Sentences with phrase «levels by a quarter point»

The Fed raised policy rate levels by a quarter point at its mid-March meeting, and the U.S. economy has achieved sufficient levels of unemployment and inflation to encourage further gradual policy tightening this year and into next.

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During the second quarter of 2014, affordability measures at the national level fell by 0.9 percentage points to 48.0 per cent for two - storey homes, by 0.6 percentage points to 42.5 per cent for detached bungalows and by 0.4 percentage points to 27.4 per cent for condominium apartments.

Homeownership tends to encourage spending on durable goods and hence its depressed levels could explain why real U.S. consumption growth over 2011 - 2017 has been much weaker (by about half a percentage point annualized every quarter) than the pre-recession average.

These new MIP rates would have reduced the annual premiums by a quarter of one percentage point, bringing them in line with what rates were prior to pre-housing crisis levels of 2008.

«The Fed's decision to raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point puts the federal funds rate at its highest level since 2008.

The national vacancy rate fell by 20 basis points to 12.5 % in the third quarter, its lowest level in six years.

Rather than the slow pace of rate hikes so far that has kept interest income at a low level, increase rates by a half or three - quarters of a percentage point in one shot.

Data released by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) indicates that the delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one - to - four - unit residential properties, considered single - family properties, decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 6.04 % of all loans outstanding at the end of the second quarter of 2014, 7 basis points less than its level in the first quarter of 2014 and 92 basis points below its level one year ago.

According to a report by the Mortgage Bankers» Association the delinquency rate for mortgage loans on 1 - 4 unit residential properties decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.30 % of all loans outstanding at the end of the second quarter of 2015, 24 basis points less than its level in the first quarter of 2015 and 74 basis points below its level one... Read More»