Sentences with phrase «higher inflation figures»

With the market apparently far more concerned with perception than reality when it comes to the Fed, any tendency toward higher inflation figures or substantial dollar weakness is likely to make investors fret that the Fed might not be able to «ease» as aggressively as it otherwise would.

Not exact matches

That's bad compared with the U.S. and the European Union, where the rates of inflation are 2.7 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively, but economists not affiliated with the government say the real figure is at least twice as high.

To expect the Fed to hold rates at current levels or just a quarter - point higher, in the face of those inflation figures, would seem to be asking a lot.

In the latest year, inflation in underlying terms has been close to 2 1/2 per cent, though the headline CPI figure is higher, principally reflecting the effect of rising fuel prices.

We had already put in place a response in advance of the expected pick - up in inflation and it is not necessarily always wise to respond to one high (or low) figure.

Yet, official figures also showed inflation slow to catch up through higher wages for workers.

Personal consumption expenditure (PCE) inflation, meanwhile, rose to 2.2 percent in February, higher than the 2.1 percent reported in January, although the monthly figures slipped to 0.2 from 0.5 percent.

Wage increases under enterprise bargaining continue to be in the 4 to 5 per cent range, figures which appear high in a climate of 2 per cent inflation and 8 1/2 per cent unemployment.

The euro plunged from near two - year highs to a six - week low against the dollar in early November, after weak inflation figures stoked fears about demand in the 17 - member economy, according to Nawaz Ali, UK market analyst at Western Union Business Solutions.

That figure is larger than in the 1960s when the war on poverty was launched, and this despite the fact that welfare spending, adjusting for inflation, rose throughout the 1970s and 1980s to its present all - time high.

These figures simply show how Australian consumers are being punished by the grocery duopoly with some of the highest rates of food inflation in the developed world.

Next year's railway fares could be increased by a further six per cent in England, following today's higher than expected inflation figures.

The chancellor was speaking following yesterday's figures showing consumer price inflation has risen to a 15 - year high of 2.8 per cent.

The Chancellor, George Osborne, says he understands the pressure on families as the latest figures put inflation at its highest rate in eight months.

If one were to adjust that year's figure for inflation, however, it would reach $ 27.3 million, significantly higher than this year's number.

Inflation, says the NBS, was 15.37 per cent in December 2017 though analysts say the figure is higher.

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was 4.6 percent higher in July 2012 than in July 2011, totaling $ 75.7 billion, unadjusted for inflation (Table 1 and Figure 1), according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The latest CPI figure demonstrated that year - over-year inflation is now barely higher than 2.4 %.

Even with the prospect of a near - term easing of inflation and perhaps even some negative CPI inflation figures, the combination of strong real yields and principal safety makes these a good harbor for investors who want to sleep nights without accepting untenably low nominal yields (and the high associated durations - which I suspect many investors currently overlook).

The figure above highlights the relationship between steeper curves, higher inflation expectations and rising bank stocks in Europe.

This portfolio — chock - full of high - quality assets that tend to appreciate faster than inflation, all while paying growing passive income along the way — generates the five - figure passive income I need to cover my basic expenses in life, rendering me financially independent in my 30s.

Steve Johnson discusses the release of US inflation figures overnight, which were slightly higher than expected, and what this means for the US market.

The logic is that the S&P 500 was trading too high and not justified by earnings per share figures as measured by the previous ten years adjusted for inflation (per the CPI index).

Brian, More record high temperatures in the U.S. were set in the 1930s or 1950s than this past decade, and your dollar figures should really be inflation - adjusted to get any true meaning.

«Revenue per lawyer, profit per lawyer and profit per equity lawyer are all up over the last five years and all of these figures are at or near all time highs — even after adjusting for inflation,» said Bruch.

Instead, it stood at $ 363,400 in January, more than 46 percent higher than the cost when figuring for inflation alone.

Inflation passed the Reserve Bank's six percent benchmark; unemployment hit a 13 - year high and GDP growth slid to a negligible 0.1 percent according to IMF figures.