Sentences with phrase «below central bank targets»

Headline inflation also generally softened as the impact of the commodity price rebound of the second half of 2016 faded, and remains at levels well below central bank targets in most advanced economies.

In contrast, our GPS points to inflation in the eurozone and Japan bottoming out but stuck well below central bank targets.

Not exact matches

This theory is why the Fed is thinking about raising rates even as inflation has consistently fallen below its 2 % annual target, because the central bank believes it needs to get ahead of rising inflation that a falling unemployment rate will cause.

Falling fuel costs kept Japan's core consumer prices unchanged in January from a year earlier, well below the central bank's 2 % target, highlighting the daunting task policymakers face in attempting to lift Japan out of stagnation.

This is complicating Wheeler's task of stoking inflation, currently running at 0.4 %, well below the central bank's 1 - 3 % target range.

The question is whether this will translate to a push for euro zone inflation towards the European Central Bank target of just below two percent.

Yet, despite some initial success from the central bank's monetary easing and progress in corporate governance reforms, Japan's inflation rate remains far below that target.

After observing this in one period the central bank will decide to lower interest rates, inferring from below - target inflation / prices that there has been a negative demand shock.

One reason the Federal Reserve (Fed) has delayed initiating its first rate hike in years: Headline U.S. inflation has been persistently running below the stated 2 percent level the central bank seeks to target.

To sum up, once interest rates reach very low levels, the central bank still has meaningful tools that it can deploy in its pursuit of its inflation target: offering forward guidance to financial markets to enhance policy effectiveness, large - scale asset purchases, funding for credit, and pushing short - term interest rates below zero.

We expect modest upside in eurozone prices but share the European Central Bank's (ECB's) outlook for inflation stuck below target at least through 2019.

Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is in fact the inflation, is really important because the central bank tries to maintain inflation below the target level of 2 %.

However, the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) inflation in the euro area has remained below the ECB's 2 - percent inflation target since 2013, leaving the central bank of the 19 - nation euro area not much of a choice when it comes to hiking rates.

The Federal Reserve is meeting later this month, and with inflation below its targeted 2 percent, all eyes will be on how the US central bank chalks out its asset - sale program.

Inflation over a 12 - month period is below the central bank's target of 2 percent and is expected to remain low in the near - term.

We agree with the view of the European Central Bank (ECB) that eurozone core inflation may be stuck below target through 2019.

Besides, inflation is still a long way below the European Central Bank target.

Economists don't expect the central bank to raise its key interest rate target any time soon, but it remains well below what is considered a normal level.

The difference between the rate for borrowing and lending non-specific Treasury securities, or the general collateral rate, has averaged 63 basis points below the central bank's target rate for overnight loans this year.

Prices have been rising below the Fed's 2 percent target, according to the central bank's preferred prices gauge, for years now.

The figure is well below the Federal Reserve's annual target of 2 percent and could raise deflation fears as the central bank continues to scale back a key stimulus program.