Sentences with phrase «about raising interest rates this year»

Weak inflation at the producer level could add to concerns that the factors restraining inflation could become more persistent and result in the Federal Reserve being more cautious about raising interest rates this year.

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The U.S. is about to raise interest rates for the first time in eight years.

The Fed is expected to raise interest rates for the first time this year on Wednesday, and the question is what it will say about the rest of the year.

The central bank is likely due for a pause after raising interest rates twice this summer, but the strength of the labour market will keep Bay Street talking about a third increase before the year is out.

Matt Yglesias raises an important point here about conservatives who can't abide any increase in tax rates but will entertain raising more tax revenues through reductions of tax expenditures — that cool trillion or so we forgo in tax revenue each year through various favored activities in the tax code, like the mortgage interest deduction or the... Read more

Bond indexes have declined this year, as the growing economy has led the Fed to raise interest rates and investors have grown increasingly concerned about the potential for accelerating inflation.

There has been recent speculation about whether the Fed will raise interest rates three times this year or will actually raise them four times.

Yet, with inflation picking up and policymakers increasingly worried about the distortive effect of multiple years of extraordinarily accommodative monetary policy, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) now seems determined to keep raising interest rates.

After years of speculation about when the Bank of Canada (BoC) was going to raise interest rates, we got the answer earlier this year: it isn't — at least not in the short term.

Yet, with inflation picking up and policymakers increasingly worried about the distortive effect of multiple years of extraordinarily accommodative monetary policy, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) now seems determined to keep raising interest rates.

Over the last year, there has been quite a bit of chatter about the Fed and its intent to raise the interest rate.

The Bank of Canada raised interest rates for the first time in seven years and made hawkish comments about upcoming rate hikes.

The Federal Reserve indicated it will raise its benchmark interest rate by about 75 basis points this year.

The Federal Reserve finally raised its benchmark interest rate by another 25 basis points at its December meeting, a move officials had delayed for about a year.