Sentences with phrase «expect gradual increases»

Despite the rise in inflation, Fed policymakers still expect gradual increases in the fed funds rate.

Yes, if your baby is 8 days old, I would definitely expect a gradual increase over the next 3 weeks.

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The committee says it expects «economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant further gradual increases in the federal funds rate; the federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run.

The rise in the annual inflation measures reported by the Commerce Department on Monday was anticipated by economists and Fed officials and is not expected to alter the U.S. central bank's gradual pace of interest rate increases.

We can also expect to see a gradual increase in inflation back towards the middle of the 2 to 3 per cent medium - term target range.

In the policy statement the Fed issued after the January meeting, the central bank outlined its approach to raising rates, saying it «expects that economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant further gradual increases in the federal funds rate.»

While it decided not to, the Fed did say it expected «further gradual» rate increases would be justified — and there's broad consensus that it will raise rates (which can affect the amount banks charge borrowers, as well as interest paid on bonds) at least three times this year.

The rise in the annual inflation gauges reported by the Commerce Department was anticipated by economists and Fed officials and is not expected to alter the US central bank's gradual pace of interest rate increases.

The Fed said in a statement after its latest policy meeting that it expects «further gradual increases» in rates and says it's moving close to achieving its 2 percent target for annual inflation.

To keep the economy on a sustainable path, I expect that it will be appropriate to remove monetary policy accommodation at a regular but gradual pace — and perhaps a bit faster than the three, one - quarter point increases envisioned for this year in the assessment of appropriate policy from the December 2017 FOMC meeting.

This means they expect to see a gradual increase in mortgage interest rates over the coming months.

Sean Becketti, the chief economist for Freddie Mac, discussed this indirect relationship in a recent statement: «We take the Fed at its word that monetary tightening in 2016 will be gradual, and we expect only a modest increase in longer - term rates.

«With ongoing job creation, wage increases and rising household formations, we can expect continued, gradual strengthening of the housing market in the coming months.»

The Fed has been cautious in its strategy of increasing rates and we expect its approach of gradual increases to continue in 2017.

Although economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant further gradual increases in the federal funds rate, the federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run.

He said «The expected increase in the contribution of independent revenue to total revenue can not be achieved in a day and as such would be gradual.

Interestingly, the gradual intensification of turkey farming does not directly correlate to an increase in human population size, a link you would expect to see if turkeys were reared simply as a source of nutrition.

So we might expect the prevalence of faecal oral parasites such as whipworm and roundworm to drop in Roman times — yet we find a gradual increase.

Increasing your caloric intake is a gradual process just like anything else — your body needs time to adjust to it, so you can't expect to go from 2,000 calories to 5,000 calories per day in one week.

«We still expect to see gradual increases in retail gasoline prices due largely to the supply and demand fundamentals that always contribute to an upward trend for fuel prices at this time of year,» Gregg Laskoski, a spokesman for AAA Auto Club South, said in the weekly fuel - price report.

Although bond yields have already started to rise in recent months in anticipation of a reduction of monetary stimulus in the US, we expect future increases to be moderate in the face of what is likely to be a gradual pace of policy tightening by both the US and Canadian central banks.

I expect that we'll be inclined to increase our exposure in long - term bonds on any substantial price weakness and upward yield pressure, but that inclination will be gradual and proportionate - I don't think it's useful to think of any particular level on say the 10 - year or the 30 - year Treasury as a «buy.»

The Committee expects that economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant gradual increases in the federal funds rate; the federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run.

The Federal Reserve expects to keep rates relatively low and will only increase rates at a gradual pace.

The historical multidecadal - scale variability in Atlantic hurricane activity is much greater than what would be «expected» from a gradual temperature increase attributed to global warming.

The western conventional resources are in decline, and although East Coast crude oil production is forecast to increase this year, a gradual decline is expected.

I believe human activities have contributed to increases in greenhouse concentrations, and these increases can be expected to produce a gradual increase in global mean temperatures.

The company expects energy demand to grow at an average of about 1 % annually over the next three decades — faster than population but much slower than the global economy — with increasing efficiency and a gradual shift toward lower - emission energy sources: Gas increases faster than oil and by more BTUs in total, while coal grows for a while longer but then shrinks back to current levels.

However, to mitigate the economic burden engendered by the proposed doubling, the abolition of the CST was also suggested — with its seven judges expected to move to the GC — and a gradual implementation of the reforms, with an initial increase of 12 judges in 2015; a further increase of 7 in 2016 following the dissolution of the CST and the transfer of its case - load to the General Court; and finally, a last set of 9 additional judges to be appointed in 2019.

The broker has increased its 2011 cost savings estimate by around 20 percent as it expects Reed Elsevier to benefit from the gradual phasing out of print academic journals over the next three years and further efficiency gains.

With the gradual improvement in financial conditions and less stress in financial institutions, we expect that lenders will increase their risk appetite and be willing to extend more credit in the commercial real estate sector.

Sean Becketti, the chief economist for Freddie Mac, discussed this indirect relationship in a recent statement: «We take the Fed at its word that monetary tightening in 2016 will be gradual, and we expect only a modest increase in longer - term rates.

We can expect to see more gradual gains going forward as challenges related to increased demand kick in — including everything from tightened supplies of developable lots and skilled labor to the rising cost of building materials.

«The Committee expects that economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant gradual increases in the federal funds rate; the federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run,» the Committee announced Wednesday.