Sentences with phrase «less than the inflation rate»

DiNapoli's report states that in the last decade, federal and state aid grew an average of 2.2 percent a year, which was less than the inflation rate of 2.4 percent during the same time.

The governor proposed just a 1 % increase in education funding — less than the inflation rate over the past year.

When the return on an investment is less than the inflation rate, purchasing power is actually declining over time.

To answer it correctly, you must understand that if your money grows at less than the inflation rate, its purchasing power declines.

This «portfolio» carries almost no risk of loss, but its expected return is less than the inflation rate.

Plan — 20 yrs; Return shows only 2 - 3 %... less than inflation rate... Because its combine with insurance.

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Sterling has fallen on weaker - than - expected inflation and retail sales data and comments from BOE Governor Mark Carney on Thursday, which traders interpreted as the BOE's being less committed to raising rates in May due to recent «mixed» data.

In 2014, per person health - care spending grew 5.4 percent, well above the overall inflation rate of less than 1 percent, and the center expects spending to rise at an average rate of 5.8 percent a year from 2014 to 2024.

The worst case scenario is that the country will experience what economists call a «hard landing,» essentially a major slowdown in GDP growth, to less than 5 % or the approximate rate of inflation.

Earlier in the session, markets were confident about rate hikes in the coming months and digested euro zone inflation data showing the slowdown was lesser - than - expected.

The average savings account yields just 0.11 percent, which is far less than the rate of U.S. inflation.

In doing so, it needs to rely less on transmission channels such as the exchange rate which can have a more immediate effect on inflation, than working through the output gap.

«With the Italian 10 - year bond yielding less than its US counterpart, with clear signs of accelerating growth and inflation in Europe, and a depressed Euro adding fuel to the fire, assets correlated to European rates will be vulnerable in 2017,» says Mitchell.

Food inflation could force the overall inflation rate to much higher levels as we enter a new decade in less than two years.

Consumer prices, usually more stable than producer prices, have also accelerated on a similar basis from a recorded inflation rate of less than 1.0 percent last summer to 2.4 percent over the 12 - months ended this past March, also a smart acceleration in a brief time.

Whenever the CPI show lower than expected figures, then inflation drops and the ECB is forced to cut interest rates, which makes the European currency less attractive and the EUR / JPY pair may drop.

Investing in currency involves additional special risks such as credit, interest rate fluctuations, derivative investment risk, and domestic and foreign inflation rates, which can be volatile and may be less liquid than other securities and more sensitive to the effect of varied economic conditions.

For example, a 2 % rise in inflation expectations would only result in a more bullish backdrop for gold if it were accompanied by a rise of less than 2 % in the nominal interest rate.

Respondents who expected their income to lose purchasing power (go up less than inflation) delayed gratification at a lower rate compared to those who expected to maintain the same purchasing power with their income.

It also confirms more than any other evidence that the universe had a beginning and expanded at a rate faster than the speed of light within less than a trillion of a trillion of a trillion of a second — less than 10 ^ -35 of a second — of the Big Bang by detecting the miniscule «light polarizations» called B - Modes caused by the Gravitational Waves — which were theorized in 1916 by Albert Einstein in his Theory of General Relativity but never detected before — of the Inflation of the Big Bang which are embedded in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation — CMB or CMBR that was discovered by American scientists back in 1964.

Such an increase would be near half the 3.3 % increase awarded in the 2017/18 financial year and less than the current rate of inflation.

If food and gas prices were included in the CPI, the rate of inflation would be closer to 10 percent, and, at that rate, the net purchasing power of earnings in ten years would be less than the initial investment, meaning you would have lost money.

Uprating benefits at 1pc, means people get more cash, but less than the rate of inflation.

However, many warn that the economy is running too hot — around 25 % actual inflation per year (although the non-credible, official rate put out by the government's statistics bureau is less than half that amount, another point of criticism) and some expect there to be a possibly disruptive correction (a «hard landing») sometime following the election.

«And while more people are in work, they are still getting poorer in real terms as wages grow at less than half the rate of inflation.

State law bars districts from raising taxes by more than 2 percent a year or the inflation rate, whichever is less.

According to projections from the State Comptroller, the rate of inflation will rise by less than a percentage point over the next year.

At the same time, the school groups support ending the provision that essentially caps levy increases at less than 2 percent: Currently, the cap law limits increases to either the rate of inflation or 2 percent, whichever is lower.

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The rate has stayed the same for anyone making less than that, though deductions are indexed to inflation for these filers as well.

According to the law, property taxes are capped at 2 % per year, or the rate of inflation, whichever is less, and the projected rate of inflation for the 2016 calendar year is less than 1 %, at.73 %, says Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

The Lib Dems were also pleased to have fought off proposals to uprate out - of - work benefits by less than September's 5.2 % rate of inflation on the CPI measure.

The new law, which has been kicked around the state government for more than 15 years, caps property tax increases at 2 percent, or the rate of inflation, whichever is less.

That is less than the rate of inflation.

By contrast, the administration only requested an increase in discretionary spending of $ 2.2 billion, or 1.5 % --- less than the rate of inflation.

While Rings started strong and only got bigger, The Hobbit did not perform as well domestically (despite a decade of inflation and the premium prices of IMAX, 3D, and High Frame Rate tickets), with each sequel earning less than its predecessor.

It is lower because of the lower inflation rate and the first time it has been less than two percent.

The value of inflation - protected securities generally fluctuates with changes in real interest rates, and the market for these securities may be less developed or liquid, and more volatile, than other securities markets.

It's hard to see interest rates staying at less than 0.7 % if inflation gets anywhere near that level.

The problem now is that their financial assets earn less than the rate of inflation.

Combine home prices, corrected for inflation, and mortgage rates at less than half their average, and it would seem that now is a very good time to buy and refinance real estate.

If the real interest rate is less than zero, then the rate being charged on a loan or paid on a savings account is not beating inflation.

Now the U.S. is nearing a 2 % inflation rate with the risk that more fiscal policy or some pullback of monetary policy could cause inflation to be a bit less, or a bit more, than 2 %.

When the inflation rate is less than the rate of dividend you are receiving, then you are investing in a good business.

• The value of inflation - protected securities (IPS) generally fluctuates with changes in real interest rates, and the market for IPSs may be less developed or liquid, and more volatile, than other securities markets.

For example, California's Prop 12 limits property tax increases to 2 percent per year or a rate of inflation if it is less than 2 percent.

In contrast, the values of the shorter - term bonds — represented by the US Aggregate Bond Index and the one - month T - bills — are less sensitive than the cost of income to interest rates and inflation.

The devaluation of any currency and the rate of inflation will make the value of the investment equall to if not less than its worth at the time of the deposit.

The inflation rate is guaranteed to be less than whatever mortgage rate you can get for the first month.

With this couple's financial assets earning less than the rate of inflation, they'd do better if they were to own dividend paying stocks