Sentences with phrase «at historical lows below»

Over the past nine years, 30 - year mortgage rates have hovered at historical lows below 5 and even 4 percent and were a key reason New York City's real estate industry recovered so well from the 2008 crisis.

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The economy may be healthy enough for them to raise interest rates, but the new 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent target for the benchmark fed funds rate, up a quarter point from where it had been, remains far below the historical norm — and, by all indications, the Fed still expects rates to stay low for at least a few more years.

Many of our return assumptions are now at or near post-crisis lows, with many expected returns below historical averages, according to our analysis using Bloomberg data.

Rates are at their lowest right now with returns of bonds far below the historical average of 5.18 % but a strong stock allocation should prolong your portfolio's longevity.

In a world of future return assumptions described by Richard Turnill, Global Chief Investment Strategist at the world's largest money manager BlackRock, as «now at or near post-crisis lows, with many expected returns below historical averages,» all this will matter.

Inflation remained slightly below the Fed's 2 % target rate through March 2017, so it seems that recent rate hikes are aimed at returning interest rates to a more typical historical range while guarding against future inflation.1 The Fed dropped rates to historic lows in 2008 to stimulate the slow economy.

It would put the dividend yield at just 2.8 %, far below the historical average of 4 % which has been attained at every bear market low.

At this point, the sea ice loss showed more of a historical loss trend, but because of the low June value it has remained below the previous lowest value from 2007.