Sentences with phrase «holding its rating until»

Note: Since the Playbook's software is still being updated in advance of its launch, PCWorld is holding its rating until April 19.

Not exact matches

Weighed against unemployment, which has dropped to a 16 - year low at 4.1 percent, that weakness has puzzled economists and made some policy makers declare the Fed should hold off on additional rate increases until prices respond more briskly.

A softening in euro zone economic data and signs that inflationary pressures remain subdued, encouraging the European Central to hold off from raising interest rates until well into 2019, have supported bond markets in recent weeks.

Back in December, the Fed said it would hold the target short - term rate steady at least until unemployment had dropped to 6.5 %, assuming inflation didn't rise past 2.5 %.

July 21: The U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada both recommit to holding lending rates near 0.25 % until June 2010.

After all, Mr. Carney more or less invented forward guidance in April, 2009, when, as head of the Bank of Canada, he committed to holding the bank's target for the overnight interest rate until the summer of 2010.

In other words, it is the internal rate of return (IRR) of an investment in a bond if the investor holds the bond until maturity and if all payments are made as scheduled.

However following the latest meeting, when the Fed decided to hold rates on rising concerns about the global economy, analysts increasingly expect the central bank to delay a hike until next year.

«With just a few more days left until Friday's deadline, we think enrollment is tracking towards a single - digit percent decline (if renewal rate holds consistent with prior years and year - over-year growth in new sign - ups seen to date is sustained), but it all comes down to an uncertain final surge,» Newshel wrote in a research note.

The state's jobless rate had been at 4.1 percent since November, mirroring the national figure until last month, when the U.S. rate held steady as Maryland's edged up.

In recent weeks, stocks have swung between ups and downs, as investors have attempted to digest the latest news out of Greece, the recent bear market in China and the growing likelihood that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will hold off on raising rates until after its September meeting.

The state's jobless rate had been at 4.1 percent since November, mirroring the national figure until last month, when the U.S. rate held steady...

Bank of Canada hits pause: Interest rates in Canada are seen on hold at least until July, if not until next year, as a data - dependent central bank awaits more hawkish data.

Various reasons have been suggested for this, including the persistence, until recently, of relatively high rates of inflation in Australia, which reduced the incentive to issue and hold longer - term securities.

Most economists expect the Fed to hold off on a rate hike until December.

It's been a very, very long time since I added to any of my health REITs as most have performed quite well until last summer when their gradual decline began to take hold as interest rate hike fears began to grip the sector.

I'm assuming you're planning to hold until maturity, since the rising interest rate environment will reduce the price of the bonds, should you decide to sell.

As Ambrose Evans - Pritchard wrote over a year ago in the Financial Times, «the Bank of Japan held interest rates at zero for six years until July 2006 to stave off deflation.

Most economists are tipping the central bank will stay on hold until at least August, while financial markets are pricing in an only 8 per cent chance of a rate cut tomorrow, moving up to a more than 100 per cent chance of more easing by the end of the year.

Whereas in most markets an increase in short - selling puts pressure on the lending market and pushes up the interest rate at which short - sellers can borrow the underlying stock, the ready supply of gold loans from central banks seeking to earn some return on their gold holdings has, until recently, helped to keep lease rates low, generally in the range of 1 — 2 per cent (Graph B3).

If you hold a particular security for more than a year, you are taxed at the long - term gains tax, which is 15 % (until 2013; then the rate goes up to 20 % in the United States.)

This allows investors to eliminate interest rate risk at their investment horizon by simply holding a bond until maturity.

Carney had pledged to hold rates low until U.K. unemployment hit seven per cent, something the bank said wouldn't occur until 2016.

Carney was defending the BoE's recent, controversial decision to hold short - term interest rate steady until unemployment in the U.K., currently at 7.8 per cent, falls to at least seven per cent.

That means the Fed will roll over its $ 4 trillion worth of securities holdings until the fed funds rate normalizes at 2 percent.

A Reuters poll published on Thursday showed primary bond dealers, who work directly with the central bank, now expect interest rates to stay on hold until the second quarter of 2015.

The rate you receive if you hold an ARS until its final maturity could be less than what could have been earned on comparable long - term investments.

These expectations were brought forward again when the Fed dropped the reference to rates being on hold for a «considerable period» in its late January monetary policy announcement, though financial markets are not pricing in a tightening until the middle of 2004.

Ideally, the bank would prefer to hold off on a rate hike until the NAFTA issue is resolved.

At any rate it could be exercised by them alone «until» (as some said) «a faithful prophet should arise» — one who would hold authority direct from God who gave the Law.

Until the Budget, David Cameron's ratings had held fairly steady for some weeks, with almost as many people saying he was doing well as Prime Minister as say he was doing badly.

But, until now, it wasn't clear whether that yield advantage held up at low SCN infestation rates.

«Until slow earthquakes were observed 10 to 15 years ago, conventional wisdom held that faults either released energy slowly and steadily by creeping, or would store tectonic stress until they failed catastrophically,» moving at a rate of about 3 feet per second, says Demian Saffer, a geophysicist at Pennsylvania State UniverUntil slow earthquakes were observed 10 to 15 years ago, conventional wisdom held that faults either released energy slowly and steadily by creeping, or would store tectonic stress until they failed catastrophically,» moving at a rate of about 3 feet per second, says Demian Saffer, a geophysicist at Pennsylvania State Univeruntil they failed catastrophically,» moving at a rate of about 3 feet per second, says Demian Saffer, a geophysicist at Pennsylvania State University.

That held true until about 200 years ago, when a number of factors led to higher growth rates.

If you're going to check your heart rate just hold the handrails until you get a reading and then let go and continue a natural upright posture.

If you just did a casual bike ride or lifted light weights for 30 minutes without elevating your heart rate much, you can hold off on food until your next meal, says Mary Jane Detroyer, a nutritionist and personal trainer in New York City.

Walk or exercise until you are mildly puffing and hold that rate until the allotted time.

The film became the highest grossing R - rated film of all time, and held that position until «It» thrilled audiences this fall.

Universal held off on press screenings for the PG - 13 rated tale directed by Robert Schwentke until the last minute, but when critics did see it, they loathed it.

Practically no state was using a growth model to hold schools accountable for the progress students made each year rather than just their final proficiency rates until the Bush Administration specifically invited states to participate in a pilot program.

Attrition rates are an indicator of a school's holding power, or the ability to keep students enrolled in school and learning until they graduate.

«It's absurd ---- there's been a huge divestment in part because schools up until now haven't been held accountable for college - going rates; it's been test scores and other outcomes, and counseling hasn't been invested in at all,» says Mandy Savitz - Romer, a former urban school counselor and a senior lecturer on education at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

With the accelerator anywhere near to the floor, the car takes off at a great rate and holds gears until redline.

The multimedia show is a reflection on your book, so if you can't afford a first - rate production, then put the idea on hold until you can.

In any event, I'm holding off on bestowing a final rating on this reader until I can test a shipping version.

You may also be able to lower the tax tab on gains from investments held in taxable accounts by investing in stock index funds and tax - managed funds that that generate much of their return in the form of unrealized long - term capital gains, which go untaxed until you sell and then are taxed at generally lower long - term capital gains rates.

While the U.S. Federal Reserve has hiked rates four times in the past year and a half, it was only a few months ago that Canada's central bank was still signaling a plan to stay on hold until next year.

I continue to believe that rates will have to go up (e.g. reversion to the mean, reduce the «real» value of $ 20T in US debt, expiration of «conspiracy theory» suggesting the Fed held rates on the floor until the election to get Hillary elected, etc, etc)....

In both cases, you — as a traveler or a business owner — may want to hold your money until the exchange rate is more favorable.

With the belief that interest rates are rising in the short term should I just hold onto cash until April 2015 (I think rates will be up by then)?