Sentences with phrase «inflationary pressures»

The combination of ongoing strength in activity and signs of inflationary pressure in the labour market prompted a tightening of monetary policy, by 25 basis points, in late March.

Praveen Jagwani of UTI International explains why both food and oil prices are unlikely to have a significant impact on inflationary pressures in India for now.

This limited the extent to which Washington could deficit - spend, and caused inflationary pressures on the economy.

Indicators of upstream inflationary pressures from business surveys have also moderated.

The MAS cited a more favourable growth outlook and the risk of rising inflationary pressures as reasons for the change.

But while these factors are unlikely to continue contributing to inflation to the same degree as they have done over the past year, a number of other sources of inflationary pressure remain in place and may strengthen further.

In part this increase was due to an increase in the cash rate in light of inflationary pressures building on the back of the boom in the resource sector, as well as reflecting the increasing return to capital in Australia at that time; thereafter, interest rates declined sharply in response to the global financial crisis.

Such a shift could be a sea change for investors and financial markets, accelerating current trends that favor global equities and other securities levered to higher inflationary pressure coming from a low base.

This group also concludes that central bank quantitative easing (which began in 2009) is finally beginning to create inflationary pressures in the form of increased wages and rising industrial commodity prices.

A tough one at present when declining currencies cause higher domestic inflationary pressures, to say nothing of having to deal with currency and financial market weakness amidst weakening internal economies.

Volcker stayed the course and continued to fight inflationary pressures by increasing interest rates.

After President Trump got elected on November 8, 2016, the US Treasury bond market sold off aggressively due to investors» expectations that Trump would be good for growth and therefore cause inflationary pressure.

If potential growth turns out to be greater than we expect, the economy could expand further before generating inflationary pressures.

One of these issues is what measure or measures we should use to gauge underlying inflationary pressures.

With inflationary pressures already building, the price increases could cause the economy to overheat and the Federal Reserve to hike rates at a fast pace.

Policy makers nonetheless are well aware of three critical facts: (1) An excess of liquidity in the economy tends to raise inflationary pressure.

But initially, the IT revolution might actually increase inflationary pressures, as shown in chart 11.

We do not think that our asset markets are over-heated, nor do we see inflationary pressures at present.

The economy moved through a period of slower growth in 1996 during which inflationary pressures eased significantly.

Because technology now represents a much larger percentage of emerging - market economies than commodities, broad emerging - market equity markets may not benefit as much as they have in the past if the US drifts into late cycle and global inflationary pressures rise.

«We delivered double - digit, top - line revenue growth in the quarter, while accelerated inflationary pressures challenged operating margins.

And as Dr. Ed Yardeni points out in a recent blog post, the word «inflation» appeared as many as 106 times during the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, a sign that Fed members could be getting more and more concerned about mounting inflationary pressures.

The monetary authorities of the US and Japan have reiterated that monetary policy will remain accommodative for the foreseeable future as the excess capacity that has built up as a result of the earlier period of economic weakness is seen as limiting inflationary pressures for some time.

The ISM also forecasts future inflationary pressures as it measures manufacturing costs which are typically passed on to consumers.

Given the preference for an international or globalised economy in the elite Nairobi circles in which Kenyatta moves, there is likely to be little change for the average citizen facing inflationary pressures on food and fuel prices, or any leadership taken on the issue of whether foreign manual labour should be used for the country's infrastructure projects.

The large nominal exchange rate appreciation also helped to contain inflationary pressures in an environment of strong growth in domestic demand and a decline in the unemployment rate to relatively low levels.

The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) survey published on Tuesday showed U.S. factory activity slowed in April, but it highlighted shortages of skilled workers and rising costs, suggesting inflationary pressure is building.

That is, would expectations of outsized demand growth — of, say, 4 percent per year over the next four years in inflation - adjusted terms — generate undue inflationary pressures that would require the Federal Reserve to respond by raising interest rates, essentially killing off any actual growth that those expectations could generate?

Overall, inflation expectations are marginally higher than in the winter survey: higher commodity prices and expected inflationary pressures in the United States are viewed as contributing to domestic inflation over the next two years.

As I've pointed out many times before, gold has tended to respond well when inflationary pressure pushes real interest rates below zero.

Consider a demand shock where excess demand and upward inflationary pressure lead the central bank to raise interest rates.

Average hourly earnings were flat to indicate lack of wage growth and potentially weaker inflationary pressures down the line.

Absent future significant inflationary pressures elsewhere in the global economy, the current pickup in inflation in the region seems likely to be a temporary phenomenon, and while the growth rate across much of the eurozone has improved, we believe it remains short of the levels necessary to be self - sustaining, with little sign of the political appetite for the structural reforms needed for such changes to take place.

The economic growth reflected in this level of the CFNAI - MA3 suggests limited inflationary pressure from economic activity over the coming year.

«With the Canadian growth rotation just getting underway and long - term inflationary pressures appearing muted, the Bank of Canada will likely want to keep its foot on the accelerator for as long as possible to support the rotation process,» DePratto wrote in a note.

Schools need sufficient resources to deliver the educational excellence parents, governors, staff and politicians all want to see - but the funding freeze, increased costs and other inflationary pressures mean that many schools are facing financial strain.

We see inflationary pressures at the margin.»

The Bank of Korea left its key interest rate unchanged on Tuesday, as expected, taking note of muted inflationary pressure and showing caution ahead of any further monetary tightening from the U.S Federal Reserve's policy meeting on March 20 - 21.

Canada has plenty of room for forward guidance before inflationary pressures are confronted.

There's only inflationary pressure if employment is robust thanks to strong corporate profits and consumer demand.

Headline unemployment in the U.S. has already moved below the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU)-- the rate of unemployment at which inflationary pressures are stable.

Inflation is important to homebuyers because inflationary pressure can reduce the value of fixed investments like mortgage bonds, causing the home loan rates tied to them to push higher.

There has been a gradual increase in inflationary pressures during the past year.

If the Fed concludes that pump - priming will push up prices, it could raise short - term rates to fight inflationary pressures, allaying bond buyers» fears.

For controlling inflation, the key question is whether the Federal Reserve has the policy tools to tighten monetary conditions at the appropriate time so as to prevent the emergence of inflationary pressures down the road.

«To avoid further risk of exacerbating inflationary pressures, the Federal Government should tighten its purse strings in the upcoming budget.

Until recently, the Bank of Canada was expected to raise interest rates in the fall of 2011 to curb inflationary pressures in the Canadian economy, but economists now believe that won't happen until the spring of 2012 at the earliest.

«All this should mean less inflationary pressure, lacklustre economic growth, and little upward pressure on interest rates,» he concluded.