Sentences with phrase «modest rise in interest rates»

«A number of factors are working in Canada's favour, including healthy personal and governmental debt levels, the relatively modest rise in interest rates in our country, and general affordability in our major cities.

Even a modest rise in interest rates will send large flows of money to the banking sector.

Not exact matches

Banks may see modest gains next year, but the insurance sector, which is a big beneficiary of rising interest rates, could see solid growth for a second year in a row, he says.

Coupled with expectations of rising interest rates, this has led to a modest selloff in gold.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

The bull market has wobbled a bit in March, as investor unease has risen in the face of unsettling developments in Ukraine and concerns about the prospect of higher interest rates in the U.S. Still, the major market benchmarks managed to show modest gains for the six - week period end March 25th.

Coupled with expectations of rising interest rates, this has led to a modest selloff in gold.

This means they are extremely sensitive to changes in interest rates: even a modest move can cause the value of these funds to rise or fall by double digits.

The housing recovery appears to have weathered some of the uncertainty, although additional growth is expected to be modest rather than robust while the market awaits an easing of credit conditions in the presence of rising interest rates.