Sentences with phrase «about inflation like»

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«I can at most venture a personal judgment, based on some examination of the historical evidence, that the initial effects [on employment] of a higher and unanticipated rate of inflation last for something like two to five years; that this initial effect then begins to be reversed; and that a full adjustment to the new rate of inflation takes about as long for employment as for interest rates, say, a couple of decades.»

Groups like the New Brunswick Food Security Action Network have raised concerns about the impact of food inflation on low - income and fixed - income households.

However, when we look at valuations and compare them to periods of low and stable inflation, it only looks like it's about 20 % overvalued.

Author Kelly Shue, of the University of Chicago, says boards» apparent mistake is a common one, highlighted by years of research in the field of behavioral economics, and much like the way workers get confused about the effect of inflation on the real value of their paychecks.

Gold bugs like Sprott have long warned about the impact of inflation, central bank policy measures and government spending on the value of fiat national currencies.

«Ten years past the financial crisis and we could see a period where, instead of talking about «secular stagnation» as our mutual friend Larry Summers likes to do, we're going to be seeing growth upgrades that we haven't seen, we're going to see investment like we haven't seen and we might see inflation in a way we haven't seen,» Rogoff said.

In its statement, the Fed upgraded its view of the economy and labor, but left questions about the course of inflation, which is tracking weaker than the Fed would like.

I write I'm all about capital preservation + beating inflation, but it looks likes I'm slightly more conservative in the way I actually invest.

This means that the Fed only has to worry about inflation the broad indices like the Dow, SPX and Nasdaq.

But around 1980, central banks got religious about inflation and started to do drastic things, like raising interest rates.

It is this latter subject I would like to examine in more detail because I think it tells us something about how we are adjusting to low inflation.

This graph also illustrates that when inflation is sporadic or negative (called deflation), like it often was from 1871 to about 1931, the nominal and real stock returns aren't that different.

The most important policy priority with respect to the Fed is protecting it from stone age monetary ideas like a return to the gold standard, or turning policymaking over to a formula, or removing the dual mandate commanding the Fed to worry about unemployment as well as inflation.

I suspect, for reasons I will write about in the next few days, that moving away from inflation targeting to something like nominal gross domestic product - level targeting would be a better idea.

If Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is true to form during his two congressional appearances this week, look for him to continue speaking forthrightly about things like inflation and deficits.

Now, they «re mainly talking about commodity inflation around metal prices like aluminum and steel and oil prices, which translates to the higher packaging costs for many companies.

The bottom line for you is that even if you are worried about growth or inflation, stick with the companies like these three that have idiosyncratic growth.

Later, rather as a relief from the heavy questions about Iran, inflation and the like, Moyers had asked the president whether or not he had in fact himself made decisions — as had been reported — about the use of the White House tennis courts.

It is certain that inflation from the TV money (and added oil money) has made the market for the best players very difficult, and from his words it sounds like Wenger is simply not willing to pay the increased figures and will not be buying anyone else in this window despite our current nett spend only coming in at about 25m so far, and we will probably recoup a bit more of that once we get rid of some deadwood.

Ask any astronomer what inflation is, and you'll hear about the moment when the universe's primordial fireball expanded like a balloon on steroids, smoothing and flattening its initial wrinkles before it grew into the cosmos seen today.

Inflation also revitalized cosmology, giving theorists like Vilenkin plenty to think about — and a bit more respectability to boot.

I really feel like the amount of shock value has risen almost like inflation, when talking about prices of things from long ago.

A concern some educators have expressed about showing students previous grades is that it could lead to students choosing what look like easier courses in order to get higher grades, resulting in grade inflation.

When the yield curve looks like this, with short - term rates about the same as long - term rates, it's generally a signal that there's a lot of uncertainty about the outlook for the economy, interest rates, and inflation.

In a low inflation period, like we have been in for the last 10 years, it is easy to forget about factoring in inflation to your investing portfolio.

Also, think about inflation, what seems like a big payment now will not be so big toward the end of the mortgage.

(But inflation is about nil, so if you're used to normal 2 % inflation or so, these yields are like 13 % or so.

Talk about slow economy growth, inflation, lack of investment intelligence, and the likes.

When we spoke with him holistically at Rebalance IRA, we talked to him and we said «you can look at this pension and social security and the income that's throwing off almost like a bond portfolio, which would mean that the IRA account is really to protect you from inflation and so that holistic approach we're finding, evades people many times when they're thinking about it.

At present the standard returns for investments like bank certificates of deposit is only about 4 %, while the anticipated inflation rate is predicted to be 5 % for the next twenty years or more.

For example, real estate in North America looks like a good total inflation hedge (beta about +2), but with a huge range of uncertainty (from about +6 to -2) just for that one time and place.

Better inflation hedges (like gold) probably exist, but they come with the cost of sacrificing substantial long - term returns just to make you feel better about short - term inflation gyrations.

In this second excerpt, Leithner discusses the Grahamite approach to investment in an uncertain world (as it ever is), and why Grahamites pay no heed to mainstream economists» forecasts about macroeconomic aggregates such as inflation, exchange rates, joblessness, trade and budget deficits and the like:

@JohnFX - He's asking about inflation, but it's like a credit card - the monthly interest rate corresponding to a 12 % APR would not simply be (12 % / 12 = 1 %).

This graph also illustrates that when inflation is sporadic or negative (called deflation), like it often was from 1871 to about 1931, the nominal and real stock returns aren't that different.

This morning's CPI report for June looked like the last few reports showing inflation at about one percent in the last 12 months.

Then all of the quantitative easing by the Federal Reserved failed to ignite hyper - inflation, like the Chicken Little TV tards have been screaming about for a decade, so direct gold and silver investing had to be abandoned too.

Since governments and their central banks are the agents responsible for the inflation believing them about the rate of inflation is like believing a thief when you ask him how much he stole.

Economists would benefit from the book, and also those that like reading about the history of inflation.

The update to the question about «nearing retirement age» makes a well structured ladder of inflation - indexed bonds sound like a good fit for someone with a low tolerance for volatility who is willing to sacrifice the possibility of growth in exchange for stability and predictability.

Some people like the guarantees that life insurance provides and are not worried about inflation and don't want to worry about investing.

If you're concerned about how other variables like inflation will affect your family's protection plan, try looking for a life insurance calculator that includes an inflation calculator.

Obviously, inflation will play a part, and like the stock market, the fact that insurance costs have gone down over the last five years could mean they're poised for an about - face.

I used to do a lot of business in these buzz areas like West End, but I got tired of all the external issues, equity skimming, scam artists, false inflation, and false prophets talking about how rich they will become by investing in these areas.

«Signs point to the Fed raising rates at least three times next year, and just like we've seen in the last month, mortgage rates will likely move proportionately in anticipation of those increases, as clear data emerges about stronger economic growth and inflation,» says realtor.com ® Chief Economist Jonathan Smoke.

Economists like to say about inflation that prices are determined by how much money is chasing how many goods.