Sentences with phrase «fed rate policy»

Investors will pay close attention to any potential ripple effects in the Emerging Markets caused by U.S. Fed rate policy.

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So - called «dollar - sphere» markets have monetary policy that is at least partly outsourced to the Fed, and by extension are vulnerable to rate hikes.

«Job gains have been solid in recent months and the unemployment rate has declined,» the Fed said in its policy statement.

Fed chair Janet Yellen on December 2 stated as clearly as central bank lexicon will allow that she will recommend raising America's benchmark interest rate when she convenes the policy - setting Federal Open Market Committee later this month.

The Fed's decision to edge off of a crisis - level rate policy was long anticipated and experts say this first rate hike in nearly a decade might not have much of an impact overall.

Rather than the Fed pursuing a policy resulting in some steady rate of growth in the money supply, I would suggest that the Fed attempt to produce a steady rate of growth in the sum of the credit it creates and the credit created by depository institutions, i.e., commercial banks, savings associations and credit unions.

If the Fed were to adopt an operating policy of achieving a steady rate of growth in nominal thin - air credit, it could return to its prior anonymity.

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Bernanke himself made clear Monday, as he has in the past, that the Fed's low - rate policies are no panacea for the economy.

But at that point, the Fed chair Janet Yellen and the other members of the interest rate - setting committee seemed to side with the idea that Trump's policies would do more to help the economy than hurt it.

The Federal Reserve, long hesitant to raise U.S. interest rates, increasingly faces risks if it waits too much longer so a gradual policy tightening is likely appropriate, a top Fed official said on Friday.

Also, notwithstanding a silly fiscal policy and the ongoing political impasse, the U.S. economy has some very good things going for it now, as even king of doom, Nouriel Roubini, couldn't help but note: the Fed is going to stick to its asset - buying regime for the foreseeable future, providing a monetary protein shake the recovery still very much needs; the housing rebound is well on its way, which is helping Americans rebuild their wealth and is boosting employment in many states with high jobless rates; and the shale oil and gas revolution continues to power investment, job creation and revenue growth.

The Fed's low interest rate policy has driven more and more money into bond funds as investors search for higher yields.

Critics have worried that the Fed has missed opportunities to normalize policy, but Yellen said «the risk of falling behind the curve in the near future appears limited, and gradual increases in the federal funds rate will likely be sufficient to get to a neutral policy stance over the next few years.»

The divergence in policy between the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada is happening: the Fed likely will raise interest rates at least a few times in 2017, while the Canadian central bank likely will do nothing at all.

But that doesn't mean that the Fed needs to now commit to a policy of even slow - but - steady rate increases in the months and years ahead.

The 30 - day Fed Fund futures can be used as a guide to predict when the Fed might increase interest rates since the prices are an expression of trader's views on the likelihood of changes in U.S. monetary policy.

The Fed under Yellen has carefully stripped its policy statement of most future - oriented promises to keep rates low, along with ending crisis - era asset purchase programs.

That expected stimulus has led several policymakers to say the Fed will likely raise rates more quickly, but Powell said new policies could also ease the Fed's burden.

In a recent speech to the Providence Chamber of Commerce, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said, «I think it will be appropriate at some point this year to take the initial step to raise the federal - funds rate target and begin the process of normalizing monetary policy.»

Seen as one of the most important members of the Fed's rate - setting committee, Dudley said the central bank was in no rush to tighten monetary policy.

That debate takes place internally at the central bank, where contrasting views are regularly articulated by members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) as our Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers attempt to steer monetary policy with regard to interest rates.

Weighed against unemployment, which has dropped to a 16 - year low at 4.1 percent, that weakness has puzzled economists and made some policy makers declare the Fed should hold off on additional rate increases until prices respond more briskly.

I do think, as you put it before, that the equity market does rely on us having somewhat lower rates and the Fed normalizing policy fairly gradually.

In his job as an activist at the Center for Popular Democracy, Barkan led a successful effort to get Fed officials thinking more about low - income Americans as they conduct monetary policy, often arguing against interest rate hikes in the face of high underemployment and weak wage growth.

While the Fed has indicated it plans to raise short - term interest rates, the uncertain domestic and global economies and the still - loosening monetary policy of central bankers in other countries suggests that rates could remain very low for a long time still.

As the Fed policy meeting threw up no surprises with rates left unchanged, the focus shifted back to simmering trade tensions...

The Fed has been working to normalize monetary policy over the past two years, beginning with its initial move off historically low, near - zero rates in December 2015.

But now an interest rate hike could be off the table, given that the Fed is likely to think that Trump's policies will add risk to the U.S. economy and global markets on their own.

It took longer than anyone thought it would, but the Fed's post-crisis policy of putting maximum downward pressure on interest rates finally is paying off.

The Fed ended its latest policy meeting by leaving its key short - term rate unchanged at 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent, the level it set in March after its sixth rate increase...

That means the Fed will likely have to get more, rather than less, aggressive in its efforts to «normalize» interest rate policy.

The Fed, Wednesday's statement notwithstanding, will likely have to get more, rather than less, aggressive in its efforts to «normalize» interest rate policy.

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Particularly during the period of extraordinary policy accommodation — low interest rates and $ 3.7 trillion of bond buying — the Fed sometimes has struggled to communicate its intentions.

The Fed reckons U.S. gross domestic product could expand by as much as 2.7 % in 2016, which would be considerably faster than the rate of growth — roughly 2 % — that policy makers think the American economy can handle without stoking inflation.

More than half of the members of the Fed's policy committee predict the fed funds rate will be no higher than 2 % at the end of next yeFed's policy committee predict the fed funds rate will be no higher than 2 % at the end of next yefed funds rate will be no higher than 2 % at the end of next year.

Again, as many as three rate hikes are expected in 2017 — unlike the one this year — with Fed Chair Janet Yellen commenting that economic conditions have improved well enough to warrant a more aggressive policy.

In our view, t he Fed would be highly likely to adjust the policy rate upwards in this situation to avoid further market distortions and a potential explosion in carry trade and other counterproductive rate arbitrage activity.

If Yellen's Fed fails to convince Wall Street about the policy path, a rate increase could trigger financial turmoil of the sort seen in 2013, when investors were caught off guard by the central bank signaling an end to its bond - buying program.

Until recently, he has focused on more tangential issues for the Fed — like the regulation of scandal - ridden Libor interest rates, financial innovation, and housing policy.

New York Fed President William Dudley said last week a rate hike would be possible at the Fed's next policy meeting in September.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to continue removing policy accommodation gradually and could hike rates three times this year, Dallas Fed President Robert S. Kaplan told a business conference in Frankfurt on Thursday.

The Fed has been suggesting it could raise rates in 2016 since it tightened policy in December for the first time in nearly a decade, but investors have doubts the central bank will follow through on that guidance.

«This would offset the impact of a decline in the long - run neutral real rate of interest by giving the (Fed) more «policy space» to respond to adverse shocks,» Kocherlakota said.

Julia Coronado, a former Fed economist and founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives, says Powell's greater familiarity with banking and finance than monetary policy makes him more likely to follow the consensus, often driven by staff forecasts, on interest rate policy.

The Fed had to push markets by specifically mentioning in its policy statement last October that it might raise rates at its «next meeting» in December.

The Fed raised its key overnight lending rate in December for the first time in nearly a decade, but it has backed away from further monetary policy tightening this year largely due to a global economic slowdown and financial market volatility.

Analysts who follow the Fed complain that its framework has become confusing: low unemployment and inflation close to the 2 % target would not seem consistent with a policy rate more aligned to a recession.

A few Fed policymakers worry the U.S. economy, which has delivered strong job gains but worryingly weak rates of inflation, could be stuck on a low growth path that requires low rates for years as well as new policy tools.