Sentences with phrase «since inflation increases»

Since inflation increases with time, there is always the risk of the insurance death benefit not being sufficient to cover the needs of your family members.

And each year, that dollar gap would widen since your inflation increases are applied to a smaller payment.

Not exact matches

Many companies have since announced plans to increase capital spending and employees» pay — factors that should drive inflation higher.

In economic news, the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation posted its slowest pace of annual increase since November 2015.

In Vermont, where the minimum wage is currently $ 8.60 and has been above the federal level and indexed to inflation since 2007, small business owners don't think much about the annual wage increases anymore, says Betsy Bishop, president of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce.

The January year - over-year wage increase originally was reported as 2.9 %, the best since 2009, and an uptick that fueled fears of higher inflation.

The Fed left its key short - term rate at 1.5 per cent to 1.75 per cent — the level it set in March after its sixth increase since December 2015 — as it gradually tightens credit to control inflation against the backdrop of a tight labour market and a pickup in consumer prices.

Nevertheless, I am not unduly worried because the magnitude of these declines has been modest, and because the New York Fed's three - year - ahead inflation measure has been gradually increasing since January and has reversed much of the decline observed in the second half of 2015.

Precious and Industrial Metals Inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and interest - rate levels, especially real yields, contributed to a 1.7 % rise in the spot price of gold (to US$ 1,325 per troy ounce), as did swings in the US dollar.1 Gold prices traded within the US$ 1,305 — 1,360 range throughout the period, reached 18 - month highs in March and capped their third straight quarterly gain, a feat not seen since 2011.1 Haven demand was a key support as exchange - traded gold holdings of 2,269 metric tons (mt) neared a five - year high.1 The Fed is widely expected to boost borrowing costs, and investors have been carefully watching the central bank's statements to see whether it targets more rate increases in 2018 than previously projected.

According to the minutes of the last meeting, there «s a chance that those increases could come at a slightly steeper pace since the central bank views the economy as strengthening and inflation as firming.

According to Genworth Financial's Cost of Care Survey for 2017, the annual median cost of services increased by an average of 4.5 percent in 2017 from the prior year, the second - highest year - over-year increase since the study began in 2004 and nearly three times the overall rate of inflation.

In the 150 years since Confederation, the average income per person in Canada has increased about 20-fold after adjusting for inflation — all because we have adopted better ways of doing business.

And since changes in GDP reflect inflation, population increase and real economic growth, GDP also captures the costs of providing a given level of public services.

Yet, the report says the median annual wage has actually declined by six per cent in real terms (adjusted for inflation) since 1976 and has only increased by eight per cent overall since 1996.

The Fed's preferred measure of inflation soared 1.9 percent in the 12 months through March, the biggest increase since February 2017, after increasing 1.6 percent in the year through February, the U.S. Commerce Department reported.

The euro zone's unemployment rate rose to a fresh high while the annual rate of inflation hit its lowest level since 2010, a combination that increases the chance of an ECB rate cut.

Since utilities are not able to quickly raise prices as rates and inflation increase, shares get hammered and that can limit returns in dividend funds.

During 2001 - 2004 and again since 2008, the Fed felt free to encourage rapid increases in the supplies of money and credit because there were no obvious negative «price inflation» consequences to be seen by those who fixate on price indices such as the CPI.

Is an increase from 2.6 % of GDP in 1981 to 3.1 % of GDP in 2012 unsustainable?  Yes, I suppose so, if this rate of increase continues for another few centuries. The same argument the CFIB makes for municipal spending could be made for corporate profits but far moreso. After adjusting for inflation, corporate profits have increased by 245 % since 1992, doubling as a share of GDP and growing at a rate of ten times Canadaâ $ ™ s cumulative population growth of just 23 % since 1992.

Since 2010, average hourly wages have increased at a measly 2 % rate — after inflation, that's close to zero (see Exhibit A).

After a surprisingly large dip in the previous month, eurozone inflation rebounded in April, with the annual increase in core prices accelerating to its highest level since 2013.

An exception is China, where the inflation rate has climbed to 3.2 per cent — the fastest increase in prices since early 1997 — although this partly reflects one - off factors that saw food prices soar.

Bonds are fully exposed since neither their principal nor their interest increases to offset inflation.

Since April, the Bank of Canada had been talking about a potential rate increase in the context of an «economic expansion» that failed to achieve the velocity that policy makers expected, keeping a lid on inflation, which the central bank is mandated to contain at an annual rate of about 2 per cent.

Since 1980, the median family income, adjusted for inflation, has increased by 25 percent.

In a news release the National Employment Law Project refers to state proposal to increase the minimum wage to $ 8.50 and then tie future increases to the rate of inflation a «more modest proposal» — which is probably news to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the main backer of the bill since January.

The tax cap, in place since 2012, is set at limiting levy increases to either 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower.

The IFS pointed out earnings usually increased above inflation, making their decrease relative to inflation since 2007 all the more striking.

The state's chief administrative judge argued a pay raise consistent with federal district judges — who make $ 174,000 — would not be appropriate if not adjusted for inflation because federal judges have not had cost - of - living increases since 2009.

Flanagan appeared at a news conference held by a coalition of business groups and the fiscal watchdog the Empire Center, which released a report and website showing the regional and statewide savings from limiting local levy increases at 2 percent or the rate of inflation (Overall since the cap has been in place, the Empire Center says $ 7.6 million billion has been saved).

The cap levy increases has been under 2 percent since its approval in 2011 given the flat rate of inflation.

The state's cap on property taxes — in place since 2012 — limits levy increases to 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower.

It was the third time since the financial crisis of 2008 that it raised rates, a reflection that unemployment is now at a healthier level and inflation is starting to increase.

But those who favor changes to the cap have argued that the effective limit of increasing levies to the rate of inflation, which has been largely flat since 2011, makes raising revenue too difficult.

Since voters are almost certain to reject a move to hit them in the pocket, the move effectively spells the end of years of above - inflation increases.

During his first term, Cuomo produced smaller inflation - adjusted state spending increases than New York has seen in any four - year period since Hugh Carey's first term in the mid-1970s.

And it's the biggest above inflation cash increase since Nigel Lawson introduced the 40p rate almost thirty years ago.

Medical inflation means the increase since March 2010 in the overall medical care component of the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI - U)(unadjusted) published by the Department of Labor using the 1982 - 1984 base of 100.

Osborne stressed that because of the higher - than - expected level of inflation in September, the child tax credit will still have increased by # 390 since the coalition came to power last May.

Pfau testified an increase consistent with federal district judges — who make $ 174,000 — would not be appropriate if not adjusted for inflation because federal judges have not had cost - of - living increases since 2009.

They have asked that salaries be increased at the least to account for inflation since 1999, which would put them at $ 195,754.

Worse, for the duration of the Cuomo administration, nonprofits have suffered cuts to the tune of $ 259 million, with no increases for inflation since 2010 - 2011, except for a targeted increase for staff in 2015 that applied to only a segment of the work force.

Total R&D would still show a decline relative to inflation, losing 1.9 percent since FY 1994, the net of a continued decline in defense R&D (down 5.6 percent from FY 1994) and modest growth in nondefense R&D (up 2.5 percent during the same period due to proposed increases in FY 1999).

This more - nuanced form of signaling also increases the stakes for students, since it gives college admissions officers and potential employers additional information with which to evaluate candidates — an especially important factor in an era of grade inflation.

Since the sticker price tuition at Harvard did not increase by 581 % during these years, low income students still experienced more tuition inflation than high income students.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, the total amount spent on the K - 12 education of a student has increased 189 percent since 1970, and that's after adjusting for inflation.

Since 1972, Mississippi has seen an increase of nearly 160 percent (adjusted for inflation) in per pupil spending.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities» analysis found that since the end of the recession, local revenue growth has only averaged 1.5 % above inflation, not remotely enough to make up for lost state funds and increasing student populations.

It falls far short, however, of the amount needed to reverse the # 2.8 bn real terms cuts that schools have suffered since the 2015 General Election, and will not protect against the further impact of inflation and other cost increases.

Public school expenditures have more than doubled since 1992 (including inflation), and the percentage of those funds spent on teacher benefits has increased as well.