Sentences with phrase «keeping interest rates low in»

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).

The financing of the US current account deficit is still primarily being done through the purchase of US dollar denominated debt securities, keeping interest rates low in the US.

There's every reason to remain doubtful about the Bank of Canada's ability to keep interest rates low in the face of rising home prices.

On November 11, South Korea's central bank kept interest rates low in reaction to this growing uncertainty.

It appears that what happened is that the Federal Reserve stepped in and pumped money into the stock market and then kept interest rates low in an effort to keep us from falling into the Second Great Depression.

Since the 1990's, the central bank of Japan (Nippon ginkō) has kept the interest rates low in an effort to promote economic growth.

Aside from this, he cosponsored legislation to keep interest rates low in the past.

Not exact matches

Before Yellen addressed the Economic Club of Washington, her counterparts in Ottawa released their latest policy statement, in which Canada's central bank said it was keeping its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 %, a quarter - point shy of the lowest level ever.

In its latest Annual Report, it argued that «even if inflation does not rise, keeping interest rates too low for long could raise financial stability and macroeconomic risks further down the road, as debt continues to pile up and risk - taking in financial markets gathers steam.&raquIn its latest Annual Report, it argued that «even if inflation does not rise, keeping interest rates too low for long could raise financial stability and macroeconomic risks further down the road, as debt continues to pile up and risk - taking in financial markets gathers steam.&raquin financial markets gathers steam.»

The bond purchases, the third round of quantitative easing embarked upon by the Fed in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse and subsequent recession, have kept interest rates and bond yields low.

By keeping interest rates artificially low, through a program called quantitative easing, the central bank tried to mitigate the negative effects of the recession by promoting investment in other asset classes.

In the category of communications policy, we also extended our estimate of how long we expect to keep the short - term interest rate at exceptionally low levels to at least mid-2015.

Even though our activities are likely to result in a lower national debt over the long term, I sometimes hear the complaint that the Federal Reserve is enabling bad fiscal policy by keeping interest rates very low and thereby making it cheaper for the federal government to borrow.

Keep in mind: If you are pre-approved for the loan before you head to the dealership, you can concentrate on haggling for the lowest price for the car and highest amount for your trade - in without the added pressure of negotiating the interest rate and other details of your loan.

Another factor to keep in mind is that recreational property hasn't benefited from low interest rates as much as primary residences.

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.

«Pension plans since the financial crisis have been in pretty rough shape because interest rates were held down by all the — I won't call it manipulation — but all the activities by the central banks to keep interest rates low and to spread growth,» he says.

During the campaign, Trump claimed that the Fed was working with the Obama administration in order to keep interest rates artificially low to benefit Obama and Trump's Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.

It is important to keep in mind that low for longer is stimulative, and that just because Poloz felt the need to signal that lower interest rates are a possibility, doesn't mean they are an inevitability.

Under that policy, the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates low and engaged for period of years in a campaign of aggressive bond purchases that have increased monetary supply and bolstered the stock market.

Retirees are facing problems very similar to the average pension fund: In addition to not having enough cash contributions to keep up with the costs of aging, their returns have been hurt by interest rates that have been too low for too long.

Yields in the $ 14 trillion market for U.S. government debt touched record lows in 2016, driven by years of aggressive central bank intervention in the wake of the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis to keep interest rates low to stimulate the economy.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says it will likely have to keep interest rates low for longer than it expected in the face of a surprisingly weak economy.

There is no evidence that the policy, which encourages borrowing by keeping long - term interest rates low, has inflated dangerous bubbles in the stock market and residential real estate, she said.

But inflation has remained in check, long enough to prompt central banks to keep interest rates lower for longer.

Residential real estate had taken on a healthy pace in late 2012 and early 2013 but has slowed since the Federal Reserve started talking about reducing its monthly bond purchase, which helps keep long - term interest rates low.

The U.S. economy probably added 185,000 jobs in March while wage gains accelerated, a survey of economists showed, reinforcing the Federal Reserve's case for continuing to increase interest rates gradually to keep inflation from overheating while keeping unemployment low.

Borrowers should keep in mind that lower interest rates at the beginning of a loan result in more actual savings than lower interest rates towards the end of a loan since the principal is lower as time goes by (interest charged is a percentage of the current loan balance).

The efforts of central banks to stimulate activity through monetary measures has succeeded in keeping interest rates very low, but have not resulted in any significant uptick in real economic activity.

The decade since the global financial crisis has seen widespread central bank intervention in markets to keep interest rates low.

There are some signs of lower interest rates affecting the housing sector, and a few other bits of data which suggest that the US economy did not keep weakening early in the new year to the extent that it was in the last few months of 2000.

Technology, regulations and low interest rates are all 2018 trends that will keep the U.S. life segment in the negative, analyst A.M. Best concluded in a new report.

He touted robust employment, low inflation and accelerating economic growth, and he said the Fed would continue its strategy of gradually increasing its benchmark interest rate to keep inflation in check.

Variable rates currently offer lower interest rate options, resulting in additional interest savings, but keep in mind — variable rate student loans are often higher risk for borrowers than fixed interest rate student loans.

Keep in mind, though, that a longer payment term can mean more interest paid over time, even though the rate is lower.

I am also concerned that if interest rates rise, it will keep inventories low for a while country - wide because of «rate lock - in» with people who bought homes at lower rates.

As long as he doesn't see any consumer price inflation that you're not going to have in a world where people are still coming out of the rice patties to take a job at $ 0.70 an hour, then he's going to keep the interest rates artificially low, totally medicated and rigged, and that will encourage speculators to just keep going, and going, and going until the next bubble.

Keep in mind that just because a lender offers you a lower interest rate than you currently pay on your existing student loans doesn't mean your monthly payment will also be lower.

Since the global financial crisis in 2008 - 09, a combination of low inflation expectations and a bond - buying program by the Federal Reserve have helped keep bond yields low but they have climbed this year as inflation has picked up and the Federal Reserve raised interest rates.

I live in a low almost deflationary enviroment (Europe) and was checking out some retirement software and something keep throwing me off, took me a bit to figure it out but it was inflation, like WTF is that and then I remembered I lived in Spain during the housing bust and now in Germany with negative real interest rates and I'm simply not used the idea that prices increase each year simply because time goes by.

Let's take a look at some of the key fundamentals that have kept gold prices on a tight leash during the last few years against the backdrop of a sharp correction in the equities markets, rising inflation, geopolitical unrest and the likely end of an era of low interest rates.

Interest rates have continued to be pushed lower and lower and lower and most of this is because the Fed keeps on adjusting that federal fund's rate and adjusting interest rates down in the way that they do that is by putting cash into the market and buying back bonds or short - term bonds with the federal fundInterest rates have continued to be pushed lower and lower and lower and most of this is because the Fed keeps on adjusting that federal fund's rate and adjusting interest rates down in the way that they do that is by putting cash into the market and buying back bonds or short - term bonds with the federal fundinterest rates down in the way that they do that is by putting cash into the market and buying back bonds or short - term bonds with the federal fund's rate.

The elitists have no problems whatsoever with stratospheric stock and bond prices; 5,000 year low interest rates; $ 450 million Da Vinci's; $ 250 million private homes; $ 50,000,000 annual salaries for circus masters, whose role in keeping the masses distracted and dumb is vital; $ 1.9 million Aston Martins; $ 100,000 Air Jordan sneakers, or any of the other prices that have now gone into outer space.

Whereas in most markets an increase in short - selling puts pressure on the lending market and pushes up the interest rate at which short - sellers can borrow the underlying stock, the ready supply of gold loans from central banks seeking to earn some return on their gold holdings has, until recently, helped to keep lease rates low, generally in the range of 1 — 2 per cent (Graph B3).

By contrast, the Eurozone and Japan are still in the midst of extended programmes of quantitative easing (QE) intended mainly to keep interest rates low along the length of the yield curve (rather than directly to boost the rates of growth of money and purchasing power), and hence to stimulate the two economies.

However, the Fed, in its wisdom and at the behest of intelligent idiots such as Paul Krugman and Paul McCulley, kept interest rates at artificially low levels for years and aggressively ramped up the money supply with the aim of speeding the recovery process.

The minutes from the Federal Reserve's January meeting showed that policy makers argued for keeping interest rates near record lows for longer due to both the stronger dollar and the crisis in Greece.

In this case, consider extending the repayment length of your loans that have the lowest interest rates, while keeping the loans with the highest interest rates at the shortest repayment length possible.

With low money and credit growth persisting, inflation below target and growth slower than in previous years I now expect the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee to keep interest rates unchanged during this year.

Translation: We are keeping short - term interbank interest rates low in an attempt to further strengthen the economy.