Sentences with phrase «for gradual rate increases»

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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 Federal Reserve will stick to its plan for «steady, gradual» interest - rate increases, a Fed policymaker said.

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.

According to a recent prediction for mortgage rates in California and nationwide, borrowers might see a gradual increase through the end of 2017 and into 2018.

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.

The Board's assessment throughout this period has been that, with strong growth, a gradual increase in underlying inflation, and firming demand for credit, interest rates needed to rise to lessen the risks of higher inflation in the future.

The pace of Fed rate increases is likely to be gradual, meaning rates should stay low from a historical perspective for the foreseeable future.

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.

10 Although there has been a gradual increase in the rate of breastfeeding among certain groups of women between 1988 and 1997,11 the national breastfeeding goals were not attained in 2000, and thus remain unchanged for the year 2010.

The pace of Fed rate increases is likely to be gradual, meaning rates should stay low from a historical perspective for the foreseeable future.

The MBA's latest forecast for mortgage rates predicts a gradual increase through the rest of 2017 and into 2018.

But with inflation nowhere in sight yet, and the Federal Reserve currently employing a policy of very gradual rate increases, we may remain in a period of low interest rates for a while.

High - yield bonds, for example, may be able to cushion a gradual increase in rates, but they'd be hurt if rates rose sharply or defaults increased.

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.

Vanguard senior investment strategist Todd Schlanger says a «gradual increase in interest rates» in the U.S. is a good thing for long - term investors because ultimately higher rates translate into higher returns for investors down the road.

Some programs may instead «lock in» a set rate for solar over the duration of the contract, with or without gradual increases tied to an agreed - upon electricity price inflation rate.

Our planet as a whole conserves its angular momentum except for the known effects of external torque associated with the lunar - solar tide, which induces a gradual decelerating of the earth rotation velocity at a rate corresponding to the increase in the astronomic length of day (LOD) by about 1.4 millisecond per century (Munk and McDonald 1960).

«Customers who've been with the same insurance company for 11 years or longer have had so many gradual rate increases that they save an average of $ 426 on their premiums when they finally do switch,» USA Today reports.

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.

The MBA's latest forecast for mortgage rates predicts a gradual increase through the rest of 2017 and into 2018.

«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.