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Czech central bank first in Europe to hike rates While the Bank of England and the European Central Bank have been contemplating shifting to less accommodative monetary policy stances, the Czech central bank took action on Thursday, raising its main policy rate from 0.05 % to 0.25 %, its first hike since 2008.

Not exact matches

And even the Federal Reserve's modest rate hikes have had an outsized impact on the bottom line of Bank of America, which pockets the extra interest it collects on loans while paying out much less on consumers» deposits (making money on the so - called spread).

While the high level of existing debt means rate hikes will have a stronger impact in cooling demand than they did in previous years, it is still too soon to know just how much of an effect the bank's three rate hikes have had, Poloz said.

«While the Fed may hike the funds rate to 3.4 %, that increase is unlikely to be matched by a rise in long - term Treasury yields.

While deposit and checking account rates have lagged Fed hikes in the past, some industry analysts thought the increase would be quicker this time around.

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve will release the minutes from its mid-March meeting, where the U.S. central bank opted to leave interest rates unchanged while hinting that future hikes could come later this year.

With respect to interest rates, we continue to see a bifurcation for U.S. rates where shorter - dated yields move higher in response to possibly two or three more Fed rate hikes, while the U.S. Treasury 10 - year yield trades in a 2.25 percent to 2.75 percent range, with a temporary move toward 2 percent possible if geopolitical risks become realities.

Revenue from fixed - income trading surged about 29 %, while equity trading revenue rose about 7 %, boosted by volatility around the Fed's interest rate hikes.

The portfolio manager said that while he sees the market as expensive, investors have a good handle on what to expect in the next few months as the Federal Reserve hikes rates.

LONDON, May 3 - World stocks made little progress on Thursday as worries over global trade tensions weighed, while the U.S. dollar consolidated recent bumper gains after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed the outlook for more rate hikes.

And while I am not necessarily bearish about growth prospects in the coming 18 months I do think we're unnecessarily trying to thread the needle with a rate hike here.

The contract for September, which is a date many on Wall Street think is ripe for a hike, indicates a rate of just 0.43 percent, while December points to a 0.5 percent rate, a 0.13 percentage point increase from the current level that the CME tool translates to a 59 percent chance of a hike.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is also due to meet this week, and while no rate hike is expected, investors will look for clues on the future pace of hikes.

While Yellen herself has indicated that the end of the rate - hiking cycle could be near, she and her fellow Federal Open Market Committee members have stood by the belief that inflation ultimately will gravitate toward their 2 percent target.

Brainard now believes the Fed should move slower on rate hikes and even allow inflation to run above the 2 percent target for a while.

The Federal Reserve is also due to meet this week, and while no rate hike in benchmark U.S. interest rates is expected, investors will look for clues on the future pace of increases.

While Wednesday's rate hike from the Fed was priced in, Odeluga says: «The lack of clear signals about plans to narrow monetary accommodation further — none in the statement and none discernible in chair Janet Yellen's press conference — meant that some of the dollar strength actually had to be unwound.

While moderate inflation generally supports equity investors, rapid inflation, or fear of it, could prompt the Federal Reserve to hike rates faster, undermining the attraction of equities.

While Yellen had hinted recently that further rate hikes were imminent, the Fed chair announced last week that the benchmark rate would hold steady and that future increases would come more slowly than the Fed originally planned.

While a short - covering rally in gold prices isn't entirely ruled out, the metal will ultimately see its appeal diminish as the Federal Reserve begins to hike interest rates, according to Martin Lakos, division director at Macquarie Private Wealth.

While the central banker is expected to hold off from raising borrowing costs for a second straight policy decision on Wednesday, and retain a degree of prudence in his rhetoric, Poloz will probably face mounting pressure to return to the rate - hike path soon, with inflation and growth beginning to pick up.

Market watchers expect the central bank to hike three times in 2018, while the Fed announced that it was increasing its rate - hike forecast for 2019.

Long - dated Treasury yields fell on Wednesday, while short - dated yields rose, as inflation fears abated even as investors expected the Federal Reserve to hike rates next week.

However, the Canadian dollar is expected to see minimal benefit from higher oil prices: a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike is likely in the first half of 2017, which would bolster the U.S. dollar, while the Bank of Canada is expected to hold steady on rates.

Minutes of the meeting released three weeks later showed that some policymakers indicated they were ready for another small rate hike, while other officials wanted to wait until incoming data «provided a greater level of confidence that economic growth was strong enough to withstand a possible downward shock to demand.»

While it may not sound like much on paper, the Federal Reserve «s anticipated move Wednesday to hike its benchmark interest rate target up a quarter point will have ramifications.

Long maturity (30 year) U.S. Treasuries sank on bets that President Trump will boost spending, while shorter - dated Treasury Notes rallied amid reduced bets on a Federal Reserve interest rate hike in December.

A lot of the upward momentum was disproportionately on the front end in response to the Bank of Canada's two consecutive interest rate hikes in the summer, while yields fell from the 20 - year point onward.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday as investors prepared for an expected Federal Reserve rate hike later in the week, while stocks rose around the world on continued solid global economic growth indicators.

While investors appear more convinced that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will indeed hike rates later this year, real yields remain well below where they started the year and even further below their long - term average.

Entering 2017, few strategists» calls were as unanimous as the view that the U.S. dollar, already at a 14 - year high, would strengthen because the Federal Reserve was hiking interest rates while other central banks remained accommodative.

While three or four interest rate hikes remain possible for 2018 it's probably a safe bet to assume that the REITs will remain under pressure for the near and mid-term.

While there are plenty of reasons to conclude rate hikes are in store for Canada, it's tougher to see the country's central banks getting far ahead of the Federal Reserve.

Fed has hiked 14 times and 10 yr rates are unchanged while 30 yr rates are 60bp lower than at the beginning of the tightening cycle.

But despite two rate hikes and impending balance sheet reduction, the 10 - year yield has moved 15 % lower since early March while the dollar has been weakening — both contrary to many forecasts at the start of 2017.

While markets are now pricing in an around 75 percent chance of a Fed rate hike in a few weeks, expectations have been growing that the ECB will expand its quantitative easing program.

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).

New York Fed President William Dudley said the central bank could still pass several rate hikes before monetary policy started to become tight, while Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said the Fed should keep raising rates to prevent the economy from overheating.

SYDNEY, May 3 (Reuters)- Asian shares slipped on Thursday as hopes waned for real progress in Sino-U.S. trade talks, while the U.S. dollar consolidated recent bumper gains after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed the outlook for more rate hikes.

While the positives include the unemployment rate falling to 42 - year lows, a weaker pound sterling is leading to a spike in consumer inflation; in the event of a negative outcome in the negotiations with the European Union, the UK currency could slide further, leading to a rise in consumer prices and leaving the Bank of England in a very precarious situation in which easing interest rates will be ruled out due to high inflation, and hiking rates will lead to a slowdown in economic activity.

While we agree with Alankar that bringing back bond market term premium would restore balance to the financial system, the ineffectiveness of using rate hikes to push up term premium is evident by the on - going curve flattening

Chairman Alan Greenspan's Fed hiked interest rates at 17 consecutive meetings while gold rose to a new all - time high.

Some Wall Street economists had expected Wednesday's forecast to show the Fed increasing the number of rate hikes that would be needed in 2018 to four from three, while others felt a move higher in the dots would not come until later this year.

Of the 15 officials offering forecasts on interest rate increases over the balance of 2018, seven expect three or more additional rate hikes while eight are calling for two or fewer.

While 1st quarter GDP numbers were said to have all but removed the chances of a May rate hike, April's PMI could confuse matters should the numbers impress.

In keeping with this added cautiousness, members of the FOMC revised down their median projections for the Fed funds rate to 0.875 % by end - 2016 and 1.875 % by end - 2017, roughly equivalent to two hikes in 2016 (from four projected in December) and four in 2017, while keeping their economic forecast broadly unchanged.

he says while he believes a September rate hike is likely, there have been no signs of inflation data picking up.

In fixed income, rate hikes by the Fed have led to higher interest rates on the short end of the yield curve, while longer - term rates have remained more contained (despite recent increases following tax reform).

According to Bloomberg data, bond yields are pretty much exactly where they started this year, while recent volatility has pushed back the likely timing of a Federal Reserve (Fed) rate hike.

While most other Fed policymakers believe that those conditions will help boost inflation this year, justifying continued rate hikes, Evans said he has seen that forecast for several years running and it has not panned out.