He's
already hiked the rate three times since last summer.
Not exact matches
History suggests that some 90 percent of
rate hikes over the past 25 years
already were highly anticipated by the market, with at least a 70 percent chance discounted in, according to research Goldman Sachs released this week.
With inflationary pressures
already building, the price increases could cause the economy to overheat and the Federal Reserve to
hike rates at a fast pace.
Bond yields snapped higher, adding to their
already steep gains, and federal funds derivatives showed market expectations are moving closer to pricing in a full three interest
rate hikes by December.
But with the Fed looking at more
rate hikes and credit spreads
already near their tightest levels of the cycle, it's tough to see how liquidity would become much more loose than it was two months ago.
Right now with earnings growth very strong and the bond market
already reflecting a fair amount of Fed tightening (pricing in 5
rate hikes over the coming 2 years), my sense is that the stock market is in OK shape to withstand some tightening of financial conditions and not unravel in the process.
The Notley government has
already done plenty to increase revenues, including corporate tax
hikes, bigger
rates for high - income earners and a much - maligned new carbon tax.
For starters, despite the Fed's interest
rate hikes, the
rate differentials with Japanese government bonds and German Bunds were near extremes, suggesting the markets were
already reflecting the worst of policy divergence.
Entering 2017, few strategists» calls were as unanimous as the view that the U.S. dollar,
already at a 14 - year high, would strengthen because the Federal Reserve was
hiking interest
rates while other central banks remained accommodative.
At the same time, Poloz
already laid the groundwork for any future
hikes at the July 12
rate decision, which was also accompanied by new forecasts and a press conference, by saying the next move would be «guided by incoming data.»
Plus, we anticipate a December
rate hike that's
already been priced into the market.
Having
already laid the groundwork with two interest
rate hikes this year, the Federal Open Market Committee took an unprecedented step to tighten its monetary policy Wednesday.
It has
already started in the U.S.: The Federal Reserve has responded to low unemployment by raising interest
rates 3 times in the past year, and I expect another
rate hike in December.
If you
already have a HELOC, get ready to see your
rate increase within 30 days of any
hike in the feds fund
rate.
VICTORIA —
Already struggling with hospital overcrowding, inadequate staffing levels and unacceptable emergency department wait times, B.C.'s health authorities will be hurt further by the Liberals» reckless B.C. Hydro
rate hikes, say New Democrats.
The U.S. Federal Reserve
already hiked once in March and with steady growth of the economy it aims to increase the interest
rate divergence with the major central banks.
The current economic cycle is
already one of the longer ones on record, and even though the Federal Reserve has been slow in raising
rates, it might take fewer
rate hikes than in previous cycles.
These notoriously come with heftier interest
rates already, but the same rule applies: the Fed's
rate hike might increase your
rate if you signed up for a variable interest
rate.
If you've been waiting for an actual
rate hike to take place before adjusting your bond portfolio, you might have
already been losing money.
Nevertheless, FED officials generally would need additional data points to conclude the formation of a new trend (the famous saying of «3 data points form a trend»), but even slightly stronger optimism over inflation would
already serve as a stark contrast vs. market speculation of outright deflation followed by Federal Reserve implementing negative
rates, or completely ruling out
rate hike for the next 10 months.
Fortunately, the coming
rate hikes are probably
already «priced in» to today's mortgage
rates.
Major Canadian banks plan to increase their fees or have
already hiked up their ATM, debit, and purchase fees and charges on other transactions to make up for profit losses due to falling interest
rates.
Any
rate hikes will increase mortgage payments and hurt consumer spending, which is
already weak.
In the meantime, given that the U.S. economy is
already ready for liftoff, we should see an initial
rate hike by the Federal Reserve (Fed) before year's end.
They were also aware that the Fed's projected
rate hikes for this year were
already mostly priced in, and that for this to change they needed to see a significant improvement or disappointment in incoming U.S. data.
Closing that gap further with taxes on high earners would eventually require more than doubling the payroll tax
rate for high earners (assuming no additional money from investment income, as capital gains would
already be past their revenue - maximizing limit), bringing the total tax
hike to about 25 percent for those earners.
The Fed is expected to continue its policy of
hiking rates but the incoming data from the US does not ssupport any accelerated
rate hikes as yet and with the 3
rate hikes for the year
already priced into the markets, we do not expect any major changes in the gold prices if and when the
rate hikes do happen.
Markets were
already pricing in a
rate hike, which was expected to reverse the sagging UK currency in addition to putting the brakes on consumer inflation, at least in the near - term.
It has
hiked rates twice
already in 2017 and is likely to tighten once more by the end of the year.
Movie actor Gerard Depardieu has
already taken a Russian passport and moved to neighbouring Belgium in protest over the
hike in the top
rate of tax.
Most ratepayers slammed PSEG Long Island and LIPA's planned 4 percent, 3 - year
rate hike at a public hearing in Riverhead last night, saying
rates were
already too high and left uncertainties about costs soaring even higher.
Looks like another banner year for Obamacare
rate hikes with many companies
already looking for double digit increases AGAIN.
While this year's
rate increase will undoubtedly affect borrowing costs, commercial real estate players saw the
hike coming, and some say that the change was
already baked into the market.»
The Karl Rove - backed super PAC has
already launched a small online ad campaign against four Democratic senators it blames for not stopping the
rate hike.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is
already announcing what he's going to do about the
hikes: «We Democrats are going to be relentless in making sure the American people exactly understand who is to blame for the
rates.»
He pointed out, too, that the
rate of drug price
hikes has been declining in recent quarters — an indication, he said, that even without political action, «the pricing environment today is
already dramatically different from what it was in 2013 to 2015.»
The Federal Reserve has raised the federal funds
rate twice
already in 2017, and most experts expect to see more
rate hikes in the future.
An interest
rate hike could
already be in the works.
Yesterday, TD announced increases to their fixed -
rate mortgages (they'd
already hiked up variable
rates), while RBC had announced increases earlier in the week.
Many freehold (ie: not part of a condo board) house - dwellers
already experienced a rise in hydro and gas
rates, after the Ontario Energy Board announced rising
rates as of May 1, 2014 and Enbridge announced a 40 %
hike in gas prices as of March.
The most common mortgage today is a fixed -
rate mortgage, and the same rules apply: If you
already have one, a Fed
hike can't change the agreed - upon interest
rate.
This could lead to more demand of what is
already an appealing asset class and one to watch if more
rate hikes are in store for 2017.
If you have a line of credit, the impacts of the July interest
rate hike may
already be visible for you!
That means that if more interest
rate hikes are expected, or there's uncertainty in Europe, or inflation may be looming, the markets know that
already.
However, the US dollar hardly moved upwards due to the fact that the
rate hike was
already priced in.
The Canadian dollar has
already ticked up compared to the greenback in anticipation of a
rate hike, increasing roughly six per cent since May to 77.6 cents U.S..
There are
already signs the debt - to - income ratio has peaked (it ever - so - slightly decreased in the last quarter, for example) and a
rate hike could cause it to slow further or flatline.
Dear Janani, I believe that the factor «Fed
rate hike» has
already been factored in to a great extent, hence we have been witnessing stock prices correction and the markets have been volatile.
Whenever the Fed raises interest
rates, the dollar does not rally, as the market has
already priced in very aggressive
hikes.
After all,
hiking rates would only serve to make loans even more expensive than they
already are.