Sentences with phrase «as inflation numbers»

Hand - wringing at the Fed got more intense last week as inflation numbers for July showed that the target of 2 percent annual inflation hasn't been attained despite years of easy monetary policy.

The Canadian dollar averaged 78.57 cents US, down 0.59 of a US cent as inflation numbers came in below analyst expectations.

Not exact matches

Alternative measures of inflation that adjust for the more volatile components of the price basket, such as gasoline, were moderately higher than the headline number.

The rise in Treasury yields leaves them at the highest since mid-2014 though the move had been paused in Europe as lower - than - forecast early German inflation numbers had nudged its borrowing costs lower.

Because PE is a measure of earnings over time, you can think of it as representing the number of years required to pay back a stock's purchase price (ignoring inflation, earnings growth and the time value of money).

Bond yields have been rising as interest rate expectations have been rising, and the wage number confirms signs of wage inflation.

Hoguet, who is not a millennial, went on to note that Macy's internal economists accurately predicted a number of metrics last year when crafting the company's three - year plan — such as GDP growth, inflation, employment and wages — but missed the mark on GAAP growth, and fell short on sales of general merchandise, apparel and furniture, partially because they didn't predict how much off - price retail and consumer electronics would weigh on sales.

She also revealed that the bank would take into account the inflation rate affecting Indonesia's currency as it determined the number of digital rupiah to release into circulation.

Within program expenses, major transfers to persons were up $ 1.1 billion, primarily due to higher old age security payments, reflecting an increase in the number of recipients and higher inflation, as benefits are indexed to quarterly changes in the consumer price index, major transfers to other levels of government were up $ 0.6 billion, reflecting legislative increases; while direct program expenses declined by $ 0.2 billion, as lower «other transfer» payments more than offset increases in departmental / agency operating costs.

And although inflation can be measured easily enough, central banks now rely nearly as much on estimates of labour - market «slack», an impossibly hazy number.

Surprisingly, analysts continue to hail lower - than - expected CPI inflation as giving the PBoC room and encouragement to expand credit — largely I guess because this is what analysts say when US or European CPI inflation numbers are low, and although most of us haven't thought through the differences between China and the US in the ways prices respond to monetary policy, we don't want to seem like we don't know what we are doing.

In my opinion, the discussion of inflation as a simple headline number is too one - dimensional.

The bottom line: The treatment of «inflation» as a simple headline number that needs to be pushed higher paints too simple a picture.

Those number I just cited are still persistent misses from the Fed's 2 percent target, and just as importantly, such a gradual, low - variance trend confirms that inflation expectations remain well - anchored, as you can see here.

While inflation - targeting regimes share a number of similarities, most importantly the focus on an inflation rate as the objective of monetary policy, there are a number of differences in terms of their practical implementation.

This finite number of coins means that Bitcoin will be deflationary as opposed to the inflation experienced with traditional currencies.

But later in the month, when the inflation numbers for the previous month are released, we should really say something about real, as in inflation - adjusted, wage growth.

The inflation numbers, you've got to remember we have very robust cost savings initiatives as well that have continued to deliver for the last 4 to 5 years here.

The outlook for inflation is subject to a number of risks that the Bank identifies as important.

Dash in popular cryptocurrency list 7 number that are growing day by day also know as Xcoin bitcoin inflation.

The U.S. inflation numbers were much as expected but all the DEBT futures markets rallied as it seems the shorts in the markets are nervous about new uncertainties in the Middle East.

It is used as a hedge against inflation; safe - haven asset in times of wars and political uncertainty; alternate asset class to equities and fixed - income instruments; near - cash; and metal of choice in a number of industries.

Going forward, as I mentioned earlier, a number of characteristics in the marketplace or in the economy would argue for gold — whether that's monetary policy or rising inflation expectations on the back of higher oil prices and job growth.

As has been stated on a number of occasions, the Bank intends to abstract from the price - level effect of the tax changes and will seek to ensure that ongoing inflation remains consistent with the target once the tax changes have been absorbed.

Perhaps it was the last element of inflation hysteria, where the markets during that period didn't so much believe as the Fed about its forecasts for economy and prices, rather they believed the Fed believed in its own numbers.

The inflation numbers just came out and the results where as follows: — CPI (YoY) Jun: 0.50 % (est 0.40 %; prev 0.30 %)-- CPI Core (YoY) Jun: 1.40 % (est 1.30 %; prev 1.20 %)-- RPI (YoY) Jun: 1.60 % (est 1.50 %; prev 1.40 %)-- PPI Input NSA (MoM) Jun: 1.80 % (est 1.30 %; rev prev 2.20 %) These are great -LSB-...]

«While yesterday's inflation numbers make a Fed rate rise in March more or less a done deal the prospect of additional rate rises later on in the year don't appear to be causing the same consternation in equity markets that they were a week ago, as US markets closed higher for the fourth day in succession, despite initially opening lower in the wake of the release of the data,» said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets.

The major averages get a big lift even as a number of companies say inflation pressures are mounting.

The exclusion of health services, as well as a number of other services provided by the public sector, largely explains the relatively modest increase in the market goods and services excluding volatile items measure of underlying inflation over the past year.

The basic catalyst for the correction is well known: better - than - expected headline wage inflation numbers — as noisy and oft - revised as they are — spooked the bond market, which then rippled through the equity market.

We will look at the actual raw numbers of inflation as they are given to us via government statistics but take a deeper look as to what the cost of certain items really is.

Kim Jong Un crosses the DMZ into South Korea, the Bank of Japan ditches a target date for inflation to hit its 2 % objective as the markets look towards GDP numbers out of EU member states, the UK and the U.S later in the day.

Nevertheless, in light of the latest sluggish inflation figures and dovish comments by a number of Fed officials, there was increased skepticism among many market participants about whether policymakers would go ahead and implement another rise in interest rates before the end of the year, as indicated by the Fed's projections for monetary policy.

A number of studies are now linking food losses and waste to rises in inflation, food security, resource inputs and climate change as the global food industry experiences its third bout of inflation in five years due to poor agricultural harvests in the US, Russia and South America.

We could, for example, use CPI inflation as a time series reflecting what the bourgeoisie wish to pay the average social labourer and then do time series to work out the number of units of social labourer are consumed per rich person's wealth.

As school districts face zero inflation and virtually no room under the state's cap on property taxes, the number of school districts seeking overrides of the limit has doubled, according to the New York State School Boards Association.

The governor presents this number as a simple feat, keep to the rate of inflation and he can use some of the revenues for a tax cut.

And while his administration routinely touts the plan's size as historic in scale — including in Monday's press release — the non-partisan Citizens Budget Commission says that adjusting for inflation, it's actually the smallest plan since 2000, or the second smallest, depending on how you crunch the numbers.

We support the ABI report as it highlights one of the main causes of insurance inflation: the rise in the number and cost of personal injury claims.

It comes as the Institute for Fiscal Studies says despite a Conservative promise to raise school spending with student numbers, the amount spent per pupil is likely to fall by around 8 %, taking into account inflation experienced by schools, by 2020.

In fact, as Mike Antonucci writes, «Since 1921 (nationally) we have almost quintupled the number of teachers, more than quintupled the average teacher salary in inflation - adjusted dollars, and also cut the student - teacher ratio in half.»

This means that tax bracket thresholds will rise slower, as will other IRS inflation - sensitive numbers, such as eligibility limits for certain deductions and credits.

The one arguable reason to own commodities is to treat them as a random bouncing number, which may enhance returns (as long as you rebalance) even if on average commodities don't make money over inflation.

These numbers are likely to rise, since studies show tuition inflation rates are twice has high as general inflation.

Bond investors face a number of risks, such as inflation eroding the spending power of their interest payments and the possibility that the issuer of their bonds might default.

The market value of a portfolio may decline as a result of a number of factors, including interest rate risk, credit risk, inflation / deflation risk, currency risk, mortgage and asset - backed securities risk, U.S. Government securities risk, foreign investment risk and derivatives risk.

The market value of the portfolio may decline as a result of a number of other factors, including interest rate risk, credit risk, inflation / deflation risk, mortgage and asset - backed securities risk, US Government securities risk, foreign investment risk, currency risk, derivatives risk, leverage risk and liquidity risk.

The market value of the portfolio may decline as a result of a number of factors, including interest rate risk, credit risk, inflation / deflation risk, mortgage and asset - backed securities risk, U.S. Government securities risk, foreign investment risk, currency risk, derivatives risk, leverage risk and liquidity risk.

The increase can occur for a number of reasons, including increased demand or weakening supply, or as a result inflation or interest rate fluctuations.

Of course, the broad investment research producing world will typically state their numbers as «before fees, inflation and taxes.»