Sentences with phrase «lower inflation measures»

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The value of commercial and industrial loans of less than $ 1 million — a common proxy for small business lending — was 17 percent lower in June of this year than it was at the beginning of the recovery — when measured in inflation adjusted terms.

SC: It is very encouraging to see the ECB being open - minded about further easing measures given slow growth and very low inflation.

Mired in a world of low growth, low inflation and low interest rates, officials from the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank said their efforts to bolster the economy through monetary policy may falter unless elected leaders stepped forward with bold measures.

Other inflation measures have been even lower, with the Fed's preferred gauge, the personal consumption expenditures index, at 1.4 percent.

Although a number of temporary factors are keeping headline inflation near its 2 per cent target, our measures of core inflation are in the lower half of the target band and have been trending downward in recent quarters.

However, our core inflation measures are all in the lower half of the target band and have been trending downward.

Low or negative real interest rates, measured by the difference between the 3 - month Treasury bill yield and the year - over-year rate of CPI inflation.

In fact, some measures of real, or inflation - adjusted earnings, are lower than they were during the Reagan era.

Over the three years to June 1993, inflation as measured by the CPI averaged around 2 per cent a year; the last three - year period to show such a low inflation rate was in the early 1960s.

Still, low inflation has enabled the Fed to pursue extraordinary measures to boost the economy.

In addition, a widely used measure of future inflation based on US Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities, which had mirrored the slump in the price of oil and had fallen to its lowest level since the global financial crisis by early February, rebounded in line with the pickup in oiinflation based on US Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities, which had mirrored the slump in the price of oil and had fallen to its lowest level since the global financial crisis by early February, rebounded in line with the pickup in oiInflation - Protected Securities, which had mirrored the slump in the price of oil and had fallen to its lowest level since the global financial crisis by early February, rebounded in line with the pickup in oil prices.

Inflation has, nonetheless, edged higher over the past year or two, with underlying measures having increased from a low of around 1 1/2 per cent in late 1997 to around 2 per cent now.

In the early 1920s, stock market valuation was comparatively low, as measured by the inflation - adjusted present value of future dividends.

Throughout the 1990s, economists were absorbed by the issue of the permanence of low inflation, as measured by the annual change in a weighted basket of consumer goods and services, the CPI.

But with that said, the FOMC has stated that «market - based measures of inflation compensation remain low».

Inflation expectations, as measured by the difference between yields on 10 - year nominal Treasury notes and Treasury inflation protected securities (Tips), have risen to 2.25 per cent from a low of around 2.10 a mInflation expectations, as measured by the difference between yields on 10 - year nominal Treasury notes and Treasury inflation protected securities (Tips), have risen to 2.25 per cent from a low of around 2.10 a minflation protected securities (Tips), have risen to 2.25 per cent from a low of around 2.10 a month ago.

As Matthews explains, the thresholds for individual tax brackets are adjusted according to chained CPI, a lower measure of inflation than standard CPI, which is used currently.

The core chain price (PCE) measure of inflation, favoured by the Federal Reserve, is even lower at around 0.7 per cent.

Consumer price inflation in the euro area increased to 2.1 per cent over the year to October, primarily due to higher food and energy prices; the core measure of inflation is lower at 1.7 per cent (Graph 9).

The Federal Reserve's (Fed's) preferred measure of inflation, core personal consumption expenditure (PCE), is at a one - year low of 1.60 %.

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).

The Fed rate statement also noted that «market - based measures of inflation compensation remain low», a reference to soft wage growth, which is at 2.7 %, lower than the 3 % rate that the Fed would like to see.

Looking back over the past 25 years, a period of low and stable inflation, stock / bond correlation has generally moved in tandem with monetary policy, as measured by the effective federal funds rate.

The measure limits levy increases to 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower.

The recent NHS pay review body report estimated that by 2019 nurse pay will be 20 % lower in real terms than in 2010 when inflation is measured using Retail Price Index (RPI) and 12 % lower on the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

The low cap is due to record - low inflation and is reviving a push from education advocates the Legislature considering altering the measure so that the limit is at 2 percent, not tied to the consumer price index.

A supermarket food price war and lower petrol price inflation are expected to have brought the headline consumer price index measure of inflation down for the sixth month running in March.

TIPS are considered an extremely low - risk investment since they are backed by the U.S. government and because the par value rises with inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, while the interest rate remains fixed.

The central bank's president, Mario Draghi, addressed the low inflation issue by saying that the measure of inflation would remain low over the upcoming months, but he would expect it to eventually rise back to the central bank's target rate of just under 2 %.

Voting against the action were Richard W. Fisher, who believed that, while the Committee should be patient in beginning to normalize monetary policy, improvement in the U.S. economic performance since October has moved forward, further than the majority of the Committee envisions, the date when it will likely be appropriate to increase the federal funds rate; Narayana Kocherlakota, who believed that the Committee's decision, in the context of ongoing low inflation and falling market - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations, created undue downside risk to the credibility of the 2 percent inflation target; and Charles I. Plosser, who believed that the statement should not stress the importance of the passage of time as a key element of its forward guidance and, given the improvement in economic conditions, should not emphasize the consistency of the current forward guidance with previous statements.

Market - based measures of inflation compensation remain low; survey ‑ based measures of longer - term inflation expectations have remained stable.

They offer low - risk inflation protection because the bond's coupon payments increase with inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index.

Inflation, as measured by Core CPI, has been maintained at less than 4 % for the last 20 years and is currently coming off record low levels below 1 %.

Interest rates, both nominal and real (i.e. after inflation), are incredibly low, but other measures of financial conditions are less benign.

Because multiples were low and inflation measures were flattening out, there was no signal prior to the nearly 30 percent decline during the summer of 1982, which marked the end of a 17 - year secular bear market.

The Singapore central bank's core inflation measure rose 1.5 per cent, slightly lower than the 1.6 per cent increase in May.

10) Merely because measured employment is strong, and measured inflation is low, does not mean monetary policy is being conducted properly.

There are three factors that led to monetary policy to be more asset - inflationary, leading the more credit - sensitive monetary aggregates to expand more aggressively while measured consumer price inflation remained low.

Market - based measures of inflation compensation remain low; most survey - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations are little changed, on balance, in recent months.

Market - based measures of inflation compensation have moved up but remain low; most survey - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations are little changed, on balance, in recent months.

They don't think the costs to waiting are significant, particularly given how low measured inflation and and implied future inflation are.

Another factor in holding down the 2011 deficit was that measured inflation was low, there were no cost of living adjustments [COLAs], when assumptions expected 2.5 % or so.

Currently, the unemployment rate remains elevated, and measures of underlying inflation continue to be somewhat low, relative to levels that the Committee judges to be consistent, over the longer run, with its dual mandate.

Fed officials have argued that despite recent jumps in the prices of commodities and food, inflation is in check because underlying measures have climbed only modestly from historic lows.

The expectations of inflation are low, at least as far as institutional investors are concerned, even as the measure of inflation underlying TIPS rolls ahead at 4 % or so.

Market - based measures of inflation compensation have moved up considerably but still are low; most survey - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations are little changed, on balance, in recent months.

Series I bonds pay a fixed interest rate that is lower than the rate for EE savings bonds, but they also pay a variable rate that increases with inflation (as measured by the Consumer Price Index) and is recalculated semiannually.

They use a different inflation measure based on personal consumption expenditures, which runs lower than the consumer price index.