Sentences with phrase «more rate hike over»

Timmer: Yeah, so last August which was a key inflection point for the market — because at that point, nobody was expecting tax cuts anymore and the 10 - year Treasury had fallen to 2 %, and the bond market which of course is always pricing in the potential future, was pricing in only one more rate hike over the subsequent two years.

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«As QE (quantitative easing) moves towards the end, markets focus more on rate hikes,» Ricardo Garcia, chief euro zone economist at UBS, said when asked why the euro is set to appreciate over the coming months.

The bank also reiterated that more interest rate hikes will likely be necessary over time, but that the governing council will remain cautious when considering future decisions.

LONDON, May 3 - World stocks made little progress on Thursday as worries over global trade tensions weighed, while the U.S. dollar consolidated recent bumper gains after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed the outlook for more rate hikes.

The hikes ultimately will return the central bank's key short - term rate, called the federal funds rate, to about 4 percent over the next two years, which economists generally consider more a sustainable level.

«The economy has never been as levered as it currently is, and the economy is far more interest sensitive than it has been in the past, to a degree that we don't have certainty over how each interest rate hike is going to affect Canadian consumers,» said Frances Donald, senior economist at Manulife Asset Management, by phone from Toronto.

Of the 15 officials offering forecasts on interest rate increases over the balance of 2018, seven expect three or more additional rate hikes while eight are calling for two or fewer.

Yellen conceded that the Fed still likely will need to implement «gradual rate hikes» over «the next few years,» but markets took her statement to mean that the central bank position could be more dovish than anticipated.

The answer to this question may be revealed over the course of this year, if the Fed follows through with two more rate hikes.

We expect the Bank to hike interest rates just two more times over the next two years.

Hydro — Despite telling voters ahead of the election that hydro rates wouldn't necessarily go up, as soon as the election was over the Clark government announced a massive 28 - per - cent hike, which will make customers pay $ 477 more on their bill.

The proposed city income tax hike would raise the rate for individuals making more than $ 500,000 and married couples earning over $ 1 million from 3.876 percent to 4.41 percent.

While market participants may expect interest rate hikes to negatively affect Asian high - yield stock performance, it is notable that their performance has been much more sensitive to economic cycles than to U.S. interest rate cycles over the past decade.

We believe the Federal Reserve's quarter - point interest rate increase in December 2017, as well as potential rate hikes in 2018, will benefit bank lending margins more than the rate increases that occurred over the last 12 to 18 months.

Late payments can also lead to an interest rate hike, which would make credit more expensive over the long - term, she adds.

Infractions such as careless driving, failure to stop and driving more than 30 miles - an - hour over the speed limit can cause a hike of about 15 percent in your insurance rates, Lauderdale said.

In the state of Alaska, traffic school is more commonly called defensive driving and can be a great option to avoid expensive insurance rate hikes and points on your record if you are pulled over and get a ticket.

With all signs pointing to a record - breaking Spring 2017 for housing, and possibly two to three more interest rate hikes by the Fed this year, it will be interesting to watch closely if homebuyers will keep buying, and if or when their confidence jitters may take over.