Sentences with phrase «fed by low interest rates»

Property values jumped in the past year in most major markets primarily because of rising prices fed by low interest rates and tight inventories.

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The bond purchases, the third round of quantitative easing embarked upon by the Fed in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse and subsequent recession, have kept interest rates and bond yields low.

Record - low interest rates, as set by the Fed in recent years, have squeezed bank margins.

The way for the Fed to support a return to a strong economy is by maintaining monetary accommodation, which requires low interest rates for a time.

The economy may be healthy enough for them to raise interest rates, but the new 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent target for the benchmark fed funds rate, up a quarter point from where it had been, remains far below the historical norm — and, by all indications, the Fed still expects rates to stay low for at least a few more yeafed funds rate, up a quarter point from where it had been, remains far below the historical norm — and, by all indications, the Fed still expects rates to stay low for at least a few more yeaFed still expects rates to stay low for at least a few more years.

The Fed might increase the money supply by lowering interest rates if the economy is growing slowly.

The Fed can influence the direction of the money supply by raising or lowering interest rates.

After a long, strong run, equity investors are spooked by growing uncertainty, political cray - cray, interest rates coming back from the dead (though still historically low), a new Fed chair, and who knows what else?

Who knows how much longer this bull market, fueled by $ 4 trillion from the Fed and low interest rates, can continue.

The phony low interest rates promulgated by the money printing FED is what makes leveraged buy outs possible.

While more modest in comparison to these movements, the recent new lows reached by gold reflect a renewed expectation for higher real interest rates as the Fed starts to raise rates.

Interest rates have continued to be pushed lower and lower and lower and most of this is because the Fed keeps on adjusting that federal fund's rate and adjusting interest rates down in the way that they do that is by putting cash into the market and buying back bonds or short - term bonds with the federal fundInterest rates have continued to be pushed lower and lower and lower and most of this is because the Fed keeps on adjusting that federal fund's rate and adjusting interest rates down in the way that they do that is by putting cash into the market and buying back bonds or short - term bonds with the federal fundinterest rates down in the way that they do that is by putting cash into the market and buying back bonds or short - term bonds with the federal fund's rate.

By the end of the year, the Fed had reduced interest rates to near zero and had launched controversial programs, such as buying bonds to lower mortgage and other long - term rates to spur borrowing.

Helping sentiment this morning were equity market gains in Asia and Europe overnight, expected action by the Fed to try and push long - term interest rates still lower.

This maneuvering has been dubbed Operation Twist, presumably as an affirmation of the Fed's desire to lower long - term interest rates, by purchasing such longer - maturity securities, while selling shorter - term instruments.

The investment world is skewed by the latest round of monetary policy experimentation by the Fed, including years of artificially low interest rates and trillions of dollars in «massive asset purchases,» to paraphrase former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.

A recent Fed study estimated that the cumulative $ 3.6 trillion quantitative easing program lowered long - term interest rates by about 85 basis points.

Plenty of writers have claimed that the Fed fueled the sub-prime boom by holding interest rates too low for too long after the dot - com crash.

In one sense, the Fed created an ice age for US interest rates by lowering the Fed Funds rate essentially to zero and by printing money to buy US Treasury and mortgage backed securities, putting further downward pressure on longer term interest rates.

The banks are trying to win back their losses by arbitrage operations, borrowing from the Fed at a low interest rate and lending at a higher one, and gambling on options and derivatives.

Benchmark interest rates, such as the LIBOR and the Fed funds rate, affect the demand for money by raising or lowering the cost to borrow — in essence, money's price.

By purchasing massive amounts of high - risk MBS and long - term government bonds, the Fed helped lower longer - term interest rates but steered credit away from private investment, which was also impeded by stricter macro-prudential regulationBy purchasing massive amounts of high - risk MBS and long - term government bonds, the Fed helped lower longer - term interest rates but steered credit away from private investment, which was also impeded by stricter macro-prudential regulationby stricter macro-prudential regulations.

The Fed's benchmark short - term interest rate now is between 1.25 per cent and 1.5 per cent — still low by historical standards.

Moreover, by keeping short - run interest rates near zero for more than seven years, paying interest on excess reserves (IOER) above the effective fed funds rate, and convincing markets that rates would stay low for a long time (forward guidance), the Fed has increased the reach for yield and appears more interested in priming Wall Street than in letting markets set interest rates and allocate credfed funds rate, and convincing markets that rates would stay low for a long time (forward guidance), the Fed has increased the reach for yield and appears more interested in priming Wall Street than in letting markets set interest rates and allocate credFed has increased the reach for yield and appears more interested in priming Wall Street than in letting markets set interest rates and allocate credit.

In a low - interest - rate environment maintained by the Fed, investors in search of dividend income have pushed the PEG of the consumer staples sector to 1.7 and telecom services to 1.6.

The middle class elderly need to stretch the meager incomes that they have amid low interest rates (courtesy of the Fed), and are tempted by those offering plans where they can earn more on their assets.

This has undoubtedly been caused by the low interest rate policy of the Fed, which depressed returns of such funds.

Janet Yellen, the Fed's chairwoman, resisted early calls to raise interest rates by arguing that there is more to a healthy labour market than a low unemployment rate.

A small increase in interest rates can have a profound effect, so normally the Fed only lowers or raises rates by very small increments.

In the short term the massive money printing by the Fed & other central banks will likely continue to support the stock market, keep interest rates low, and sustain investor and consumer confidence.

Benchmark interest rates, such as the LIBOR and the Fed funds rate, affect the demand for money by raising or lowering the cost to borrow — in essence, money's price.

For the past 7 years stocks have trended upward, enabled by the Fed's low interest rate policy.

Moreover, shale gas output was supported by the relentless flow of «free money» from the Fed, the lowest interest rates in 5,000 years and a complete lack of capital discipline among industry participants.

When the Fed's interest rate policy is stuck at its zero bound, he argued that «a decline in inflation expectations drives up real interest rates and thereby increases the real cost of credit which can not be offset by simply lowering the fed funds raFed's interest rate policy is stuck at its zero bound, he argued that «a decline in inflation expectations drives up real interest rates and thereby increases the real cost of credit which can not be offset by simply lowering the fed funds rafed funds rate.

In one sense, the Fed created an ice age for US interest rates by lowering the Fed Funds rate essentially to zero and by printing money to buy US Treasury and mortgage backed securities, putting further downward pressure on longer term interest rates.

If fed decides to stick to low interest rate regime, we predict a rate drop from Barclays by early 2013.

The program worked for me by lowering my interest rate and paying monthly payments on my bills, so I could afford it and live and feed myself.

Buck dumpers also emphasized the tremendous amount of dollars being pumped out by the Fed and the Treasury 70 in their attempt to revitalize the economy 68 and the Fed's clearly - stated commitment to keep short - term interest rates low for an extended period.

The concentration of losses in the capital - goods sector can be explained by the same factor: the artificially low - interest rates brought about by the Fed's intervention into the economy.

What Austrians call the higher - order stages of production, the stages farthest removed from finished consumer goods, are more interest - rate sensitive, and will therefore be given disproportionate stimulus by the Fed's policy of lowering interest rates.

And that includes the nation's savers who have had the rug completely yanked out from under them by the Federal Reserve's zero interest rate policy and the Fed's continuing effort to push bond yields to all time lows.

For example, if inflationary pressures were high and interest rates were moving up, the Fed could not predictably lower the Fed Funds rate by easing monetary policy.

Remember, the fed has lowered interest rates by quite a bit recently.

If you apply online with one of these refinancing companies, and lock in a low, fixed rate now — your interest rate will be unaffected by any future rate boost by the Fed.

If credit channels suddenly loosen up, then interest rates may prove to be too low and inflationary, but the Fed hopefully, could react quickly by raising the Fed Funds rate and the interest rates they pay depositors.

That's why central banks like the Fed act to smooth out these economic cycles by lowering interest rates when times are tough (boosting investment through cheap credit) and raising them when growth picks up again (curbing excessive optimism by making credit more expensive).

All the interference of free market prices by the Fed to lower interest rates just promotes business activity that would be uneconomic at normalized interest rates (read: a higher cost of capital).

The Construction industry has experienced a «correction» after experiencing exceptional performance in 2009 which was spurred by Canada's Economic Action Plan, historically low interest rates, the Vancouver Olympics and Feed in Tariff policies which support renewable energy projects.

Simply put, more housing supply means a lower inflation rate, and potentially a slower pace of interest rate increases by the Fed.»

Very low unemployment is doing little to impact wage growth, while the Fed is raising interest rates, but the stock market has been unfazed by this instrument that acts as a financial brake on the economy.