For example, higher
inflation leads to higher interest rates, while lower inflation leads to lower interest rates.
Not exact matches
So that policy response is going
to lead to slightly
higher inflation in terms of wages and slightly
higher interest rates, and the market had
to respond
to that.
«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.
Higher wages can point to higher inflation, which, in turn, could lead the Fed to raise interest rates more aggress
Higher wages can point
to higher inflation, which, in turn, could lead the Fed to raise interest rates more aggress
higher inflation, which, in turn, could
lead the Fed
to raise
interest rates more aggressively.
It is also possible that a period of very low
interest rates will eventually
lead to higher inflation for land and construction work, as is normally required
to bring forth more supply of a particular good or service.
In January, expensive commodities
led to inflation,
higher interest rates in developing markets, riots in the Arab world, and lower economic growth.
Under these conditions, there is substantial risk that the additional stimulus from larger deficits will
lead to higher inflation and
interest rates.
This is because
interest rate changes have their largest effect on
inflation risk, while stronger macroprudential settings will
lead to a
higher quality of household indebtedness over time.
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.
The selling has raged on in the days since, fueled partly by fear that
higher inflation would
lead the Fed
to accelerate its
interest rates hikes and weaken the economy and the stock market.
Proposals for fiscal stimulus via tax cuts, government spending and regulatory reform have
led to expectations of stronger economic growth,
higher inflation and
higher interest rates.
But modest economic growth and rising wages have
led to concerns about rising
inflation and pushed
interest rates higher.
If this selloff is precipitated by
higher interest rates, weaker dollar and
higher inflation and the Fed decided
to start cutting
rates that would be a further mess for the U.S dollar and potentially even more inflationary and could
lead to even
higher long - term
interest rates.
We believe that
inflation will continue
to increase moderately in 2018, which likely will
lead to moderately
higher interest rates as well.
Historically, fear of
high inflation has
led the Federal Reserve
to step up its short - term
interest rate increases.
In addition,
to the extent
higher realized
inflation leads to higher inflation expectations — and in turn,
higher interest rates — financial stocks, another big value sector, also benefit.
1980 Bank Crisis
to Present
Inflation,
high interest rates, deregulation and recession created an economic and banking environment in the 1980s that
led to the most bank failures in the post-World War II period.
It includes conditions like the one after a
high economic growth period
leading to high inflation and fears of slowdown, or during uncertain times when the central bank is expected
to increase
interest rates.
Inflation also
leads to higher interest rates, which in turn
leads to lower bond prices.
For example, the double - digit
inflation of the 1970's was caused by banks keeping
interest rates low in an attempt
to stimulate a weak economy, at a time when imported
inflation from the oil shock was
high (
leading to stagflation).
This fundamental principle is important because it could
lead to a devastating reduction in principle if purchased in a low
interest rate high inflation economic environment.
Paul Volcker, the newly appointed Fed chairman,
led a sharp shift in Fed policy in October, 1979 which drove
interest rates sky
high, sent the economy into two back -
to - back recessions and knocked
inflation out.
As discussed last month, this is a bit of a too much of a good thing crash all around — tax cuts into a strong economy sending
inflation and
interest rates high enough
to lead the Federal Reserve
to (potentially) over react and raise
rates too
high, causing a recession and growing debt issues as the government refinances debt at
higher rates, all while a tax cut reduces federal revenues.
Higher inflation leads to higher required interest rates and stocks must therefore be priced more affordably to attract inve
Higher inflation leads to higher required interest rates and stocks must therefore be priced more affordably to attract inve
higher required
interest rates and stocks must therefore be priced more affordably
to attract investors.
So, and correct me if I'm mistaken, low
interest rates lead to high inflation, which tends
to raise bond yields, which then in turn raises
interest rates which then
leads to lower
inflation?
When global
interest rates and
inflation levels are
high there may be an argument for doing something like that as that could reduce inflationary expectations and
lead to lower
interest rates.
The improving economy, however, will likely
lead to higher inflation and
interest rates, which will raise the cost of borrowing for consumers and investors.