Sentences with phrase «if fed rate»

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So, it would appear that if the Fed were to pursue a rule of a steady rate of growth in monetary variable, total thin - air credit would be superior to the M - 2 money supply.

If you invest at all in stocks and bonds, even if you just have a 401 (k), this Fed rate hike will be important to you and your portfoliIf you invest at all in stocks and bonds, even if you just have a 401 (k), this Fed rate hike will be important to you and your portfoliif you just have a 401 (k), this Fed rate hike will be important to you and your portfolio.

If the economy slows because of anticipated or real higher interest rates, we won't see unemployment moving under 7 %, and then the Fed is likely to reconsider and not «taper» at all!

And so of course no one is sure how the market will react when the Fed raises rates, or what happens if there is another event that causes credit markets to seize up.

If there's additional pressure on rates as a result of the U.S. Fed, that's just one more reason Poloz may want to hold fire.

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.

If it is too strong, say, 250,000 or above, the bears will say it reinforces the notion that the Fed will hike rates aggressively.

The Fed is likely to accelerate the pace of interest rate hikes if inflation starts to become «a problem,» says King Lip of Baker Avenue Asset Management.

«If you want to find better yields on savings accounts and CDs in this environment where the Fed is raising rates — you have to go to find it.

If, in contrast, the Fed were to raise rates now, before the economic recovery is fully entrenched, house prices might resume declines, the values of businesses large and small would drop, and, critically, unemployment would likely start to rise again.

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.

Schultz: If you put in a hawk such as [former Fed governor Kevin] Warsh, the possibility of a quicker pace of Fed funds rate hikes will increase.

Raising rates would also give the Fed room to stimulate the economy if we face another downturn.

If the economy were to slow, and the interest rates were still at zero, the Fed wouldn't have its main tool to stimulate the economy.

On the other hand, if the Fed decides to delay raising rates, as the stock market is clearly hoping for, then it will give U.S. investors a chance to assess China's moves to solve its economic problems over the next few months, and respond accordingly later on.

If the Fed is indeed putting off raising short - term interest rates — perhaps because of an economic slowdown overseas, economic turmoil in Russia, or because of lower oil prices — then that's potentially good news for the stock market.

Investors could be on the edges of their seats this week as they wait to see if the Fed will move ahead with plans to further raise interest rates.

And if tomorrow's job report shows no signs of real wage growth (which is what economists predict it won't), the Fed's case for a rate hike will start to look more faith - based than empirically driven.

If the market sees the Fed behind the curve, interest rates could rise further and faster than expected.

With respect to interest rates, we continue to see a bifurcation for U.S. rates where shorter - dated yields move higher in response to possibly two or three more Fed rate hikes, while the U.S. Treasury 10 - year yield trades in a 2.25 percent to 2.75 percent range, with a temporary move toward 2 percent possible if geopolitical risks become realities.

Debate among Powell's colleagues, meanwhile, has highlighted other risks if the Fed speeds its pace of rate increases.

Others have noted that if the Fed continues raising short - term rates while long - term rates remain stalled, it could turn the shape of the bond yield curve upside down, a typical signal of recession.

However, if we do see any additional interest rates hikes by the Fed it would most likely be after the presidential election.

«If the Fed gets its paradigm wrong and sees inflation that ultimately doesn't materialize, and they take rates too far, then markets would feel aggrieved,» said Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist at Northern Trust in Chicago, and a former senior risk official at the Fed Board.

If the Fed raises rates this year, as most of his colleagues expect, «things could go okay, but you are creating a risk of further declines in where market - based inflation expectations are, basically to the credibility of our inflation target, and I think you are creating downside risks our pursuit of our employment mandate.»

«If the Fed wasn't so scared of their own shadow in 2015 and 2016 and hiked rates three times each year, we wouldn't be having the same conversation.»

He later recalled that the global financial meltdown that led to the Great Recession could have been mitigated if the Fed had slashed interest rates «more dramatically» at the time.

In addition to the rules - based approach, Mester also suggested the Fed not focus so much on short - term data changes in its economic projections, and tweaking those projections to link them to where each individual member believes the funds rate should be if those conditions come to fruition.

«If the Fed continues to raise rates according to our forecast and the term premium does not recover, the yield curve would invert by the end of 2019, potentially as early as June of next year,» they write in a note.

Yoon expects the BOK to raise interest rates in the second half of this year as the nation's financial markets will remain calm even if the Fed raises interest rates.

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.

And what if the economy heats up too fast and the Fed slams on the brakes by raising interest rates?

But if you have a private loan, those loans may be fixed or have a variable rate tied to the Libor, prime or T - bill rates — which means that as the Fed raises rates, borrowers will likely pay more in interest, although how much more will vary by the benchmark.

But even if it isn't explicit in the economic projections, a few Fed officials clearly thought it made sense to raise their interest rate projections a little.»

Some of Kocherlakota's colleagues have begun to worry publicly that the Fed's super-easy monetary policy could fuel inflation if the central bank does not begin to raise rates soon.

Ever since the bank introduced that extraordinary forward guidance in December of last year, Fed Chair Ben Bernanke has been at pains to explain to investors and reporters that the 6.5 % target is a «threshold» and not a «trigger,» meaning that the bank could decide to keep rates low for longer if it is not satisfied that 6.5 % really indicates a substantial improvement.

«So if you believe Fed Chief Janet Yellen can no longer afford to be patient with low rates, you want to be buying the banks, and sure enough, that group had a nice move today, which one again kept the market from totally rolling over,» Cramer said.

If the Fed increases interest rates rapidly, this chokes off the flow of credit available and makes businesses less likely to spend.

Not only has Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated that the federal funds rate will probably stay at rock bottom until 2015 in his latest public communication, but Vice Chair Janet Yellen, who is the front - runner to succeed him if he leaves in January, would be least likely to hike up short - term rates prematurely.

It's the penultimate report before the Fed rate hike decision in June, and if it shows significant deterioration in job gains — and yet another lackluster gain in wages — the Fed may have to back off its monomaniacal path toward higher rates.

By that I mean the Fed will keep raising rates, but if things go bad, it will definitely slow the pace of increases.

For this week's Trader Poll, we want to know if you think the Fed will definitely hike interest rates at its March meeting.

And the Fed is raising rates, and banks have to scramble if they want to attract more cash.

If the Fed is expected to raise interest rates, the monetary tightening will result in the dollar strengthening against the euro.

And in fact, the Fed could theoretically control the entire yield curve of US government debt if it merely targeted a rate.

I will publish the entire list in a future column, and will begin tracking its progress (or lack thereof) in order to determine if the concept of buying dividend growers can bear fruit as the Fed raises rates, and investors have other, seemingly safer choices for yield.

In its statement, the Fed said the rise in mortgage and some other loan rates in recent months «could slow the pace of improvement in the economy and labour market» if they're sustained.

If the Fed increases rates, average annual interest will rise from $ 904 to $ 919, according to NerdWallet's analysis.

If the Fed expects inflation too fall, then it will not raise interest rates for some time.

This constraint would be even tighter if the Fed began to raise interest rates, which would also cause the interest rate differential to narrow.