The term structure reflects expectations of market participants about future changes in interest rates and their assessment of
monetary policy conditions.
Looking more broadly, while the United States continues to tighten,
monetary policy conditions globally remain quite loose.
«However, we expect the new government to continue to adhere to the IMF's tight
monetary policy conditions.
Looking more broadly, while the United States continues to tighten,
monetary policy conditions globally remain quite loose.
Our Multi-Asset Solutions CIO Ed Perks, Head of Equities Stephen Dover and Templeton Global Macro CIO Michael Hasenstab recently recorded a podcast discussing the changing fiscal and
monetary policy conditions in the year ahead.
Not exact matches
For controlling inflation, the key question is whether the Federal Reserve has the
policy tools to tighten
monetary conditions at the appropriate time so as to prevent the emergence of inflationary pressures down the road.
Later, the committee said the current stance of
monetary policy is «supporting strong labor market
conditions,» a contrast to the language from the previous meeting that indicated «some further strengthening.»
I noted a week ago that Bernanke had essentially eased
monetary policy by spurring a loosening of financial
conditions via higher stock prices, lower bond yields, tighter credit spreads, and a weakening of the U.S. dollar.
But AMRO said its outlook is not without risks as it warned of the potential impact of faster - than - expected
monetary policy tightening on global financial
conditions, and escalation of global trade tensions, on capital flows and borrowing costs.
SATURDAY, APRIL 7 CHICAGO - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans speaks on current economic
conditions and
monetary policy before Becker Friedman Institute event, «Financial Stability, the Global Economy, and Monetary Policy, A Discussion with Charles Evans and Lars Peter Hansen» during the University of Chicago Graduate China Forum - 143
policy before Becker Friedman Institute event, «Financial Stability, the Global Economy, and
Monetary Policy, A Discussion with Charles Evans and Lars Peter Hansen» during the University of Chicago Graduate China Forum - 143
Policy, A Discussion with Charles Evans and Lars Peter Hansen» during the University of Chicago Graduate China Forum - 1430 GMT.
Friday, April 20 CHICAGO - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans speaks on current economic
conditions and
monetary policy before the Graaskamp Center Spring Board Conference - 1340 GMT.
** PALM BEACH - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan participate in moderated discussion on current economic
conditions and
monetary policy before the American Council of Life Insurers Executive Roundtable - 2000 GMT.
Unless
conditions get radically worse, there isn't much
monetary policy can do for the economy at this stage.
Wilkins reminded her audience that there's an art to
monetary policy: since it takes so long for a change in
policy to actually affect economic
conditions, central bankers must anticipate.
It finds that, despite the significant impact on domestic financial
conditions of global shocks, countries retain influence to achieve domestic objectives — specifically, through
monetary policy.
Recently, short - term rates have risen as a growing number of central banks reverse their overly accommodative
monetary policy in response to better economic
conditions.
First, financial market
conditions matter in determining the appropriate stance of
monetary policy.
Financial
conditions affect households» and firms» decisions, so that the transmission of U.S.
monetary policy to the real economy depends, to a large extent, on how changes in
monetary policy help deliver the appropriate financial market
conditions to support our objectives of price stability and maximum employment.
All three of these reasons — evidence that U.S.
monetary policy is currently only moderately accommodative, the fact that U.S. financial
conditions have been influenced by economic and financial market developments abroad, and risk management considerations — argue, at the moment, for caution in raising U.S. short - term interest rates.
-- Under certain
conditions, particularly recessions or weak, demand - constrained recoveries,
monetary and fiscal
policy are critical complements.
Developments outside the United States affect our domestic economic outlook through their impact on trade and financial market
conditions, and we have to take such developments into consideration in our
monetary policy decision - making.
If international developments shift U.S. financial market
conditions — including the dollar — then we need to take this into consideration in our U.S.
monetary policy decisions.
Under certain
conditions, as long as
monetary policy has a larger effect on inflation than it does on financial stability risk and macroprudential
policy has a larger effect on financial stability risk than it does on inflation, there would be no need, in theory, for the agencies responsible to coordinate their actions explicitly.
A second reason for the downward adjustment in U.S. interest rate expectations is that U.S. financial market
conditions depend, in part, on the stance of U.S.
monetary policy relative to
monetary policies abroad.
Thus, when I reiterate that U.S.
monetary policy is data dependent, that includes not just the information gleaned from important economic releases such as payroll employment and retail sales, but also how financial market
conditions react to economic and financial market developments in the global economy.
The relationship between
monetary policy and financial stability may depend on the specific economic
conditions in which we find ourselves.6 Moreover, the processes resulting in financial cycles, with periods of unsustainable debt buildup, occasional crises and periods of deleveraging, are not well captured by standard models.7 We have more work to do before we can be fully confident about our conclusions.
For
monetary policy to be most effective, market participants, households and businesses need to be able to anticipate how the Federal Reserve is likely to respond to evolving
conditions.
So what matters is how
monetary policies or
monetary conditions affect the relationship between supply and demand.
Just as a k - percent rule requires a stable relationship between a
monetary aggregate and nominal GDP (i.e., stable money velocity), a Taylor Rule needs a stable relationship between the
policy rate and financial
conditions.
This presentation summarises the
monetary policy framework and current economic
conditions in Australia.
In the past,
policy uncertainty has been more likely to coincide with a significant spike in volatility when
monetary and financial
conditions were tightening.
The Prime Rate and the LIBOR are set based on financial markets, economic
conditions, and the ways the setting authority wants to pursue
monetary policy.
My second reason for disappointment in Jackson Hole was that Chair Yellen, while very thoughtful and analytic, was too complacent to conclude that «even if average interest rates remain lower than in the past, I believe that
monetary policy will, under most
conditions, be able to respond effectively».
Consider these risks before investing: The value of securities in the fund's portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including general financial market
conditions, changing market perceptions, changes in government intervention in the financial markets, and factors related to a specific issuer, industry, or sector and, in the case of bonds, perceptions about the risk of default and expectations about changes in
monetary policy or interest rates.
After years at the effective lower bound for short - term interest rates, economic
conditions have finally warranted the start of U.S.
monetary policy normalization.
The «financial
conditions» argument regarding
monetary policy has been made most strongly by NY Fed President Bill Dudley.
On the
monetary policy side, the Federal Reserve cut short - term interest rates close to zero, communicated that short - term rates were likely to stay exceptionally low far into the future, and undertook a series of large - scale asset purchases in order to ease financial
conditions further.
Even so, it is worth knowing that
monetary policy can still make a meaningful contribution in such extreme
conditions, alongside fiscal and structural
policies, in restoring growth and achieving our inflation targets.
If projections were
conditioned on the Fed's intended path of
monetary policy rather than what the market expects they would be even lower.
In a statement after the end of the two - day
policy meeting, the central bank said, «The stance of
monetary policy remains accommodative, thereby supporting strong labour market
conditions and a sustained return to 2 per cent inflation.»
«The expected fiscal consolidation and the subdued nature of the recovery are putting in place the
conditions for the central bank to resume, in due course,
monetary policy easing in a manner consistent with the 4 percent inflation target.
ECB
policy makers are likely to next week debate restarting their covered - bond purchases along with further measures to ease
monetary conditions.
In fact, we think there are four major factors that will influence interest rates around the world: changing demographic trends, innovations in technology and energy, financial
conditions as related to leverage, liquidity and cash flow, and
monetary policy.
President Williams made his «
Monetary Policy — It's Data Dependent» T - shirt as a statement that monetary policy reacts to changing economic conditions (referring to his preference to not state when the Federal Reserve will raise
Policy — It's Data Dependent» T - shirt as a statement that
monetary policy reacts to changing economic conditions (referring to his preference to not state when the Federal Reserve will raise
policy reacts to changing economic
conditions (referring to his preference to not state when the Federal Reserve will raise rates)
U.S. Dollar strength and disinflation, supported by the ongoing oil price collapse, are providing headwinds for the metals; on the other hand, a recent rise in fear in the euro area, combined with continuing loose
monetary policies, result in favorable
conditions.
Dudley explained to the press that one reason to tighten
monetary policy is to tighten financial
conditions, which were more loose than policymakers» expectations:
This assessment is based on an evaluation of the recent trends in core inflation and likely developments in demand
conditions, and takes into account the dampening influence of the
monetary policy adjustments since November 1999.
From the perspective of secular stagnation theory, much of what people worry about in
monetary policy is endogenous rather than exogenous — such as zero rates,
conditions that give rise to negative long - term rates, decisions to expand balance sheets.
Regarding U.S.
monetary policy, the IMF said it still remains «very accomodative,» but that the possibility of future rate hikes «have contributed to tighter external financial
conditions, declining capital flows, and further currency depreciations in many emerging market economies.»
Central bank independence, or
monetary policy autonomy refers to a central bank's ability to conduct
monetary policy without political interference, that
monetary policy decisions are made purely based on economic and financial
conditions to achieve publicly - stated objective (s) of a central bank.