Not exact matches
The recent rise
in oil prices fueled
expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its
policy meeting this week.
NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise
in oil prices fueled
expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its
policy meeting this week.
Experts say that small businesses can use employee handbooks to avoid litigation and put staff members at ease by spelling out,
in positive terms, the company's
policies and
expectations.
As far back as 2002, while vice minister, Kuroda used an opinion column
in the Financial Times, co-written with his deputy at the finance ministry, to call for «aggressive monetary
policy» from the central bank, including an inflation target, aimed at «drastically changing price
expectations.»
Many
in the central bank, including outgoing Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, are sceptical that monetary
policy can impact public sentiment, so they do not buy into the idea that a change
in policy would raise inflation
expectations.
Despite
expectations of higher growth
in 2017, the credit ratings agency is concerned with an uptick
in government deficit as a result of President - elect Donald Trump's
policies.
The European Central Bank (ECB) dropped its easing bias on Thursday, fueling
expectations that it will normalize monetary
policy in the euro area.
Despite the upgrade
in near - term growth
expectations,
policy makers left the number of hikes projected for 2018 effectively unchanged.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's radical new economic
policies, referred to as «Abenomics,» and
expectations of a bold monetary
policy have prompted Japanese shares to surge almost 32 percent
in the last three months.
Similarly, the euro, which briefly hit its lowest since March 15, was on track for its worst week
in seven as investors this week have revised their
expectations for when the European Central Bank will begin to tighten monetary
policy.
If the issue is important to you, and you have
expectations for employees» behavior, you should address it
in a
policy.
Expectations have grown that ECB policymakers may take another small step
in exiting the bank's ultra-easy monetary
policy after dropping a long - standing pledge to increase bond buying if needed at its meeting
in March.
While this is a blow to the idea that nationwide calorie menu requirements will dramatically alter the way America eats, it doesn't necessarily mean the
policy is useless: perhaps, as the authors speculate, it may be more effective
in sit - down restaurants where dining
expectations are different, or for specific groups of particularly health - concious diners.
Expectation: Government should implement
policies like RERA, land acquisition and Benami Transaction to bring transparency
in the process of working
in industry.
«A telecommuting
policy is a much - needed way to make sure that everyone is on the same page
in terms of
expectations.»
With the right
policies, these nations are likely to blow away
expectations over time and become leading powers
in their regions.
This is not to say you're asking them to do something illegal, but maybe you have a stringent
policy that others might find unreasonable, Kane gives the example of a Hooters franchise having an unwritten
expectation that the wait staff behave
in a coquettish manner.
She is a clear communicator and promoter of a transparent Fed, traits that could come
in very handy when managing
expectations about Fed
policy around the world.
The central bank's latest monetary
policy report, which lowered growth
expectations for 2016 and 2017, could force Trudeau to rein
in his spending plans upon returning to the House of Commons.
«This
policy intends to strike the careful balance between the goal of transportation availability with community
expectations of affordability during disasters,» Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said
in the release.
In this context, and in light of shifting expectations for monetary policy in Canada and the United States, the Canadian dollar has appreciated from its recent low
In this context, and
in light of shifting expectations for monetary policy in Canada and the United States, the Canadian dollar has appreciated from its recent low
in light of shifting
expectations for monetary
policy in Canada and the United States, the Canadian dollar has appreciated from its recent low
in Canada and the United States, the Canadian dollar has appreciated from its recent lows.
What have changed are
expectations about the monetary
policy stance that would be appropriate
in order to achieve those outcomes.
Overview The money market is the first step
in the transmission of monetary
policy and a key source of information on
expectations about monetary
policy.
Inflation targets have been very successful at maintaining price stability because they give everyone an easy way to understand monetary
policy and, over time, create a virtuous circle
in which realized inflation and
expectations reinforce each other.
A second reason for the downward adjustment
in U.S. interest rate
expectations is that U.S. financial market conditions depend,
in part, on the stance of U.S. monetary
policy relative to monetary
policies abroad.
The apparent flatness of the Phillips curve together with evidence that inflation
expectations may have softened on the downside and the persistent undershooting of inflation relative to our target should be important considerations
in our
policy deliberations.
The experiences of these economies [Europe, Japan; JB] highlight the risk of becoming trapped
in a low - growth, low - inflation, low - inflation -
expectations environment and suggest that
policy should be oriented toward minimizing the risk of the U.S. economy slipping into such a situation.
The event's main purpose was to discuss recent developments
in Alberta public
policy, as well as
expectations for the upcoming Alberta budget.
The decision by the central bank's
policy setting panel was
in line with the
expectations of markets and economists, who had given only low odds to governor Mark Carney removing a mild bias towards raising rates sometime.
Here it is important,
in my view, for
policy - makers to encourage markets to form their
expectations on the basis of the central bank behaving consistently with its announced inflation objective.
If inflation
expectations remain anchored, and a decline
in real purchasing power is accepted, then there is scope for monetary
policy to «look through» the temporary period of higher inflation, because firms and consumers are doing likewise.
Case
in point — after the European Central Bank (ECB)
policy meeting this summer that quashed market
expectations of an imminent ECB shift to normalize
policy.
Consider these risks before investing: The value of securities
in the fund's portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including general financial market conditions, changing market perceptions, changes
in government intervention
in the financial markets, and factors related to a specific issuer, industry, or sector and,
in the case of bonds, perceptions about the risk of default and
expectations about changes
in monetary
policy or interest rates.
If you look back at the press release which accompanied our easing of monetary
policy in December 1998, you will see it referred to the
expectation by official and private forecasters that 1999 would be a worse year than 1998.
Additional information about material risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
expectations and about material factors or assumptions applied
in making forward - looking statements may be found under «Risk Factors»
in our most recent Annual Information Form, under «Risk Management», «Risk Factors» and «Critical Accounting and Actuarial
Policies»
in our most recent Management's Discussion and Analysis,
in the «Risk Management» note to our most recent consolidated financial statements and elsewhere
in our filings with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.
If anything, my
expectation is that the
policies of the incoming administration are more likely to result
in constrained economic growth rather than expansion.
Mishkin noted «I am less optimistic about the prospects for core PCE inflation to move much below 2 %
in the absence of a determined effort by monetary
policy,» adding that «a substantial further decline
in inflation would require a shift
in expectations, and such a shift could be difficult and time - consuming to bring about.»
Expectations for strong U.S. jobs data on Friday have been maintaining a bid for dollars, while timely survey data show that a cooling
in economic growth is afoot, and ECB President Draghi gave dovish - tilting remarks following the central bank's April
policy review last week.
An unexpected cut
in January that was accompanied by a very dovish Monetary
Policy Report naturally set up expectations for further policy easing and now the Bank of Canada appears to be introducing monetary policy uncertainty on top of uncertainty surrounding the impact of the plunge in commodity p
Policy Report naturally set up
expectations for further
policy easing and now the Bank of Canada appears to be introducing monetary policy uncertainty on top of uncertainty surrounding the impact of the plunge in commodity p
policy easing and now the Bank of Canada appears to be introducing monetary
policy uncertainty on top of uncertainty surrounding the impact of the plunge in commodity p
policy uncertainty on top of uncertainty surrounding the impact of the plunge
in commodity prices.
The FOMC allowed these declining
expectations to form by failing to signal an offsetting change
in the expected path of monetary
policy in its August and September FOMC meetings.
Monetary
policy: continued investment recovery, unemployment and inflation
expectations are key; energy prices less so «The year - on - year rate of increase
in the CPI is likely to be about 0 percent for the time being, due to the effects of the decline
in energy prices.»
On a more positive note politically, however,
in recent months there has been a rising
expectation that governments will increasingly start to focus more intently on fiscal stimulus, and we expect this theme to gain some traction
in a number of major economies given the diminishing returns of unconventional monetary
policy.
Add -
in the market «comfort» of knowing that both the BoJ (Iwata reiterating that they can accelerate / expand purchases overnight) and the ECB (extension
expectations tomorrow) will continue providing a QE - monetary
policy «backstop» to keep the grind higher
in rates from getting «disorderly»
in the medium - term.
Under this scenario, an eventual rise
in wage growth would likely be accompanied by a secular rise
in realized inflation (inflation
expectations would trend with energy prices), and the
policy battle onward may resemble that of Paul Volcker instead of Ben Bernanke.
With growth prospects for the world economy being revised up and inflation no longer falling, short - term market interest rates have risen on the
expectation that central banks will unwind the accommodative monetary
policy they had put
in place over the previous year or two (Graph 4).
The central bank didn't do anything to dispel market
expectations that it will lift interest rates
in June, the seventh time for such a move since the end of 2015, as it aims to normalize monetary
policy.
The estimated funds rate equation that is part of the VAR - based
expectations mechanism has more inertia than the Taylor - type
policy rule used
in FRB / US itself for these simulations.
In addition to expectations about monetary policy, liquidity concerns of banks related to Y2K may have influenced the pattern of short - term interest rates in recent month
In addition to
expectations about monetary
policy, liquidity concerns of banks related to Y2K may have influenced the pattern of short - term interest rates
in recent month
in recent months.
Going forward, as I mentioned earlier, a number of characteristics
in the marketplace or
in the economy would argue for gold — whether that's monetary
policy or rising inflation
expectations on the back of higher oil prices and job growth.
Attentions this week turn to a raft of Central bank
policy meetings with the Australian Reserve Bank, Canadian Central Bank, Bank of England and European Central Bank all due to release
policy updates while Friday's Non-Farm Payroll report will be crucial
in providing direction and governing
expectations leading into the Fed's March 17 - 18 assembly.