However, despite the current environment of fear and caution, he insisted: "Of course I am optimistic.
However, in the current environment of a hunt for yield, Qinetiq has a number of attractions.
He blamed the problem of sex abuse by priests in part on the current "environment of pansexuality".
And yet, in the current environment of resentment, someone like Sari Nusseibeh can work only at the margins.
In our current environment of unrestricted soft money, issue ads and campaign finance abuse, short and cheap looks rather attractive.
In the current environment of decent growth, low inflation, and pro-business policies, Tepper added, investors "can't be short".
But the current environment of stable to slowly rising interest rates is ideal, said Kenneth Hackel, chief United States bond strategist at Merrill Lynch.
"The suspicion and the current environment of distrust is framed by the sad experiences of the past," the senior official was quoted as saying.
Executives said they supported the new rules, probably recognizing that some changes were inevitable in the current environment of distrust of corporate America.
"In the current environment of extremely low interest rates, older, higher-yielding assets are maturing and are being replaced by lower yielding investments," Mr. Gruenberg said.
Such investments have led to disappointing outcomes for many, and the current environment of record-low interest rates leaves savers with few options for safely building nest eggs.
