Sentences with phrase «inflation growth rate»

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If they fear that a retreat from free trade will harm future growth, and our ability to pay them back without resorting to inflation, they'll demand higher «real» rates on their loans.

«The first thing to keep in mind is that, in some long run equilibrium, wage inflation should be equal to what the growth rate of productivity is — so how much workers can produce — and the increase in prices for the goods they produce,» he said at the UBS Greater China conference in Shanghai.

That would boost economic growth, inflation and debt: if the Joy of Cooking contained a recipe for higher interest rates, that would be it.

(Bond yields move inversely with bond prices, and rising yields tend to signal expectations of higher growth and inflation ahead and, therefore, higher interest rates.)

Number one is: Can earnings and growth outpace the risk we see in higher inflation and interest rates?

«The benefits of tax reform, global synchronized growth, [and] employment gains will extend the life of our economic expansion and eventually lead to inflation and higher interest rates.

In other words, would pushing the short - term interest rate down to 0 percent, from the current rate of 0.16 percent, propel the GDP growth and inflation to such permanently higher levels?

«Brexit is so uncertain... Trying to forecast exactly what it's going to do to growth, to sterling and therefore to inflation and therefore to the Bank of England's policy is very, very difficult,» Rob Wood, chief economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, told CNBC before the rate decision on Thursday.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in prepared remarks Tuesday that waiting too long to raise interest rates would be «unwise,» given the rise in inflation and economic growth.

Indeed, the evidence I reviewed does not support the view — expounded by the new Bank of Japan management — that by buying more longer - dated securities (i.e., running printing presses a bit faster) will boost upward pressures in labor and product markets to bring stronger economic growth and an inflation rate of 2 percent.

Given the recent economic news, estimates of 1.2 % for GDP growth, -0.2 % for GDP inflation, and 0.55 % for the 3 - month T - Bill rate are more appropriate.

Hence the question: Is it reasonable to expect that marginally looser policies would now lead to more than tripling of the growth rate (to 1.5 - 2 percent) over the next two years, while raising the inflation rate from -0.3 percent to 2 percent — as the Bank of Japan is promising?

Euro zone officials received a slew of good news on Tuesday morning with stronger - than - expected growth and inflation figures and a falling unemployment rate.

«A decrease in nominal GDP growth resulting solely from a one - year, 1 - percentage - point decrease in the rate of GDP inflation» reduces the budgetary balance by $ 1.9 billion.

Page 60 of the budget gives forecasts of 2.0 % GDP growth, -0.4 % for GDP inflation, and 0.60 % for the 3 - month T - Bill rate for 2015.

Simply enter in your estimates for real GDP growth, GDP inflation, the 10 - year bond rate and your desired contingency reserve in the yellow cells, and the sheet will estimate the projected surplus or deficit for fiscal years 2015 - 16 through 2019 - 20.

The logic against raising rates, as the IMF and others have outlined, is that inflation remains tame and that economic growth is still below potential.

A self - described «enemy of interest rates», he has repeatedly called on the central bank to lower rates to boost growth, even though inflation in running at double digits.

Most analysts expect the first rate hike to come in September of this year, but that the pace of subsequent rate hikes will be slow, taking into account continued middling economic growth and below - target inflation.

To be considered a success, the Fed needs its rate hike to be followed next year by continued U.S. growth, continued low unemployment, and, perhaps most in doubt, a turn higher in inflation.

Traders are suddenly worried about interest rates (although anyone older than 30 has to be amused that 2.85 % on the Treasury 10 - year is a source of panic), worried about inflation (although after the last decade of stagnant wages, Friday's 2.9 % rise should be cheered, not jeered), and worried about a tax - fueled spike in growth (with this report from Powell's Atlanta colleagues leading the way.)

Worries about the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates more aggressively to combat rising inflation should not overshadow the benefits of stronger economic growth, the billionaire co-founder of Blackstone Group told CNBC on Thursday.

As of January 2001, the CBO foresaw another decade of 3 % real GDP growth, 3 % inflation, unemployment at 5 % or below, and flat - as - a-pancake interest rates.

Powell in statements throughout the year, culminating with his recent Senate confirmation hearing, has been clear he sees little risk of inflation that would prompt the Fed to raise rates faster than expected, and takes weak wage growth as a sign that sidelined workers remain to be drawn into jobs.

It said global growth continued to be solid and broad - based, the economy was running close to its potential and stronger business investment suggested economic capacity could grow even further without lifting the inflation rate.

This makes sense; lower growth should result in bond yields falling, anticipating lower Bank of Canada rates in the future and less need for a risk premium around inflation.

The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

Federal Reserve officials see increased growth and an uptick in inflation as justification to continue to raise interest rates gradually.

The inflation - triggering rate of growth is called «potential.»

The Fed reckons U.S. gross domestic product could expand by as much as 2.7 % in 2016, which would be considerably faster than the rate of growth — roughly 2 % — that policy makers think the American economy can handle without stoking inflation.

Rising rates are good for stock valuations because they reflect underlying economic growth and inflation, which are both good for profits, at least initially, Lakos - Bujas said.

For the first time since oil prices crashed, strong job growth has the Bank of Canada worried about inflation, meaning higher interest rates are coming

The worst case scenario is that the country will experience what economists call a «hard landing,» essentially a major slowdown in GDP growth, to less than 5 % or the approximate rate of inflation.

The global economy risks becoming trapped in a low growth, low inflation, low interest rate equilibrium.

Recent economic data point to some growth firming, inflation remains hard to find and long - term rates are up by barely 10 basis points (bps) from where they started the year, according to data accessible via Bloomberg.

Normally a 6 % growth rate in M2 would be highly inflationary (and Canada did experience periods of over 3 % inflation in mid-2001 and late 2002 - early 2003).

The OECD noted that «short - term inflation expectations appear to be inching upwards,» and said that the Bank of Canada, which has kept interest rates to promote economic growth, «should soon resume tightening at a moderate pace.»

«Following the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, the exchange rate has fallen and the outlook for growth in the short to medium term has weakened markedly,» the central bank said in its quarterly Inflation Report.

Further dollar gains will likely depend on data showing additional improvement in growth and inflation, which could compel the U.S. central bank to raise rates this year an additional three times.

Fed policymakers» confidence in their outlook will be on show on Wednesday when they release their latest set of quarterly projections on growth, unemployment and inflation as well as their expected rate hike path.

A few Fed policymakers worry the U.S. economy, which has delivered strong job gains but worryingly weak rates of inflation, could be stuck on a low growth path that requires low rates for years as well as new policy tools.

Mired in a world of low growth, low inflation and low interest rates, officials from the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank said their efforts to bolster the economy through monetary policy may falter unless elected leaders stepped forward with bold measures.

The best wage growth since 2009 sparked speculation that incoming Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell may have to raise interest rates more than the three times the central bank has forecast in order to tame inflation this year.

In 2005, the potential annual growth rate of the global economy — the rate at which there is no upward pressure on inflation — was 5 %.

Everything was fine after the central bank announced that it had decided to leave its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 %, while stating that it had cut its outlook for economic growth and indicating that it would take longer to achieve its inflation target.

A softening in the euro zone's strong growth momentum and still - subdued inflation have prompted investors to push back their European Central Bank rate - hike expectations.

One can see that the highest rates of money growth and inflation are clearly in the emerging markets, and not in the developed markets.

Expect the Federal Reserve to raise its interest rate targets once between now and then — but only once, as U.S. economic growth stays steady but slow, while inflation and wage growth also remain modest.

Returns from that era were boosted by a confluence of factors that are unlikely to come together again: declines in inflation and interest rates, strong global GDP, low corporate tax, and rapid growth in China.

«Beyond the near - term, a return to a more cautious communication strategy and pace of interest rate increases is expected in light of the headwinds facing Canada,» including slow inflation growth, Toronto - Dominion Bank Senior Economist Brian DePratto said in a research note.