Sentences with phrase «generally declining rates»

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Generally, fixed rate debt securities will decrease in value when interest rates rise and increase in value when interest rates decline.

The exceptions are Indonesia and Thailand, where the financial problems have generally proven to be less tractable, and Hong Kong, where growth has been constrained by high real interest rates and the decline in asset prices.

Since profits are generally still rising when the Fed takes its foot off the pedal, stable or declining inflation rates help sustain P / E ratios as demonstrated by the Rule of 20 (inflation in green below).

Perpetuals generally outperform in a declining rate environment.

This is because higher interest rates generally mean that property prices could temporarily decline, and thus the cash yield on investment increases.

Empirical studies find that household savings will typically decline when interest rates fall.17 This suggests that workers, instead of saving more, generally choose to invest in riskier assets, work longer or earn lower retirement incomes.

The growth rates are not only single digits but they are generally declining, a clear indication of the government's failure to deliver on its economic promises to Ghanaian, and the main reason why Ghanaians are complaining of increasing hardships.

Bat populations are generally susceptible to decline because of low reproductive rates, and many species congregate at a limited number of locations during critical stages of their natural history cycle (i.e. hibernacula and maternity colonies).

Fertility rates generally decline as development rises, and this has indeed been happening in most industrialized nations.

The absorption rate (the rate it can absorb and safely store vitamin A is going to be directly proportional to the remaining storage capacity) is generally going to decline with age; especially if you live in North America, due to accumulative consumption.

Testosterone levels in men generally peak around age 30, gradually beginning to decline at a rate of about 1 % each year.

Dr McGrath said the rapid rate of decline in male teacher numbers occurred in both primary and secondary government schools over the past 50 years, and that this trend was generally echoed in non-government independent schools and Catholic secondary schools.

The decline shows how the mortgage market is experiencing its largest shift in more than a decade as an era of generally falling interest rates that began in 2000 appears to have run its course... and the marginal potential refinancer has hit their limit.

If interest rates rise, the market price of outstanding CDs will generally decline, creating a potential loss should you decide to sell them in the secondary market.

An ARM usually offers a lower initial interest rate, someone choosing an ARM generally wants to take advantage of the initially low interest rate but intends to refinance at the end of the fixed period, or if they think rates will drop further they will take advantage of the rate adjustments while rates decline.

Home ownership rates generally rise with age and peak at around age 65 at 75 %, where rates plateau until around age 75 and decline thereafter.

Instead it was generally dull and waning, and manifested itself in the decline of leading indicators, long - term interest rates, inflation and earnings growth, writes chief strategist David Bakkegaard Karsbøl in his latest monthly comment.

The prime rate is not very volatile index however it generally rises quickly but declines very slowly.

One reason for this decline in popularity is that FHA loans, while they generally have lower mortgage rates than conventional loans, have higher mortgage insurance premiums.

A bond's market value may be affected significantly by changes in interest rates — generally, when interest rates rise, the bond's market value declines and when interest rates decline, its market value rises («interest - rate risk»).

Accordingly, the price of and the income generated by the Fund's securities may decline in response to, among other things, adverse changes in investor sentiment, general economic and market conditions, regional or global instability, interest rate fluctuations or other factors that may cause the securities markets to decline generally.

C ratings still generally provide investors with a reasonable margin of safety that the dividend is sustainable, but many signs are beginning to appear that a cut could potentially be on the way, it is important for investors to do further research before owning these names, as a dividend cut would likely bring a stock price decline.

All forms of securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally, such as real or perceived adverse economic, political, or regulatory conditions, inflation, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment.

When interest rates increase, fixed - income securities generally will decline in value.

The performance of economically sensitive assets such as stocks tends to be the strongest during the early phase of the business cycle when growth is rising at an accelerating rate, then moderates through the other phases until returns generally decline during a recession.

Note that banks have generally outpaced REITs when interest rates are rising, and have tended to lag when interest rates are declining.

Recently, several major financial guarantee insurers have had their insurer financial strength ratings downgraded and others, including MBIA Corp., have had their insurer financial strength ratings placed on review for a possible downgrade and / or have had their outlooks changed to «negative,» which may be contributing to a recent decline in the demand for financial guarantee insurance generally.

Generally, as interest rates rise, the value of the securities held in the fund will decline.

Prices of fixed income securities generally decline when interest rates rise, and rise when interest rates fall.

Interest Rate Risk (Municipal Bond Fund only): Fixed income security prices generally rise when interest rates decline and decline when interest rates rise.

However, while August is generally a time when the decline rate begins to slow in response to decreasing solar radiation, this year the extent decline actually accelerated.

However, the seasonal extent decline was generally slower than 2012 during late May and early June; the rate of decline was near - normal relative to the 1981 - 2010 average.

Instead, to obtain a rate that covers all of those 50 years, we need a different certainty - equivalent discount rate that is also declining but generally has higher values.

Because the growth rate in production is expected to vary (generally ranging from 2 to 4 %), African gas production is projected to peak at roughly the same time (2035 — 2045) in all three cases before declining slowly thereafter.

The rate of impaired driving has been generally declining since peaking in 1981.

The CBDs that suffered the largest rent declines since 2001 — San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, Austin, and Seattle — generally have recorded an improvement in the office vacancy rate, but there are some exceptions.