Sentences with phrase «expected pace of inflation»

Before that, the consumer price index will be released at 8:30 a.m. and will be important if it brings any surprises, especially a lower - than - expected pace of inflation.

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«It looks like it maybe calmed some nerves who maybe were expecting a faster pace of hikes because of the rise in inflation,» said Collin Martin, fixed...

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.

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.

«Beyond the near - term, a return to a more cautious communication strategy and pace of interest rate increases is expected in light of the headwinds facing Canada,» including slow inflation growth, Toronto - Dominion Bank Senior Economist Brian DePratto said in a research note.

The critical issue here is that even though inflation rose and fell over the course of the cycle, price expectations did not move — even when inflation was running at 5 per cent, the community at large expected it would soon be back to its normal lower pace.

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 central bank says it held off this time in part because it expects the recent strength of the Canadian dollar to slow the rise in the pace of inflation.

With the UK economy gradually picking up pace and inflation rising on the back of a weaker currency, the UK's central bank may finally go ahead with a rate hike for the first time in a decade, although it is widely expected to leave the monthly government and corporate - bond purchases untouched at # 435 and # 10 billion respectively.

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.

While that was one tenth less than expected it is the quickest pace of inflation since the VAT spiked inflation in 2014 and 2015.

Inflation had remained stubbornly low over the past year, due largely to temporary factors like low cell plan phone prices, which stymied officials who expected the very strong pace of hiring would pressure wages and push prices higher.

In October, Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele said he expected inflation rates to fall at a faster pace and reach the high single - digits by the middle of 2018.

In its scheduled announcement, the central bank says it held off this time in part because it expects the recent strength of the Canadian dollar to slow the rise in the pace of inflation.

«The Committee expects that... economic activity will expand at a moderate pace, labor market conditions will strengthen somewhat further, and inflation will stabilize around 2 percent over the medium term... In view of realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation, the Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 3/4 to 1 percent.»