Sentences with phrase «about hiking rates»

Even though commodity prices remain weak, the currency has been propelled by strong Canadian economic data and the realization that the Bank of Canada was serious about hiking rates.

Two Fed governors, Daniel Tarullo and Lael Brainard, within days swayed markets the other way, saying the Fed could be patient about hiking rates.

Rosengren, an historically dovish Fed policymaker who has become more confident about hiking rates this year, cited Britain's vote to leave the European Union as an example of U.S. resistance to shocks from abroad.

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Investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve's remarks from its two - day meeting at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) for clues about the outlook for interest rate hikes.

The Bank has slightly shifted the way it's talking about the state of Canada's economy, and it suggests that a rate hike is finally a possibility again

This chatter about a rate hike in September has become indefensible.

About 46 percent of respondents to the survey see two more Fed rate hikes in 2018 and the same percentage see three.

August 14 - The ringgit, which had been on a downward trend, plunges to a 17 - year low, losing as much as 2.6 percent to 4.1180 per dollar, in part due to concerns about the Federal Reserve's expected rate hike, and also because outside investors are concerned about the turmoil surrounding Najib.

That's because investors had expected the Fed to signal a more hawkish outlook, such as an announcement about further rate hikes next year.

But the lack of any statement about when the next one would happen moved markets that trade in future interest rates hikes, causing the price of so - called Fed funds futures to drop.

«The fact that they stuck with the three rate - hike forecast sends a signal that at this point they're not ready to adopt a potentially more aggressive stance that a number of people have been talking about for next year,» said Craig Bishop, lead strategist for U.S. fixed income at RBC Wealth Management.

More specifically, the «Mad Money» host wants to see if Williams, a non-voting Federal Open Market Committee member who previously talked about having three interest rate hikes this year, will change his view and advocate for four hikes.

Worries about the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates more aggressively to combat rising inflation should not overshadow the benefits of stronger economic growth, the billionaire co-founder of Blackstone Group told CNBC on Thursday.

Asked about rate hikes in 2018, the Fed Chair signaled that the option for more than three increases remains open.

Revenue from fixed - income trading surged about 29 %, while equity trading revenue rose about 7 %, boosted by volatility around the Fed's interest rate hikes.

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.

Josh Nye, an economist with RBC Economics Research, said it's unlikely metals tariffs on their own would drastically change the central bank's thinking about whether it stays on a rate - hiking path.

Wall Street closed lower on Thursday, weighed down by news about potential U.S. restrictions on Chinese telecommunications companies, and after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed outlook for more rate hikes.

From before the central bank's previous meeting [to today], the odds of a rate hike have risen from about 30 percent to 80 percent.»

For Costco, «Renewal rates will remain the focus for investors over the next year, given concerns about AMZN, grocery delivery and a recent fee hike,» Jefferies» Binder reiterated.

Trian Fund's Nelson Peltz also tells CNBC: «I don't know why the hell they're thinking about having an interest rate hike.»

A 25 basis point rate hike would see the global real GDP level about 0.4 percentage points lower, with US real GDP falling by about 0.5 percentage points.

And while I am not necessarily bearish about growth prospects in the coming 18 months I do think we're unnecessarily trying to thread the needle with a rate hike here.

On Wednesday, the Fed said it would be patient about the timing of its first rate hike, suggesting its expected increases will be slow and steady.

Earlier in the session, markets were confident about rate hikes in the coming months and digested euro zone inflation data showing the slowdown was lesser - than - expected.

The hikes ultimately will return the central bank's key short - term rate, called the federal funds rate, to about 4 percent over the next two years, which economists generally consider more a sustainable level.

The only discussion is about the timing of the rate hikes, not the levels to which they are rising.

Odds of a Fed rate hike were about 30 percent for June on Friday, from just 4 percent the week earlier, according to futures markets.

Wall Street may be torn about when the Fed will raise benchmark interest rates, but bond traders appear to be bracing for an imminent rate hike.

Amid market concerns that the Fed was about to resume its rate - hiking cycle, Brainard instead offered cautionary tones against moving too fast.

While Wednesday's rate hike from the Fed was priced in, Odeluga says: «The lack of clear signals about plans to narrow monetary accommodation further — none in the statement and none discernible in chair Janet Yellen's press conference — meant that some of the dollar strength actually had to be unwound.

«I'm convinced that the «plan» is to go «lower» in terms of pace of buying, for «longer» in the hope of pushing out expectations about rate hikes,» Kit Juckes, an analyst at Société Générale, said.

And as if traders didn't have enough to worry about, the Federal Reserve reiterated on Wednesday its commitment to hiking interest rates at least twice more in 2018.

A year ago, Fortune made some predictions about how the stock market, the lending market, and the world in general would change following that year's hike, Janet Yellen & Co.'s first interest rate increase in nine years.

There is a lot of talk about the negative impact of Fed interest rate hikes on the price of gold.

However following the latest meeting, when the Fed decided to hold rates on rising concerns about the global economy, analysts increasingly expect the central bank to delay a hike until next year.

There were a few reasons: the transition from Fed quantitative easing to anticipation of interest rate hikes and worries about the impact of lower commodity prices and slowing Chinese growth.

That said, to my eye, market expectations derived from futures prices — which price in about one 25 basis point rate hike through the end of 2017 — appear to be too complacent.

That certainly was the market reaction this morning, as the 10 - year bond yield spiked on the report, suggesting concerns about future inflation and a more aggressive rate - hike schedule at the Fed.

And about half of them say there «s going to be yet another hike and that would make for a total of four rate hikes from the Fed this year.

Fixed rate mortgages are a little higher, but you don't have to worry about interest hikes down the road.

Though it's anyone's guess how the data might influence the Fed's thinking about the pace of rate hikes, the contrasting views of policymakers suggest that now may be time for investors to model the impact of the three scenarios on their portfolios.

Market odds of a rate hike for the September meeting were just about 22 percent Wednesday, and close to 60 percent for December.

With the stock market in a free - fall, fixed - income investors anxious about coming interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve might feel a little better about boring bonds and their measly coupons.

Either way, we are not going to see a 5 % environment any time soon, so worrying about a massive rate hike is a bit delusional at this point.

But another big reason to believe Mark Carney may be closer to a rate hike than previously thought, is the bank's statement about Canadian wallets:

Fed fund futures are currently putting the odds of one more rate hike at about 50 %.

Weak growth and low inflation have raised skepticism about whether the Federal Reserve can go ahead and hike rates this year.

Having ceaselessly argued the economy was strong enough for rate hikes this year, the influential Dudley told an Italian newspaper that fresh concerns about global growth make it too soon to consider a Fed rate hike.

And this week's decision by the Fed could go either way because there is broad disagreement about whether the economy is strong enough to handle a rate hike — among many other factors influencing its decision.