Sentences with phrase «central bank stimulus helped»

These debt - based securities became particularly attractive after the financial crisis, as central bank stimulus helped push the yields on many fixed - income securities lower.

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And more stimulus from the European Central Bank — which is helping U.K. bonds even though Britain is outside the European Union — should keep rates low and bond prices high across Europe for a while.

The Fed's dovish stance, in conjunction with continued stimulus from the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan's adoption of negative interest rates in January, has helped drive equity markets higher since mid-February.

But the danger of a central bank willing to tighten economic conditions as the boost from fiscal stimulus fades has helped push down long - dated yields, while lifting short - dated yields.

The timing of Bernanke's easing raises the stakes for the Fed's four remaining policy meetings this year as investors focus on whether the central bank will provide stimulus for 2013 to help the economy overcome the impact of the fiscal tightening due to take hold in January, said Vincent Reinhart, chief U.S. economist at Morgan Stanley.

While economic data out of major EMs has certainly been disappointing lately, many EM central banks continue to conduct monetary stimulus policies geared at helping their economies grow.

Certainly central banks» constant monetary stimulus has helped sustain securities prices.

The central bank has launched a series of stimulus measures to help the economy of the 19 - nation eurozone and bring inflation to a healthier level.

In 2011, the Fed helped coordinate worldwide central bank stimulus as well as introduced «Operation Twist» — selling short - dated U.S. Treasuries to buy longer - dated U.S. Treasuries for the purpose of depressing borrowing costs.

Schembri also reaffirmed the central bank's view that measures such as fiscal stimulus from Ottawa are better suited at this point to help improve financial stability because the benchmark interest rate is already very low.