Sentences with phrase «much about inflation»

But equity investors don't necessarily have to care so much about inflation or currency depreciation (two sides of the same coin), since they often tend to be compensated accordingly with higher / lower underlying equity returns.

Assume they retire next year (so we don't have to think much about inflation or the tax code changing).

Once our spending target of $ 80 - 90k is inflated up to the net income of around $ 120k (after about 20 years) we already have access to the tax - deferred accounts so we don't really worry too much about inflation eroding our portfolio.

Not exact matches

Controlling inflation is as much about confidence as it is about moving interest rates up and down.

Author Kelly Shue, of the University of Chicago, says boards» apparent mistake is a common one, highlighted by years of research in the field of behavioral economics, and much like the way workers get confused about the effect of inflation on the real value of their paychecks.

In Vermont, where the minimum wage is currently $ 8.60 and has been above the federal level and indexed to inflation since 2007, small business owners don't think much about the annual wage increases anymore, says Betsy Bishop, president of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce.

That helps give the Fed leeway to keep its benchmark short - term rate near zero without worrying so much about higher inflation.

Given these positive surprises, and because monetary policy must be forward - looking to achieve our inflation target, Governing Council's discussions focused on three main issues: first, the extent to which recent strength is signalling stronger economic momentum in Canada and globally; second, how heightened levels of uncertainty, particularly about US tax and trade policies, should be incorporated in our outlook; and third, how much excess capacity the economy currently has, and the growth rate of potential output going forward.

If, as I have indicated, the U.S. growth and inflation outlooks have not changed notably, then why have expectations about U.S. monetary policy shifted so much?

The conundrum with TIPS is they get hit from rising interest rates so it's all about how much does inflation make up for that rise.

Mishkin noted «I am less optimistic about the prospects for core PCE inflation to move much below 2 % in the absence of a determined effort by monetary policy,» adding that «a substantial further decline in inflation would require a shift in expectations, and such a shift could be difficult and time - consuming to bring about.»

Policymakers are unlikely to care much about the reasons given the moves may help revive inflation.

It was in response to this trend, as much as anything else, that Fed officials this fall started talking about the need to maintain price stability — in this case, by trying to boost inflation.

Listen, and you go back years and think about if you got this sort of growth, this sort of wage acceleration, that the rate of inflation would be much higher.

The U.S. inflation numbers were much as expected but all the DEBT futures markets rallied as it seems the shorts in the markets are nervous about new uncertainties in the Middle East.

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.

Perhaps it was the last element of inflation hysteria, where the markets during that period didn't so much believe as the Fed about its forecasts for economy and prices, rather they believed the Fed believed in its own numbers.

The BOE is talking openly about looking through higher inflation and not raising rates, and some Fed officials have talked about letting the US economy (and presumably inflation) run «hot» for a period, without raising rates much.

«As much as there's a lot of hoopla about this increased lending and profitability, all the lending in the world is not going to matter if Treasurys are right about growth and inflation going forward given this flattening of this yield curve,» he also said on «Closing Bell.»

While the inflation impact from higher oil prices and commodity prices in general, continue to pump up inflation expectation and push bond yields higher, keep in mind that much of the recent spike in Yields is about as much about supply as it is about inflation.

From what I have said about the Bank's approach, it should be clear that any differences between our judgments and the markets» judgments can occur not only because our inflation forecasts might differ, but also because our basic objectives are much broader than the markets», and our horizons are much longer.

Much of the debate about slack, the drop in unemployment to 16 - year lows and wage gains goes to the heart of the Phillips Curve — a model developed in 1950s by New Zealand economist William Phillips to determine the inverse relationship between the unemployment rate and inflation.

Hence much of the changes that many Argentines credit the Kirchners for having brought about (such as family subsidies, higher employment levels and stronger purchasing power despite rising inflation, as well as access to services and products that the poor were suddenly able to access post-2001) are expected to yield wide turnout among Argentina's poorer classes, without the Frente para la Victoria having to worry about registering — and then turning out — those who might be considered marginal voters in the US.

Adjusting for inflation, air bags cost about one - eighth as much as in 1974, when Oldsmobile offered dual air bags as a $ 300 option.

If the CPI has been showing an average rate of inflation of 3 % for the country, there is not much you can do about that.

Most individual investors worry too much about short - term fluctuations in portfolio value, and not enough about the long - term devastating effects of inflation.

Again, we don't want to talk too much about investments because this is more about ranking priorities, but fear of inflation is something to consider and rank accordingly.

Even though one might think what would be important to measure would be overall Money Supply Inflation, much more often people care more about measuring Price Inflation.

While the average stock - market return over the past 80 years was about 10 % (about 7 % after inflation), the actual return in any given year can be much higher or lower.

Why worry about hitting a certain savings number / account size when you're not clear what the withdrawal rate will be or how much impact inflation may have during your retirement?

My biggest pet peeve when certain financial blogs talk about how renting is so much better than owning is they don't take inflation into account.

Or how about if over the course of a long retirement now - dormant inflation re-awakens to the point that your annuity payment can no longer cover as much of even your day - to - day expenses as it once did?

Under regulator Ofcom's rules, providers are permitted to increase the monthly cost of mobile contracts by as much as the rate of inflation each year, as long as they are upfront about this and warn you before you sign up.

Despite worry over inflation, it doesn't tell us much about where the economy is headed.

I would not try to assume that stocks are a good inflation hedge... Corporations have to buy raw materials and have to feed hungry workers... When the price of oil and foold go up it is very hard for corporations to improve on earnings, so if you think about it, much of the benefits of a rise in CPI are negated by a rise in raw materials prices... Put more bluntly, we are in a period of stagflation right now.

This is one of the reasons why US inflation is so much lower than much of the rest of the world, and the government should be more honest about the value of our currency.

Annual returns have averaged 4.23 % over the past 16 years, and when adjusted for inflation, this amounts to only about 2 - 3 % real returns per year, despite having just as much equity risk as the C Fund or the S Fund.

There is much that we do know about the relationship between interest rates, inflation, savings, real...

Since governments and their central banks are the agents responsible for the inflation believing them about the rate of inflation is like believing a thief when you ask him how much he stole.

But over time, the returns are much greater than savings, and you're barely escaping inflation (which we will talk about below).

I can not do much about interest rates, other than react, and I will stay ready, especially if inflation pressures push up rates and the fixed income market offers me a better payoff.

Or it may be because the Royal Society received about # 53 million from government in 2008 (rising much faster than inflation).

Wired GC doesn't much care about the cause of the increase, whether it's talent or inflation or profit motive — the latter which Wired GC identifies as a «likely culprit.»

(Even the (in) famous average rate of inflation in India has been outrun by the increase in cost of education,) And now, about how much to invest in your child's future.

Inflation is through the roof, their native currency has about as much value as one - ply toilet paper, and people — families — are starving.

He said he doesn't take much stock in consumer surveys about inflation expectations because most people have been ingrained to expect inflation in the future, not deflation.

About 5 years ago we had a hunch that inflation would go up a lot (it hasn't) and made a plan to get as much low interest financing as possible.

Economists like to say about inflation that prices are determined by how much money is chasing how many goods.

For much of the economic expansion, wage increases have been moderate, about 3 percent annually, helping keep inflation in check, says Sheehan.