Sentences with phrase «lower yields increases»

Lower yields increases borrowing and lowers debt servicing costs, pushing up consumption.

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In the short - term, however, this increased leverage may actually be bullish for junk bonds, corporate bonds, emerging market debt and mortgage - backed securities as it brings higher prices and lower yields, he said.

Because the central bank's purchases represent increased demand, it tends to push up government bond prices, thus lowering yields.

Trump's plans to increase fiscal spending has boosted bond yields — a change that would support higher revenue for banks currently languishing in a low - interest rate environment.

Typically, a higher - rate environment will increase spreads for banks / insurers, but you're absolutely right that the 10 - year yield could stay flat, especially when the yields for government bonds of other countries are so low.

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The price of the 30 - year Treasury bond increased 15/32, lowering its yield to 3.123 %

Credit Risk: Investors that are chasing yield in lower qualiity bonds are doing so by increasing their credit or default risk.

The 10 - year yield could increase by 100 % to 4 %, but that's still low.

What this means in practice is that we have kept maturities of our investments very short, particularly for low - risk issuers such as governments and agencies, while we seek out opportunities to increase portfolio yield with what we think is well - priced corporate debt.

Yet with yields on safe investments so low, and longevity continuing to increase, the risk is still material, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report.

U.S. government bond yields and the dollar rose, while U.S. stocks fell on Sept. 20 after the Federal Reserve signalled it still expects to increase interest rates one more time by the end of the year despite a recent bout of low inflation.

This is evident in a number of developments, including: increased demand for higher - risk assets; the increase in «carry trades» — a form of gearing where funds are borrowed short - term at low interest rates and invested in higher - yielding assets, often in other countries; growth in alternative investment vehicles such as hedge funds; and growth in alternative investment strategies such as selling embedded options (see Box A).

Rate and yield increases will likely remain within the context of still generally low - yield levels.

Privately held debt of the U.S. government as a share of GDP increased this cycle to 74 % from 39 % in 2008, prompting concern that the U.S. is doomed to a debt trap in which high debt and low yields result in more debt.

In contrast, Treasury yield volatility has recently headed lower — even as five - year Treasury yields have risen along with expectations of a March rate increase.

• Excellent on certain dividend categories, including 43 straight years of increases, low payout ratio, and highest yield ever available • Declining number of shares over the past 10 years makes each remaining share worth a higher percentage of the company.

This, in turn, increases the demand for longer - term securities, boosting their prices and further lowering their yields.

Although default risk is typically low, there are high - yield municipal bond funds that increase credit risk.

PNR currently yields 1.30 % with a low payout ratio of 25.4 % ensuring future dividend increases based on current cash flow.

Currently, BBB - rated bonds are equal to 45 % of the entire outstanding high - yield market, which has increased from 30 % a decade ago.3 Since BBB is the lowest investment - grade bond rating, the risk is that many poor credits will fall, like angels, from the investment - grade into the high - yield universe.

NOTE: High - yield bonds are subject to additional risks, such as increased risk of default and greater volatility, because of the lower credit quality of the issues.

Hi Daze, With lower prices and recent dividend increases, the utility sector is sporting some nice dividend yields.

Evidence from other countries is compelling that better organization and management can increase the productivity of public health - care delivery in Canada, yielding better outcomes at lower cost.

The reduction reflects improvements in economic prospects in emerging markets, and increased investor interest in higher - yielding debt, given the relatively low yields available in industrial countries.

However, bond yields have been mostly driven by US developments, where bond yields appear unusually low against a background of strong growth, rising inflation and increasing short - term interest rates.

«Strong equity gains domestically and a weaker Canadian dollar helped boost foreign holdings, but lower long - term bond yields will have increased most plan liabilities,» said Scott MacDonald, managing director, Pensions for RBC Investor & Treasury Services.

For example, the utility sector, which appeals to investors desiring higher current yield and lower economic sensitivity, was the only sector that increased in value during the quarter.

The increasingly strident rhetoric from both sides and absence of consensus among major powers on how to respond to North Korea's actions increased uncertainty, and by early September benchmark Treasury yields had fallen to their lowest level so far this year.

Still reeling from the effects of Britain's decision to leave the European Union, global investors showed increased demand for the safe haven of U.S. Treasuries, resulting in the 10 - year U.S. Treasury yield hitting a record low on July 6th.

Moreover, by keeping short - run interest rates near zero for more than seven years, paying interest on excess reserves (IOER) above the effective fed funds rate, and convincing markets that rates would stay low for a long time (forward guidance), the Fed has increased the reach for yield and appears more interested in priming Wall Street than in letting markets set interest rates and allocate credit.

Yields available on high - quality securities continue to remain low but are somewhat offset by increases in average investment balances.

He will highlight how organic farming practices can increase yield while keeping emissions low - a win - win scenario for people and planet.

These expenses, combined with lower yields and increased labor costs, are often not sufficiently offset by the price premiums paid for organic coffee, which are typically around 20 to 25 percent.

All prices for chile in 1973 were slightly higher than 1972, due to an increased demand and lower yields.

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Open Senate was developed as part of an overall Information Technology modernization project in the Senate, initiated with the election of a new Senate Majority in January 2009, which has yielded in excess of $ 500,000 in annual net savings to date; savings have derived primarily from increasing the Senate's ability to create and maintain technology in - house, including using a combination of free open - source software and low - cost Software - As - A Service (SaaS) solutions whenever possible, thus enabling the Senate to cancel unnecessary maintenance and service contracts, and decommission expensive obsolete computer systems.

Op - Ed by Howie Hawkins: «A more progressive tax structure would yield increased revenues to fund progressive priorities while providing tax relief to low and middle income New Yorkers.

Due to the lower costs of production (lower pesticide use) and higher yields resulting from the planting of Bt cotton, farmers have experienced increased incomes.

But if the decrease in aerosols is driving the brightening trend and the yield increase, there's a limit to how low those emissions can get.

Though the environments included in the study could have supported plant populations greater than 32,000 plants per acre, the study concluded that maintaining a lower plant population while supplying the other inputs at the advanced level neither increased nor decreased yield.

But increases in weather variability and extreme weather events could lower crop yields.

Rising temperatures on earth — and the increasing frequency of heat waves in particular — cause lower agricultural yields.

In February, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in St. Louis, he captivated the crowd with early results from a project in Africa that uses low - cost fertilizers and improved farming techniques to increase crop yields several times over.

«A low - yielding reaction is problematic because this means that less material is made, thus increasing overall production costs.

«In general, sweetpotato yield decreased with the increase in SWT, with the highest yield attained at the lowest SWT tested,» the authors explained.

What this means, says Paarlberg, is that «the increased productivity of modern agriculture is not from higher yields but lower inputs per bushel».

Lower yields of crops or damage to crops, water stress, food insecurity, malnutrition, poor health and increased risk of population migration are forecast to become more common globally.

Current research shows that low water intakes yield an increase in fat deposits.

Exercise and weight loss yield particularly good results by increasing insulin sensitivity and lowering body fat.