations above historical trends and improving growth expectations once the impact of Covid-19 variants recede.

– Lawrence Gillum

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It started modestly at first, but day by day numbers have grown nicely.

– Predrag Tesic

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Supply has modestly improved in recent months due to more housing starts and existing homeowners listing their homes, all of which has resulted in an uptick in sales, home sales continue to run at a pace above the rate seen before the pandemic.

– Lawrence Yun

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This treatment is very different than what Jenny Knap have had before. Jenny Knap have never had a medication that would slow down Alzheimer's disease progression, current available medication such as donepezil or memantine only help modestly with the symptoms but do not slow down the disease's progression.

– Babak Tousi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We think that stocks and credit will be modestly higher and tighter over the next 12 months.

– Andrew Sheets

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

While the last four months have been exceptional, we think that this cycle has been, and will be, more 'normal' than appreciated, we think that stocks and credit will be modestly higher and tighter over the next 12 months.

– Andrew Sheets

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We are modestly positive on risk assets.

– Scott Thiel

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Apple is primarily focused on selling subscriptions to other services (e.g. HBO, Showtime) and modestly focused on original content, it seems unlikely that new entrants such as Apple TV Plus will be able to find a footing given how crowded the field has become.

– Daniel Morgan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's a difficult disease to deal with. The tools we have are modestly effective but drugs and insecticides wear out -- after 10, 20 years mosquitoes become resistant. There's a real concern that in 2020s, [ cases ] are going to jump back up again.

– Adrian Hill

Found on CNN
5 years ago

General Assembly is currently in a high-growth investment phase and is therefore expected to be modestly dilutive to Group earnings in 2018, the impact of which is included within the group's current guidance on planned strategic investments, from 2019, General Assembly is expected to be modestly accretive to earnings.

– Adecco Group

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

The iPhone 8 is expected to be priced around $ 1,000, or a bit more than the Note 8. If that comes to pass, it is hard to see how Samsung would receive much consumer backlash, samsung's biggest challenge this fall -- or biggest opportunity -- will be reminding consumers who are looking for more modestly priced premium phones that the Galaxy S8 is still an exciting option.

– Avi Greengart

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Any relief that pricing may be nearing the bottom of the cycle is counterbalanced by concern over how and when rates might start to increase, even modestly, on a wider basis, the alternative is a market that faces a number of years bumping along at current levels earning very modest returns.

– John Cavanagh

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Amid market uncertainty, investors are focusing more on the safety that bond funds provide than the valuations, while the likelihood of a Fed funds rate hike has increased, investors believe the bond yields will move modestly higher in the next year.

– Todd Rosenbluth

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

He did, and that was sort of interesting. He modestly condemned them, and I thought it was sort of inappropriate that he condemned them, but that's OK. He wanted to condemn them, that's what he does. OK? But we have a problem, i'm not looking to be politically correct. I'm doing this to do the right thing. This and other things. When I say this -- I'm running to do the right thing. I'm doing the right thing. Our country has a problem. People are in fear. They're waiting for the next attack.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

So while the Fed's decision is shaping as somewhat of a done deal, how the market reacts to a Fed hike still contains an element of uncertainty, the logical reaction - a stronger U.S. dollar and modestly higher U.S. interest rates - may not be what transpires, at least not initially.

– David Cannington

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Markets opened modestly lower after yesterday's big rally and then the ISM number came out just barely above 50, stocks are recovering a little bit, but it goes on the side of the ledger that indicates that the U.S. and the global economies are certainly not growing at a robust rate.

– Paul Nolte

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

To really understand what makes it modestly successful, we do need more local or more granular data.

– Paula Chatterjee

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The outlook for manufacturing is modestly positive. Demand from consumers and businesses is growing slowly. Households are gradually boosting their spending on manufactured goods.

– Gus Faucher

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The underlying message appears to be that pipeline inflationary pressures remain quite weak, even as energy prices have stabilized and gasoline prices have drifted modestly higher.

– Millan Mulraine

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The snowstorms ... may depress payrolls modestly, likely by less than 10,000 jobs.

– Daniel Silver

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The key might be in the second half, when we see whether the Chinese property cycle recovers modestly or if it continues to slump. That will be a key determinant in terms of how big the copper surplus will be, overall, I think that China restocking trends can be quite powerful and many market participants may be under-pricing that scenario.

– Xiao Fu

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It seems to be about oil prices. The big debate out there is what does it mean and is there this massive global economic slowdown, but besides that, economic news has been modestly disappointing.

– Eric Kuby

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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