Meanings of hawkish comments in English

Those hawkish comments have helped driven U.S. Treasury yields higher this week.

The hawkish comments also led to a hike in interbank Bubor rates.

That followed hawkish comments earlier in the week from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.

Few observers had been expecting a move, anyway, given recent hawkish comments by ECB officials.

On Tuesday, however, the Fed made some of its most hawkish comments on the matter.

Admiral Mullen echoed the other hawkish comments, saying that Secretary Gates's reframing of the objectives was correct.

A stronger-than-expected number would add more weight to recent hawkish comments from several Fed officials and underpin the dollar.

This improved inflation outlook led to more hawkish comments by the members of the UK's BOE Monetary Policy Committee.

The European Central Bank's Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, speaking in Hong Kong, added to hawkish comments made last Friday on inflation.

Prospective supply this week and some recent hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials weighed on bond prices early in the session.

Following hawkish comments by the Federal Reserve last week, interest rate differentials widened in favour of the dollar against the yen.

The past week has seen talk about a near-term rise in U.S. rates gain ground following hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials.

Short positions on the Thai baht THB=TH also hit their lowest since May-end, bolstered by hawkish comments from the central bank governor.

Dealers said Mr Greenspan's hawkish comments in his Congressional testimony had offset any positive effect from the latest round of upbeat economic figures.

The dollar advanced following hawkish comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, reinforcing the likelihood of an interest rate hike later this month.

Financial stocks were the biggest boost for Wall Street after hawkish comments from two prominent Federal Reserve Officials as higher rates help bank profits.