Sentences with phrase «barely keeping up with inflation»

But even though you're earning a guaranteed return, at 1.55 % you're barely keeping up with inflation.

You'll be saving for 100 years if all your money is barely keeping up with inflation.

While stocks aren't for everyone, Heath stresses that low returns on GICs coupled with rising prices means «Joanna is barely keeping up with inflation.»

My own so called «balanced» RRSP investments were barely keeping up with inflation over the past 10 years, and are probably below at the moment.

mmm its just that bonds are so rubbish and cash barely keeps up with inflation.

Private funds are increasingly important to the institution, as support from the federal government has barely kept up with inflation.

And wages, their primary source of income, have barely kept up with inflation.

They are portrayed as conservative intermediate to long - term government or AAA rated bonds used for security, spewing out returns that barely keep up with inflation.

While income from wages has barely kept up with inflation, gains in the stock market and home prices are spurring consumer confidence and supporting growth in consumer borrowing, TD Economics economist Thomas Feltmate said.

U.S. savings bonds aren't that great of an investment — in this economy, their interest rate barely keeps up with inflation.

Not exact matches

Wages barely are keeping up with inflation, and oil prices have settled at a level that is unlikely to generate the kind of economic activity to which we had become accustomed before the 2014 - 15 crash.

Even though Congress and the Administration negotiated a small $ 290 million increase in 2016, it was barely enough to keep up with inflation.

Despite its value barely keeping up with the rate of inflation (not to mention all the maintenance costs), why do most people -LSB-...]

A New York Times article also described how real estate in the US has only barely managed to keep up with inflation, while stocks have risen comfortably above inflation for the past 200 years.

Yun noted positive developments in the labor market this year that should support increased wages, which have barely kept up with the pace of inflation.