Not exact matches
In fact, it is thinking of
lowering the 6.5 % threshold for a short - term
rate hike because it believes the
headline number still gives too optimistic a picture of the situation in the labour market.
A version of this article appears in print on December 3, 2011, on Page A1 of the New York edition with the
headline: Jobless
Rate Dips To
Lowest Level For Last 2 Years.
While the Fed certainly considers much more than the superficial
headline number in its analysis of inflation, some of those who interpret the Fed's actions make this overly simplistic assertion: Inflation is too
low today and therefore justifies the maintenance of
low policy
rates.
However, the additional tax burden has become less severe after the
headline US corporate tax
rate was
lowered to 21 per cent from 35 per cent.
Barron's recently signaled dark skies with
headlines that read: «Stocks Threatened by Looming End of
Low Rates» and «4 Questions About an Unloved Bull Market.»
May 3 - Rising costs start to squeeze American businesse CNN Money May 3 - Home Prices Jump Again And «$ 3 Gas Is Coming» Dollar Collapse May 3 - Gold price claws its way higher on Fed meeting and geopolitics Gold - Eagle May 2 - Q&A on SS Central America Gold Coins CoinWeek May 2 - Goldman says case for owning commodities has «rarely been stronger» than it is now CNBC May 2 - Gold, Silver See Corrective Bounces Ahead Of FOMC Statement Kitco May 1 - Gold Eagle Sales Still Faltering While Mining Output Collapses — Perfect Storm Daily Coin May 1 - Relentless USD Rally Is Precious Metal Kryptonite GoldSeek Apr 30 - Venezuelan Inflation: The Demise of Fiat Currency in Real Time GoldSilver Apr 30 - Silver Market Update Clive P. Maund Apr 27 - Finest 1913 Liberty Head 5 - cent coin will
headline ANA auction Coin World Apr 27 - PCGS security features help police nab suspects in robbery case Coin Update Apr 27 - The Most Famous Coin of Antiquity — the Athenian Owl Coin Week Apr 27 - Gold gains but remains vulnerable after Korean leaders meet Reuters Apr 26 - The Era of Very
Low Inflation and Interest
Rates May Be Near an End NY Times Apr 26 - What Is Gold: Asset, Commodity, Currency Or Collectible?
Second, the spread between product
headline rates and interest
rates increases when interest
rates are
low, as do product complexity and risk.
Third,
headline rates departed more from the level of interest
rates when interest
rates were
low.
In many advanced economies,
headline inflation has been pushed
lower by the sudden collapse in commodity prices — a temporary effect — but core inflation
rates have remained stable.
The various measures of underlying inflation recorded slightly
lower outcomes in the quarter, although on a year - ended basis they show inflation at a similar
rate to the
headline measure (Table 14; Graph 71).
On Wednesday, The Globe and Mail ran the
headline, «Taxes Are Falling, But Not Here: Global Business Tax
Rates Are Dropping, But Canadaâ $ ™ s Remain High, KPMG Report Finds,» immediately above a table showing Canadian corporate taxes to be within the
lower half of G8 countries.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is facing at least a half - dozen federal, state, and local investigations into his fundraising, accompanied by ugly
headlines and the
lowest approval
ratings of his tenure.
«While the
headline crime
rates are very
low and murder
rates are down, the 311 calls to police are drastically up... and that is a true measure of our quality of life,» Malpasse said.
After several months of what the mayor himself called «relentless negative
headlines» around investigations into his administration and campaign fundraising, Bill de Blasio is facing
low public approval
ratings, strong doubts about whether he deserves to be re-elected in 2017, and a resurrection mission ahead of him.
In the piece,
headlined «Alternative» Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into
low - cost,
low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation
rates.
The
rate of violent teen crime was the
lowest since 1973, which was somewhat surprising given the number of media
headlines about incidents of teen violence, Alexander said.
Schools that had previously scored
lower and struggling schools that gained a few points on the outcomes of the test results indeed showed more improvement, though their scores were not in the high range and they got the higher
ratings and
headlines in the newspaper.
Safety rarely made
headlines before 1997 but today it's paramount for most consumers - and
low ratings, such as the two stars given to the Ford Mustang in the most recent round of tests - can make or break a customer's decision to buy a new car.
Low mortgage
rates tend to grab the
headlines; but if you are looking to refinance, you should be paying equally close attention to the value of our home to see if you will get a chance to re-open the refinancing window.
The
headline CPI has been held down by
low oil prices; as this reverses due to the OPEC supply reduction agreement,
headline inflation will climb above the core
rate.
This means that the actual discounts (based on the cheapest price you can book) will be
lower than the
headline rates being advertised.
If the October 27, 2015 reports with
headlines such as the one at the WSJ blog state «New York Bar Exam Pass
Rate Hits Historic
Low» then New York unlike Ontario's Law Society doesn't mind being the bad guy.
Ethereum News Update This week, Ethereum news
headlines have been so overwhelmed by «CryptoKitties» that an important factor was overlooked: Namely, that ETH / BTC
rates are trading at historic
lows.
Once they look past the
headlines, they'll see that this is actually a very good time to buy: Inventories are flush, so there are lots of homes to choose from; prices are moderating; and interest
rates remain historically
low.
Fixed -
rate financing has been making
headlines as the 10 - year Treasury yield, the benchmark for most commercial lending, slipped to 3.65 % in late September, the
lowest yield in 40 years.
The U3, or «
headline,» unemployment
rate remained at 4.1 %, 50 basis points (bps)
lower than November 2016 and the
lowest national
rate since December 2000.
Some
headlines even describe homebuyers as «panicking» to rush to buy homes, or rushing to lock in
low rates.