Sentences with phrase «if inflation measures»

Before this week, many economists had begun to speculate that the Fed might raise rates four times this year if inflation measures edged closer to the 2 percent target level.

Not exact matches

Even if Canada doesn't start dropping payloads of cash itself — something Cooper says he does not foresee in the next three years, at least — the ripple effect of a central bank explicitly targeting higher inflation and adopting formerly verboten measures to get it would be felt on these shores in the form of increased global volatility.

Takuji Okubo of Japan Macro Advisors says the Bank of Japan could pursue new easing measures if it really aims for sustained 2 percent inflation.

It won't automatically get used for Social Security purposes, but if it is, it could gradually reduce Social Security's true purchasing power compared to the former inflation measure.

Understand how inflation is measured, how U.S. inflation compares to other countries, and if investors should be concerned with rising inflation.

Moreover, if account is taken of quality change inflation measures would have to be further reduced.

Next year, we will answer the question of whether the Bank should continue to focus on one pre-eminent measure of core inflation and, if so, whether our current core measure will remain in that role.

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.

Stripping out taxes, inflation was 0.7 percent in January, according to the Spanish statistics institute, and 0.2 percent if fresh food and energy were also excluded, according to the Spanish measure.

Importantly, when a preferred share is trading at a high current yield relative to the market yield, the investor receives a measure of protection from the impact of rising interest rates (or, if we're focused on real returns, the impact of rising inflation).

«I am not saying this money should be given to states but be in form of bond depending on how Federal Government wants to design it because it is understood that if such huge money which may run into N2 to N3trillion get into states, it may cause inflation but to avoid such, a flexible term and measure will be applied by the Federal Government.

Should a school participate in grade inflation because it will help their students get into college, even if it fails to give them an accurate measure of their strengths and weaknesses?

The TUC has estimated that the pay cap has meant that since 2010 teachers have suffered a real terms pay cut of 6.4 % if inflation is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or 10.4 % if measured by the Retail Price Index (RPI).

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On the other hand, if inflation was negative, as in deflation, with prices as measured by the CPI falling 5 %, the principal would be adjusted downward to $ 950.

If there is no inflation as measured by the CPI, the investor will receive $ 10 over the year in coupon payments.

For example, if inflation averaged just 2 % over the life of your 30 - year mortgage, your final $ 800 principal payment on the mortgage would be equivalent to $ 442 measured in dollars of the same value when you took out your mortgage, thirty years earlier.

This is since growth and inflation are taken into account in many cases when measuring equity duration, where if the growth and inflation outpace the discount rate (based on the interest rate,) the impact is likely positive for stocks.

And if the Fed is successful in goal of increasing inflation, then we could see inflation measures like CPI rise as well.

Inflation is the measure of the rate at which prices increase, so if savings don't beat inflation after tax, they're losing yInflation is the measure of the rate at which prices increase, so if savings don't beat inflation after tax, they're losing yinflation after tax, they're losing you money.

If incoming information broadly supports the Committee's expectation of ongoing improvement in labor market conditions and inflation moving back toward its longer - run objective, the Committee will likely reduce the pace of asset purchases in further measured steps at future meetings.

However, this commenter recommended that if the Department decides to adjust the threshold amount any future changes should be based on CPI, as a recognized measure of inflation.

Next year, we will answer the question of whether the Bank should continue to focus on one pre-eminent measure of core inflation and, if so, whether our current core measure will remain in that role.

Later this year, we will answer the question of whether we should continue to focus on one measure of underlying inflation and, if so, whether core inflation will keep that role.

If society has an exchange system (money), inflation is normally a measure of the decreasing value of the currency against a basket of goods regarded as being «normal consumption» for a citizen.

If the periodic adjustment rate measuring inflation falls, the principal value of inflation protected bonds will be adjusted downward, and consequently the interest payable on these securities (calculated with respect to a smaller principal amount) will be reduced.

If interest rates rise due to reasons other than inflation (for example, due to changes in currency exchange rates), investors in these securities may not be protected to the extent that the increase is not reflected in the bond's inflation measure.

A surplus is not «wasted» if it is used as a counter-cyclical measure to moderate inflation.