Sentences with phrase «gradual rate»

All that is beside the fact that significant changes to body composition, whether it's fat loss or muscle gain, happen at a very gradual rate that is easily monitored.

Cost of living will likely increase at a more gradual rate under the new measure.

Evans, who joined Kashkari in dissenting last December but who earlier this month has sounded more supportive of gradual rate hikes as the economy strengthens, isn't buying it.

What's more, the Federal Reserve's path for gradual rate increases and for balance sheet reduction is slower than molasses dripping from a spoon.

The bulls are finding comfort in sound fundamentals and sticking to a familiar script: So long as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell takes on the mantle of gradual rate hikes, the «Goldilocks» growth story stays intact and earnings remain robust.

The neutral level of the federal funds rate is expected to rise gradually, making it likely for gradual rate hikes over the next few years, Yellen said.

Instead of fast, knee - jerk rate hikes, my money is on gradual rate increases over time, which the data shows Canada's borrowers can comfortably afford.

In his first speech on the economy since taking over at the Federal Reserve, Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that growth is running at a solid pace and continued gradual rate hikes will be necessary.

He is viewed as a centrist, supporting gradual rate hikes now.

Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said gradual rate increases were appropriate and that the risk of the economy overheating wasn't very high.

The statement noted the FOMC sees inflation close to goal, and sees further gradual rate hikes going forward.

Market optimists look forward to a Goldilocks period with gradual rate hikes and low defaults shaping borrowing terms that suit both lender and debtor.

Noting that inflation has remained persistently low, «Additional gradual rate hikes would likely be appropriate over the next few years to sustain the economic expansion,» Yellen testified.

While most economists don't think rates will spike any time soon, the possibility of modest and gradual rate rises is a significant risk.)

«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.

At first, the market took the Fed's promise of gradual rate increases as a positive but later deemed that the Fed was still hawkish.

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.

Steep rates of emissions reductions are far costlier than more gradual rates of decline.

So far, however, Fed officials have treated the stronger economic news as a reason to carry out their plans for gradual rate hikes, rather than as a reason to start raising rates more quickly.

The bulls are finding comfort in sound fundamentals and sticking to a familiar script: As long as there are gradual rate hikes, the «Goldilocks» growth story stays intact and earnings remain robust.

San Francisco Fed President John Williams, said the yield - curve inversion was a powerful recession indicator but didn't see signs of it happening soon, and said he backed a gradual rate increase path.

As I said earlier, Trump reportedly is a fan of Yellen's gradual rate hikes — they're less likely to derail the monster stock bull market than a more aggressive policy — and I imagine this contributed to his decision to pick Powell.

Yellen was able to oversee a gradual rate policy because inflation posed no threat: It ran below even the Fed's 2 percent annual target throughout her tenure.

Upbeat comments from Dallas Fed President Kaplan and his reassurance of «gradual rate hikes» have supported the tape this morning.

Yet the gradual rate hikes plus the steady reduction in the balance sheet could eventually put the kibosh on this bull.

While this move will likely cause some anxiety, we view the chances of a significant inflation overshoot relative to target as low and think that the Federal Reserve can and will stay on a gradual rate hike path (our base case).

This should keep the US Federal Reserve on a gradual rate - hiking path.

Yellen conceded that the Fed still likely will need to implement «gradual rate hikes» over «the next few years,» but markets took her statement to mean that the central bank position could be more dovish than anticipated.

Unlike certain «bond market proxies» — companies like consumer staples, utilities and REITs — they may be less affected by the gradual rate hikes the Fed seems to have in mind.

Losing fat at this gradual rate means you will never be hungry or feel deprived.

Unlike certain «bond market proxies» — companies like consumer staples, utilities and REITs — they may be less affected by the gradual rate hikes the Fed seems to have in mind.

More single - family homes will be constructed in 2017, but at a gradual rate, reported economists at the recent National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders» Show.

«A gradual rate of monetary policy normalization, combined with February's largest gain in residential construction employment in more than a year (a 25,000 payroll increase out of a 61,000 total construction payroll gain), should help the housing market,» says Doug Duncan, chief economist at Fannie Mae.