Sentences with phrase «low following a rate»

In Poland, the zloty hit a two - month low following a rate cut.

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That meant they not only lost out on the market gains that followed the recession, but they also continue to lose earning power because of inflation and low interest rates.

Or, do the economic positives we hear each day about low interest rates, low unemployment, low inflation, a healthy banking sector, rising real - estate prices, technology improvements, protection of resources, renewable energy and the rise of India — among others — suggest that any downturn or crisis will merely be a short - term market correction, with the kind of economic rebound we saw following the 2008 crisis?

The Australian dollar has followed Wall Street lower after the US Federal Reserve indicated that it is on track to raise its interest rate at its next policy meeting in June.

The explosion of «free money» gooses demand briefly, but then debt, even at low interest rates, never declines; and as another bust inevitably follows this latest debt - fueled boom, then the debt becomes increasingly burdensome as income and wealth both plummet.

To be considered a success, the Fed needs its rate hike to be followed next year by continued U.S. growth, continued low unemployment, and, perhaps most in doubt, a turn higher in inflation.

Its staff posed the following question: If the U.S. created a tax code that eliminated virtually all personal and corporate tax breaks, and also required that the plan be revenue neutral ---- meaning that receipts in 20 years had to match the numbers forecast today ---- how low could rates go?

The confluence of easy credit, low interest rates and smart, new models are driving auto sales sharply higher this year but analysts who follow the industry don't see that changing any time soon.

The most important policy action for mitigating the damage of a recession is for the central bank to keep interest rates low, according to the respondents, followed by increasing spending on transportation and other infrastructure projects.

«Pockets of risk have begun to emerge» following several years of exceptionally low interest rates that have changed how lenders and borrowers view debt, Morneau told a news conference in Toronto.

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.

The development follows a period in which record - low interest rates have enabled companies to lever up to embark on mergers - and - acquisitions activity and huge buybacks.

Successfully addressing such an issue will take much more time and effort, and will have a lower chance of getting the desired pay - off — the «thumbs up» rating in the impending follow - up email.

The wording change is in line with what the Fed committee said in the run - up to raising rates in 2004 following a period of low interest rates.

Sterling tumbled further, hitting a low of $ 1.3715, as the dollar gained and investors further trimmed expectations that the Bank of England would raise rates next month following weak first - quarter GDP data published last week.

Since then, the unemployment rate has fallen to a 16 - year low of 4.3 % and economic growth appears to have reaccelerated following a lackluster first quarter.

Analysts who follow the Fed complain that its framework has become confusing: low unemployment and inflation close to the 2 % target would not seem consistent with a policy rate more aligned to a recession.

Following the U.S. Federal Reserve's recent announcement that interest rates will stay low through 2014, it's likely dividend stocks will stay hot.

«A lower share price begets a lower share price,» analyst Adam Jonas of Morgan Stanley mused in a Wednesday note to clients, following news a day earlier about the ratings agency.

After a median four years of post-study follow - up, those in the least sedentary quartile (sitting a mean 649 minutes a day in typically 6.5 - minute bouts) had a dramatically lower rate of death from all causes than those in the most sedentary group (835 minutes at rest, in periods of relative motionless averaging just under 20 minutes each).

Wall Street has grown worried about a possible spike in US inflation following the passage of tax cuts at a time when the unemployment rate is already at a 17 - year low.

On the other end of the spectrum, Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28 %, and is followed closely by Alabama (0.43 %), Louisiana (0.51 %), and Delaware (0.55 %).

And the lower interest rates that followed enabled millions of Americans to build, invest and buy homes.

Zentner says the dot plot released following the June meeting will show the path of rate hikes «starts later and shifts lower» than the March chart.

The following chart illustrates that interest rates are historically low, and may trend upwards in the future.

Monetary policies following the 2008 Collapse produced the longest period of sustained low interest rates in recent history.

In 1985, very high interest rates were followed by a mild slowing in 1986, whereas in 1989, (slightly) lower interest rates were followed by a sharp slowing in activity.

If the banks could just be stabilized, if the «markets» could just be elevated back in the direction of peak 401 (k) levels, if interest rates could just be lower so that borrowers would inevitably take the bait, then labor — job creation — would inevitably follow.

On the other end of the scale, the lowest 30 - year mortgage rate — 3.68 percent — can be found in the following states:

Their sample included a lot of small OPEC countries, who necessarily had high growth and low interest rates when oil prices were high, as well as a lot of Asian countries that followed the Japanese development model and themselves practiced financial repression, which of course made them pretty useless as points of comparison.

Following the British vote to exit the European Union, global economic concerns, coupled with weakness in the Japanese economy, drove interest rates in Britain, Europe and Japan to fresh lows, prompting a burst of yield - seeking speculation that has driven the S&P 500 Index a few percent above its May 2015 peak.

With rates low and the financial markets still in recovery mode, student loans follow suit.

Even if homeownership feels far away now, following the four steps above will help you lower your monthly payments to increase your rate of savings for a down payment.

As a result, the 10 - year Treasury and the Fed Funds rate have followed lower as well.

He did so again in 2001 after the World Trade Center was attacked, when he led the FOMC to immediately reduce the Fed funds rate from 3.5 percent to 3 percent — and in the months that followed reducing that rate to as low as 1 percent as the economy and stock markets remained sluggish.

A cash - out refinance follows a fixed rate structure, which results in lower rates and a stable monthly payment.

Demographic and economic changes, along with the low interest rates that followed the financial crisis, have upended the calculations that many Canadians made in planning for retirement.

Even if the Federal Reserve raises the Fed Funds rate from 0.25 % to 2 %, interest rates are still low and what's more important is following the market (Treasury yields).

Because the risk - free interest rate is closely related to the real neutral rate, and because the real neutral rate has been declining, it follows that hurdle rates should also be lower, all else being equal.

On Sept. 19, following PDVSA's initial proposal, Standard & Poor's lowered the company's credit rating to CC from CCC, calling the one - for - one swap offer a «distressed exchange.»

Following his comments, with the prospect of a rise in eurozone interest rates apparently pushed back to 2018 at the earliest, the euro — which had already dipped in the wake of the lower - than - expected inflation figures — gave up more ground.

The U.S. economy, which was stuttering with a «fits - and - starts» recovery following the Great Recession of 2007 — 2008, has now reached a state of steady, stable growth, with the pace of growth centering around a new normal rate that is lower than its historical norm.

When central banks make adjustments that raise or lower the cost of short - term borrowing, other rates will follow, including the interest rate on your variable - rate loan.

The Reserve Bank of Australia cut the cash rate in May from 2 per cent to a record low 1.75 per cent out of concern that inflation was trending too low, following first - quarter inflation data that showed prices had fallen 0.2 per cent in the first three months of the year.

Following the news, the money market rate opened lower and the yuan weakened.

The Fed under Chairman Alan Greenspan lowered interest rates following the fabled event of default and life continued.

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As we saw in the months following The Great Recession, when economic growth slowed abruptly, the Fed moved to jumpstart the economy by lowering its target for the federal funds rate.

Good returns followed nearly every instance that a rate cut took place at low valuations.

The Board was briefed on the recent reset of interchange fees in the MasterCard and Visa systems, including the reduction in debit card interchange rates to meet the lower benchmarks implemented following the Bank's 2015 — 16 Review of Card Payments Regulation.