Sentences with phrase «keep inflation in check as»

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The Federal Reserve has been signaling that, with the economy improving, it could start raising rates to keep inflation in check, perhaps as soon as next month.

Those concerns triggered a bout of financial market turmoil, as investors feared higher interest rates were coming to keep inflation in check.

We believe this has been a critical factor behind the multi-decade drop in global yields, beyond the more familiar decline in potential growth as societies age, productivity softens and central bank inflation targeting keeps price volatility in check.

Associates of Summers say he would bring a similar perspective to the Fed, following the path set by Bernanke in emphasizing the need to keep unemployment low, as long as inflation remains in check.

The U.S. Treasuries yield curve flattened as the GDP data renewed bets that the Federal Reserve would continue hiking rates to keep inflation in check.

Management cited inflating labor costs and an expected 1 % inflation in the cost of food as headwinds, but costs were kept in check despite those challenges.

As a result, inflation needed to be kept «in check» and the only way to accomplish this would be to increase interest rates.

«So as long as inflation can be kept in check — and business and consumer confidence restored — look for a slow return to normalcy in the months ahead.»