Sentences with phrase «interest rates unchanged»

If the central bank is worried about causing a panic, it could make clear in its policy statement that it intends to leave interest rates unchanged for a period of time.

This is the second week in a row that issuers left credit card interest rates unchanged.

Here are the reactions by economists to news the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged at the two - day meeting ending May 2.

The Bank of Japan on Wednesday left its key interest rate unchanged at near zero as widely expected.

The Federal Reserve kept the key interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, but left open the possibility of a rise in the rate in December.

Treasury bonds extended gains, pushing yields to session lows, after the Federal Reserve decided to keep benchmark interest rates unchanged.

The Fed left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday at the end of a two - day policy meeting, as expected.

Wall Street's major indexes had briefly moved higher after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged in its policy announcement on Wednesday but gave up gains as the session progressed.

«The Bank of Canada kept the key overnight interest rate unchanged at 0.5 % as expected, as the Federal Reserve is poised to hike rates for the first time in nearly 10 years.

(REUTERS)-- The U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged today in a nod to concerns about a weak world economy, but left open the possibility of a modest policy tightening later this year.

Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged again — The Federal Reserve kept interest rates at record lows on Tuesday, once again sparing American credit card holders an abrupt increase in their annual percentage rates.

All 14 economists surveyed by Reuters predicted the central bank would keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged while assessing the effects of its November rate rise and global

The British pound gained after data showed that UK construction activity rebounded faster than expected last month after succumbing to snow in March, though the upturn did little to alter the view of investors that the Bank of England will leave interest rates unchanged next week.

The Fed kept interest rates unchanged following its policy meeting on Wednesday, a move that was widely expected, and noted that inflation was starting to inch higher, leaving it on track to raise borrowing costs in June.

The Bank of Canada held its policy interest rate unchanged at 0.75 %, and backed up the no action with statements that the level is the appropriate rate.

Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan left its short - term interest rate unchanged at negative 0.1 percent at its meeting last month.

As a result, the Bank of Canada's current stance to leave interest rates unchanged given its concerns about the country's lacklustre economic growth could be an important catalyst for preferred share performance going forward — especially when combined with the U.S. Federal Reserve's projections for multiple rate hikes this year.

Today, Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged as expected.

World shares and bonds rallied on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve left U.S. interest rates unchanged and slowed the pace of future hikes, weakening the dollar and lifting commodity prices.

Modestly stronger growth than the Bank of Canada had expected should be reason enough for policy makers to leave their benchmark interest rate unchanged when they conclude their latest deliberations next week.

At its March meeting, the Bank of England left UK interest rates unchanged, but did refer to the possibility of rising inflationary pressures prompting a tightening of monetary policy, with one policymaker dissenting and voting for immediate action.

Hope of a rate cut dashed Yesterday, the ECB Governing Council (GC) decided to leave the key ECB interest rates unchanged.

Citing the impacts of the earthquakes, and a consumer - price inflation that would soon start falling after a 16 - year high, Banxico announced that it would likely keep interest rates unchanged through the end of 2017.

Against this background, the Board took the view at its June meeting that the economy had entered a period where the monetary policy decision would be whether to hold interest rates unchanged or to reduce them.

The Federal Reserve left its influential interest rate unchanged at the conclusion of its two - day meeting in Washington today, citing a recent slowdown in growth that it said was likely «transitory.»

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada held its trendsetting interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, despite a recent run of stronger - than - expected data, saying it believes the economy has yet to show it can stick to the higher growth trajectory.

The Bank of Canada left its key overnight interest rate unchanged in its April 15 announcement — no surprise there.

With little to move on after the Federal Reserve announced it would leave U.S. overnight interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, the dollar remained...

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada left its benchmark interest rate unchanged today after raising it twice since the summer — but it signalled that future hikes are likely on the horizon.

By: Tho Bishop The FOMC announced that they will leave interest rates unchanged today, as was expected.

The Bank of Canada (BoC) opted to leave interest rates unchanged during the first quarter, and we think it is likely to remain on hold unless economic weakness and an energy price swoon return.

The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) will be holding its sixth policy meeting of 2017 from September 19 - 20, after the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System voted unanimously to leave its key interest rate unchanged in July.

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve will release the minutes from its mid-March meeting, where the U.S. central bank opted to leave interest rates unchanged while hinting that future hikes could come later this year.

LONDON, May 2 - British construction activity rebounded faster than expected last month after succumbing to snow in March, but the upturn did little to alter the view of investors that the Bank of England will leave interest rates unchanged next week.

The Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve left their respective key interest rates unchanged following their most recent monetary policy announcements.

Against this backdrop, Governing Council decided to leave our key policy interest rate unchanged, as we judged that the balance of risks at present are still within the zone for which the current policy setting remains appropriate.

While the Federal Reserve chose to leave short - term interest rates unchanged at its September meeting, the latest odds put a very high probability on a December increase.

As a result, the Bank of Canada's current stance to leave interest rates unchanged given its concerns about the country's lacklustre economic growth could be an important catalyst for preferred share performance going forward — especially when combined with the U.S. Federal Reserve's projections for multiple rate hikes this year.