Sentences with phrase «continue hiking rates»

Therefore he will continue hiking rates at a measured pace for as long as economic numbers are relatively strong regardless of financial market movements.

What happens if the Fed really does continue hiking rates and mortgage rates hit 5 %?

If the Fed were to continue hiking rates based on the current low rate of productivity growth for fear that inflation would accelerate, that would tend to keep productivity growth permanently depressed by preventing wage pressures from pushing businesses to investment in productivity boosting technologies.

The U.S. Treasuries yield curve flattened as the GDP data renewed bets that the Federal Reserve would continue hiking rates to keep inflation in check.

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YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, May 1 (Reuters)- Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said on Tuesday there is good reason to believe the central bank can manage the risks of Canada's high household debt, even as he signaled that interest rate hikes will continue, increasing the cost of that debt.

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, May 1 - Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said on Tuesday there is good reason to believe the central bank can manage the risks of Canada's high household debt, even as he signaled that interest rate hikes will continue, increasing the cost of that debt.

«The housing market continues to adjust to stricter mortgage rules, recent Bank of Canada rate hikes and some provincial policy moves,» said BMO Capital Markets» senior economist Robert Kavcic in a research note Friday.

Most analysts expect the first rate hike to come in September of this year, but that the pace of subsequent rate hikes will be slow, taking into account continued middling economic growth and below - target inflation.

If job growth and revisions to previous months surpass this number, expect the market to continue to cautiously lean towards predicting a December rate hike.

To be considered a success, the Fed needs its rate hike to be followed next year by continued U.S. growth, continued low unemployment, and, perhaps most in doubt, a turn higher in inflation.

With respect to interest rates, we continue to see a bifurcation for U.S. rates where shorter - dated yields move higher in response to possibly two or three more Fed rate hikes, while the U.S. Treasury 10 - year yield trades in a 2.25 percent to 2.75 percent range, with a temporary move toward 2 percent possible if geopolitical risks become realities.

Britain's housing market continued to lose momentum data showed too, with mortgage approvals at their weakest in nearly three years following the Bank of England's first interest rate hike in a decade.

That puts three hikes barely in play, though continued bouts of volatility likely will put even more pressure on the Fed, which almost never surprises the market when it comes to rate increases.

In his first speech on the economy since taking over at the Federal Reserve, Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that growth is running at a solid pace and continued gradual rate hikes will be necessary.

Because equity investors — that tend to get what they ask for — increasingly are saying enough is enough, and a lot of releveraging activity was front loaded, and with an expected more benign rate hiking cycle there is less urgency to pull the trigger on deals, we continue to think that corporate balance sheets (ex-energy, ex-materials) will improve in 4Q and into 2016.

The central bank stuck with its benchmark interest rate of 1.25 per cent Wednesday as it continued along a careful process of determining the appropriate juncture for its next hike.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to continue removing policy accommodation gradually and could hike rates three times this year, Dallas Fed President Robert S. Kaplan told a business conference in Frankfurt on Thursday.

«Given the ECB's track record of reacting only very gradually, we continue to see an end to QE in December and a first rate hike in June 2019, but the likelihood of an earlier normalization has logically increased,» Annenkov added.

The central bank stuck with its benchmark rate of 1.25 per cent last month as it continued its careful process of determining the best juncture for its next hike.

Yellen is still stressing that the path of interest rate hikes will continue to depend on incoming data.

Poloz said there is good reason to believe the central bank can manage the risks of Canada's high household debt, even as he signaled that interest rate hikes will continue, increasing the cost of that debt.

Wells Fargo is well positioned for continued interest - rate hikes from the Federal Reserve, according to Goldman Sachs.

Instead, Yellen will continue to make the case that an interest rate hike «is coming soon and could come as soon in December,» Low said.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is maintaining its trend - setting interest rate as its careful assessment of the timing of future hikes continues amid a backdrop of moderating growth.

One reason stocks continue to head higher may be the market's faith in a Fed «put,» or the expectation that any significant correction in the stock market will cause the Fed to delay rate hikes and balance - sheet contraction.

If the monetary authorities in China and India continue to hike interest rates at the pace they have set recently, the next global recession may not be that far off.

The current consensus is for three rate hikes in 2018, and continued hikes through 2020.

The consumer discretionary sector has been the hottest sector so far this year, but will the group continue to do well with an interest rate hike looming?

NEW YORK (Reuters)- U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday as investors prepared for an expected Federal Reserve rate hike later in the week, while stocks rose around the world on continued solid global economic growth indicators.

Faster price growth would be a good thing (here's Bin Appelbaum on why), but there's a wrinkle to this dollar scenario: if the Fed continues on its rate - hiking, «normalization campaign,» we may not achieve that result.

«Overall, a report showing strong job growth, a falling unemployment rate, and steady wage gains should be mildly hawkish for markets and supportive of continued but gradual Fed rate hikes, keeping a June hike well priced above 90 per cent,» TD said.

Well, trade, geopolitics, rate hikes, those are just some of the stresses being placed on this market resulting in severe volatility and now, some investors are wondering if more choppiness is needed for the bull market to continue.

Meantime, the market was also watching the Federal Reserve closely because Federal Reserve officials plan to continue hiking interest rates.

There are objective reasons to be optimistic, including ongoing labor market improvements — underscored by falling unemployment and underemployment rates, as well as solid job growth — combined with the Federal Reserve's expectations that conditions will permit further interest rate hikes this year as it continues to move toward policy «normalization.»

The US Dollar index hit new highs for the year ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision later today, where it's expected they will continue to signal further rate hikes as the US economy grows at a reasonable pace.

The Federal Reserve is raising its key interest rate and signaling confidence in the U.S. economy's durability but plans to continue a gradual approach to rate hikes for 2018 under its new chairman, Jerome Powell.

Federal Reserve rate hikes and the cautious views of the Bank of Canada may continue to impact the currency pair.

The Canadian bond market remained stable against a number of national and international events, including the delivery of the Canadian federal budget, a U.S. interest rate hike and continuing Brexit developments.

Rate hikes are akin to the failed policy of trapping and relocating elks in hopes of containing overgrazing, and the current policy path will continue to fuel non-bank risk - taking and further erode markets» ability to brace for shocks

And because analysts expect the Prime Rate to continue to rise, it's reasonable to worry about a future APR hike on your credit card.

Thanks in part to the prospects of an accelerated pace of Federal Reserve rate hikes, many expect continued strength in the U.S. dollar as we head into 2017.

If inflation continues to run below the target 2.0 %, we feel this could push the timing of the next interest rate hike out.

The Fed continues to hike, though, causing the difference between short - and long - term rates to converge and then even invert (meaning short rates go above long rates).

Perspective from Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group ® US Federal Reserve Continues to Wrestle with Rate - Hike Decision Optimists regarding the...

Even since the December rate hike total bank loans have continued to grow at over 8 % p.a. to mid-March.

All in all, the Fed continues to expect inflation to rise gradually toward 2 % over the medium term as the labor market improves further and the transitory effects of energy price declines and other factors dissipate, but the pace for hikes in interest rates could well be moderate, as the Fed has been indicating.

Another important difference is how they react in a rising rate environment, given rates are likely to continue normalizing with the Fed possibly hiking rates twice this year.

As investor anxiety has shifted from growth and geopolitical shocks to the Fed, the correlation between stocks and bonds has started to rise, and it's likely to continue rising as a Fed rate hike nears.

The outlook for inflation — and for Fed rate hikes to counter the threat — continues to push higher.

While most other Fed policymakers believe that those conditions will help boost inflation this year, justifying continued rate hikes, Evans said he has seen that forecast for several years running and it has not panned out.