Sentences with phrase «near zero»

The U.S. Federal Reserve said last week that it aims to keep its key interest rate near zero through the middle of 2013, a move which makes it difficult for the Bank of Canada to raise its rate.

The purpose of the tax is to encourage owners to rent out their empty homes in an effort to improve Vancouver's vacancy rate, which has hovered near zero for years.

The central bank cut its key short - term rate to a record low near zero in 2008 to try to rejuvenate an economy paralyzed by the Great Recession.

I have ~ $ 14k (6 % interest currently in grace period) in student loans and near ZERO in an emergency fund.

Loans are reset every 30 to 90 days, so duration is near zero.

U.S. Treasury bills are being auctioned, and are trading, at or near zero yields.

While the Fed is still maintaining an effective overnight lending rate near zero percent, the central bank has not been acquiring Treasuries with additional electronic dollars to stimulate the U.S. economy.

After reducing interest rates to near zero during the recession, the Fed has finally raised those interest rates, which has wide - reaching implications for investors — particularly those in bond portfolios.

Since the Great Recession in 2008, the Federal Reserve has kept short - term interest rates — called the «federal funds rate» — at or near zero.

U.S. municipal bonds, whether tax - free or taxable, offer incremental yield relative to the negative or near zero yield environments seen in the Eurozone and Japan.

ShareThe Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee has decided to keep their Fed Funds Rate near zero possibly through 2013.

If the policy isn't properly written and there's a serious loss, the chances of a claim being paid appropriately are near zero.

The Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee has decided to keep their Fed Funds Rate near zero possibly through 2013.

Synthetically, on the hedged portion they earn something close to a t - bill rate on average, which is near zero these days, and after my fees negative, though after my performance, hopefully positive.

If earnings have to be restated, the net result should be near zero, and it would be only for 2002 - 2004.

(Keep in mind, the rate is already near zero at 0.5 % and late last year central bankers flagged the possibility we could soon follow the Swiss, Swedes, Danes, Japanese and Euro bloc into negative territory.

But as for now we are near zero — this indicator tells us nothing here.

Now, at present levels of real interest rates, with T - bill yields near zero, and the CPI above 3 %, it implies a gold price rising at 3 % per month.

I also disagree that we had to have abnormal monetary policy to stem the crisis — so long as there is a positive yield curve, there is stimulus, but once you get down near zero, perverse effects kick in.

After almost a decade of holding the benchmark federal - funds rate near zero, the Federal Reserve raised the interest rate to a range of 0.25 % to 0.5 %.

After nearly a decade with interest rates near zero, they began going back up in 2015 as the Fed started to raise their target rate.

The Fed has kept the funds rate near zero for years now, as part of a broader stimulus program designed to spur the economy.

So there's a good chance the FOMC will decide against any policy changes and continue along it charted course for now (with the funds rate near zero).

Recent turmoil in the stock market and global economy might cause the FOMC to continue along its current course, which would mean keeping the federal funds rate near zero.

For the last few years, the Federal Reserve has kept the federal funds rate near zero percent.

In her testimony to the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen commented that with interest rates near zero the Fed must rely on such less traditional tools of monetary policy as forward guidance and asset purchases.

In fact, ebooks have no printing / binding / distribution costs, and near zero return expenses, plus the marketing dollars they spend are format agnostic, so they are even more profitable to publishers.

Intel Atom — Moorestown, Medfield idle into «near zero» remove PC history, power up to above netbook processing power.

I go through spells when my confidence level is at a near zero, and recently that's been the case.

Making the profit margin near zero if not at a lost?

It seems the chances of a new author, even if they write a great book, to get traditionally published is near zero.

Cummins kicked off the first day of the 2017 Work Truck Show with the new ISL G Near Zero natural gas powerplant and the newly refined B6.7 diesel offering.

Cummins Westport begins production of ISL G Near Zero NOx natural gas engine; first commercially available near zero NOx MidRange engine

During acceleration the traction at or near zero km / h benefits from more static load to better resist wheelspin.

The beltless motor is designed to improve fuel economy and durability, and a near zero evaporative fuel system helps reduce emissions.

To me it offers the best combination of a fine ride with a near zero body roll in corners.

Problems have been near zero, and mileage remains in the upper 20s on regular fuel.

When the vacuum drops to near zero, the secondary throttle valve will open and operate the secondary jets.

With the Hu chances are there but still too difficult cause all the cars in munich are near zero kms.

When my mechanic scanned the vehicle for trouble codes, I observed that the long term fuel trim is about 30 % at idle and short term fuel trim is near zero.

Because the roof area is so small, when the top is down and the windows are up, air flow in the cabin is near zero making the Miata a true three seasons convertible.

In an ideal world, the connection between the battery and the fuse is a solid conductor, and since electricity follows the path of least resistance most of it should go through the wire and not the voltmeter, resulting in a reading of damn near zero volts.

That allowed the system to keep funding demands from school districts low (near zero in 2002, for instance) even as the liabilities in the system grew larger.

The district schools have smaller estimates in both subjects, and the reading estimate is near zero.

Defy Gravity: Give your students a chance to investigate what happens near zero gravity by challenging them to design an experiment for NASA to conduct at its 2.2 second drop tower in Brookpark, Ohio.

February 29, 2012 • The Federal Reserve plans to keep short - term interest rates near zero until 2014, about 18 months longer than planned.

Though Pieck is to be admired for the rigorousness in telling this chilling story (on what looks like a near zero budget), the film itself remains resolutely unlikable.

OPW INTERVIEW - Nov 29 - One million users and counting, with a near zero marketing budget.

When the thermometer reads sub-zero (or near zero, twenty - ish, or — heck — even below 50 Fahrenheit), it can be way too easy to nix accessories altogether or just grab a scarf and go.

I tried near zero carb for 6 months and never got rid of my «adaptation» symptoms.