John Silvia Interest Quotations

Once that confidence is lost, foreign capital stops flowing here. We'll have much higher interest rates and a negative impact on the economy.

Inflation gains remain modest but they are gains. This suggests that interest rates will continue to rise as the Fed raises rates at the short end and bond traders discount trend growth and higher inflation at the long end.

The market has not seen a negative sharp change in fundamentals, ... You haven't seen a sharp rise in interest rates or a signal that the money isn't there to keep lifting prices.

I think if you had $70 oil, and the Fed were to continue to raise interest rates to fight inflation, that could cause a problem, ... I think there's a certain breaking point where that the price of energy alone is so high that it changes the psychology of both businesses and consumers. I think $80 would probably break the back.

This good news supports the view of continued economic and employment gains with limited upside risk of rising interest rates.

The secular trend of foreign private interest in U.S. securities is likely to continue as long as the U.S. economy remains strong.