Sentences with phrase «general price inflation»

Indeed, the proper interpretation of the Phillips Curve is one that relates the rate of unemployment to the rate of real wage inflation, not general price inflation (see Will the Real Phillips Curve Please Stand Up?

Not exact matches

But the general level of prices can rise due to inflation, leading to an increase in nominal GDP even if the volume of goods and services produced is unchanged.

To be fair, medical inflation is higher than general inflation, and biopharma companies have the unenviable task of explaining that a gross list price increase isn't the same thing as the net they'll take away from that increase after haggling with insurers and pharmacy benefits managers.

Hoguet, who is not a millennial, went on to note that Macy's internal economists accurately predicted a number of metrics last year when crafting the company's three - year plan — such as GDP growth, inflation, employment and wages — but missed the mark on GAAP growth, and fell short on sales of general merchandise, apparel and furniture, partially because they didn't predict how much off - price retail and consumer electronics would weigh on sales.

The S&P GSCI Total Return Index in USD is widely recognized as the leading measure of general commodity price movements and inflation in the world economy.

Inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising and, consequently, the purchasing power of currency is falling.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

Congress indexed tax rate schedules for inflation in the early 1980s to prevent general increases in the price level from causing bracket creep.

The impact of higher oil prices on the country's current account deficit and inflation rate, the Indian banking system's struggles with demonetization, scandals, bad loans and a government looking ahead to next year's general election have all taken a toll on investor sentiment.

As for inflation in general, Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer has said that there is «good reason» to believe that inflation will move back up to the Fed's annual target of 2 % as the US economy's untapped capacity gets used up and as the effect of the big dip in oil prices in the second half of 2014 wears off.

The ECB explained this downgrade to its inflation forecast by citing global growth uncertainties, the general tightening of financial conditions and falling oil prices.

The GTFM is determined mainly by confidence indicators such as credit spreads, the yield curve, the relative strength of the banking sector and inflation expectations, although it also takes into account the US dollar's exchange rate and the general commodity - price trend.

Riyadh — Mubasher: Inflation in the Saudi wholesale price index registered a 16.4 % year - on - year hike in March, data by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) showed on Wednesday.

While the inflation impact from higher oil prices and commodity prices in general, continue to pump up inflation expectation and push bond yields higher, keep in mind that much of the recent spike in Yields is about as much about supply as it is about inflation.

But since ink cartridges were already priced way above cost and official statistics show little general inflation, why had ink gone up 25 % in less than a year?

The NRA reported that the general state of the economy made it difficult for many restaurants to build and maintain sales volumes, while wholesale food price inflation reached its highest rate — 8 percent — in 30 years.

Indeed, in recent years, prices of luxury fashion products have grown at more than twice the rate of general inflation.

For economists, inflation is a progressive increase in the general level of prices brought about by an expansion in demand or the money supply or by autonomous increases in costs.

Essay On InflationFor economists, inflation is a progressive increase in the general level of prices brought about by an expansion in demand or the money supply or by autonomous increases in costs.

The right response here is: for the state to leave this alone and let the companies involved work out whatever contractual terms they wish, whether agency model, wholesale model, or some hybrid; stop employing antitrust law against even nominally private companies; stop enacting and enforcing laws that give rise to monopoly prices and oligopolies and corporatism and crony capitalism in the first place, such as copyright law, antitrust law, pro-union legislation, minimum wage, taxation in general, inflation and the business cycle, and other business regulations.

Inflation focuses on a general increase in price over the broad array of goods and services.

By the end of 2016, food price increases are projected to outstrip the general inflation rate, which is alarming given how much of monthly spending is earmarked for food.

Deflation is inflation's alter ego: a decline in the general level of prices for goods and services.

As a general rule, Resource stocks provide the most effective hedge against inflation because they gain directly from the rising prices of the commodities they produce.

It's a very deep topic with many economic theories pertaining to it, but in general, inflation is an increase in the price of goods and services over a period of time.

Food price increases are expected to outstrip the general inflation rate again in 2016.

Copper mining stocks do tend to rise with inflation, but copper has the added advantage that its price also rises with general economic growth.

Many factors affect the value, or price, of a particular bond, but the two big influences are 1) future inflation expectations (as reflected in general interest rates) and 2) the risk of Corp A «defaulting» — not meeting its obligation to make each year the $ 50 interest payment and, eventually, repaying the $ 1,000 bond principal.

Unlike a conventional bond, whose issuer makes regular fixed interest payments and repays the face value of the bond at maturity, an inflation - indexed bond provides principal and interest payments that are adjusted over time to reflect a rise (inflation) or a drop (deflation) in the general price level for goods and services.

For questions that relate to inflation, which is the general increase in the prices of goods and services over a period of time.

In general, fixed Income ETFs carry risks similar to those of bonds, including interest rate risk (as interest rates rise bond prices usually fall, and vice versa), issuer or counterparty default risk, issuer credit risk, inflation risk and call risk.

Typically hard assets are an excellent hedge against inflation, meaning their value rises as the general price levels for goods and services increases (known as Consumer Price Index or price levels for goods and services increases (known as Consumer Price Index or Price Index or CPI).

Inflation Risk is the risk of decline in the purchasing power of the client's savings due to a general rise in prices.

Inflation is the rate of increase of the general price level of all goods and services.

Regardless of the underlying cause of an inflation, a general increase in prices will always benefit some at the expense of others.

But the risk of a significant price decline has now increased substantially: We could (abruptly) experience rising inflation / rates, changing Russian macro / micro fundamentals, and / or a general reversal in market sentiment or risk appetite.

Inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.

Unrelated to this, but just because there wasn't really a general purpose post today, this article at Slate compares launch prices for the major consoles since the Atari 2600 by inflation in order to suggest that the Bone isn't that expensive, if you think about it.

Inflation is an expansion of the money supply that causes a general rise in prices.

In the United States the general measure of inflation is the Consumer Price Index which tracks a basket of products and measures the average price increases over time to determine a general level of inflaPrice Index which tracks a basket of products and measures the average price increases over time to determine a general level of inflaprice increases over time to determine a general level of inflation.

Inflation is the sustained increase in the general level of prices of goods and services.

While these expenses may have paid themselves off over time, making wise investments as a renter can also offset the cost of not buying a home, including the average inflation rate and general increase in home prices.

In economics, inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising and, consequently, the purchasing power of currency is falling.

Median home price inflation expectations resumed their general downward trend, decreasing from 3.5 percent in June to 3.2 percent in July — the second lowest level since the inception of the survey in June 2013.

But home prices, like almost all other prices, tend to rise over time thanks to general inflation.

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The prolonged period of low interest rates has played a role in spurring record pricing and general asset inflation.

«This shift from the strong sellers market of recent years to essentially balanced conditions points to a cooling off period in which home prices should rise in line with general inflation,» says Warren.

«With inadequate new housing construction, both rents and home prices will easily outpace the general inflation.

Inflation is defined as, «a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.»