Sentences with phrase «higher outlook for inflation»

Nonetheless, the budget documents already show much higher outlook for inflation next year, mainly as a result of the VAT rise.

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Draghi said Wednesday that higher inflation, not growth, is the «very clear condition» for the central bank to end its bond - buying stimulus program, and that risks to the outlook remain.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

The outlook for inflation — and for Fed rate hikes to counter the threat — continues to push higher.

As discussed above, the outlook for inflation over the next year remains quite benign, due to the assumed effects of the higher exchange rate.

Given that the effects of QE2 are subsiding, the FOMC moves the Fed funds sentence up higher in the document and moves up the language that «low rates of resource utilization and a subdued outlook for inflation over the medium run — are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate for an extended period.»

A number of officials viewed a stronger economic outlook and greater confidence for higher inflation implying «the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records of its March 20 - 21 meeting.

Turning to inflation, Worth stressed that the outlook is for modestly higher inflation going forward.