Sentences with phrase «easing financial conditions»

From the above case studies, one can draw conclusion that the Federal Reserve's pursuit of maximum employment have often contributed to the rise in risk asset valuation (an intended effect of easing financial conditions), and such policy would only be reversed during times of acute (or perceived) inflation risk.

In fact, at times, when short - term rates have been pinned at the zero lower bound, the Federal Reserve has taken actions that eased financial conditions without changing short - term interest rates.

On the monetary policy side, the Federal Reserve cut short - term interest rates close to zero, communicated that short - term rates were likely to stay exceptionally low far into the future, and undertook a series of large - scale asset purchases in order to ease financial conditions further.

This approach eased financial conditions in the past and, so far, looks to be effective again.

A weaker greenback could actually ease financial conditions and lessen deflation concerns, according to Stephen Lingard of Franklin Templeton Investments.

Not exact matches

I noted a week ago that Bernanke had essentially eased monetary policy by spurring a loosening of financial conditions via higher stock prices, lower bond yields, tighter credit spreads, and a weakening of the U.S. dollar.

The Goldman Sachs Financial Conditions Index shows conditions easing as the line gets lower, and here shows a sharp tightening — albeit from very accommodatiConditions Index shows conditions easing as the line gets lower, and here shows a sharp tightening — albeit from very accommodaticonditions easing as the line gets lower, and here shows a sharp tightening — albeit from very accommodative levels.

A decrease in the index indicates an easing of financial conditions, while an increase indicates tightening.

We've already seen some easing off in credit growth to the household sector, and this is part of the mechanism by which tighter financial conditions can be expected to restrain demand over time.

Citing persistent weak labor - market conditions and continued global financial turmoil, the Fed says its monetary easing «should put downward pressure on longer - term interest rates, support mortgage markets and help to make broader financial conditions more accommodative.»

However, when financial conditions were easing, indicated by tighter credit spreads, the Russell 2000 outperformed by roughly 1 percent a month.

In simple terms, shifting expectations will cause financial conditions to ease, even if the unobservable risk free rate rises.

Among the likely changes to Dodd - Frank: raising the threshold for tougher oversight from the current $ 50 billion in assets to $ 250 billion; exempting small banks from the so - called Volcker rule, which currently bars them from speculative trading; reducing the amount of financial reporting, particularly racial and income data on mortgage holders; lowering the frequency of regulatory exams; and easing the conditions of stress tests.

My conclusion is that the easing of financial conditions resulting from non-traditional policy actions has had a material effect on both nominal and real growth and has demonstrably reduced the risk of particularly adverse outcomes.

Financial conditions indices will show great ease even when developments call for more easing.

I'm very sympathetic to this line of thinking, especially because despite all the talk of «financial conditions have eased materially,» the Toronto and Vancouver housing markets seem to have been the biggest beneficiaries of the January stimulus.

As Benjamin Tal at CIBC said, the BoC likely could've had a chunk of the «easing of financial conditions» — a phrase used because our governor is careful not to place too much emphasis on the exchange rate — for free.

This is not uncommon, if we look back to 2013 to see an example of this, the Fed started talking about the quantitative easing taper in the middle of 2013, and by Sept 2013 the expectation was they were ready to go, but they held back for 3 more months because of the tightening of financial conditions.

Some policymakers argued that there would be little harm to allow financial conditions to ease continuously, as buoyant asset markets would induce wealth effect and sustain a «Goldilocks» economy.

The longer it takes for expansionary fiscal policies to emerge, the more likely for financial conditions to ease as investors pare expectations of near - term policy tightening due to limited risk tolerance amid central bank inaction.

At the beginning of March the European central bank removed a sentence about more easing, if necessary for financial conditions or inflation.

We estimate the resulting drag on inflation at around 0.8 % within the next 18 months, all else equal, although Draghi should emphasise that financial conditions have eased again more recently, with the trade - weighted EUR depreciating by over 3 % from its February highs (which coincided almost exactly with the cut - off date).

There is no escaping the fact that economic and financial conditions have worsened since the ECB eased three months ago, which is not exactly the intended effect of new policy measures.

On Wednesday, the bank said financial conditions in Canada had «eased materially» since January, in response to its recent rate reduction and global developments.

Although the economic outlook has improved modestly since the March meeting, partly reflecting some easing of financial market conditions, economic activity is likely to remain weak for a time.

Heigl Foundation staff recently visited volunteer Jim Creighton at the California City Animal Shelter (CCAS) to lookat the facility and were impressed to see the remarkable work being done with so very little The Foundation was keen to try and help ease some of the financial pressures the shelter faces by working to improve conditions for the animals.

From these three country experiences, we find that fostering public support to implement lasting reform may depend on four measures: (1) forming a public engagement plan and a comprehensive reform policy that are then clearly communicated to the public in advance of price increases; (2) phasing in price adjustments over a period of time to ease absorption; (3) providing a targeted compensatory cash transfer to alleviate financial impacts on low - to middle - income households; and (4) capitalizing on favorable global macroeconomic conditions.

«Financial market conditions, including rebounding global equity markets and an easing in credit constraints, are also becoming more supportive,» says Warren.