Sentences with phrase «of economic inflation»

The bronze sculptures, inspired by «Tulip Mania,» the first recorded futures market bubble, provide a physical analog for the process of economic inflation and crash.

Though it's probably safe to say that most of us have an intrinsic understanding of the concept of economic inflation — we all certainly realize that stuff is more expensive now than it was 50 or 100 years ago — seeing the hard numbers can still be surprising.

The major source of economic inflation is today's fiat money system.

Not exact matches

Typically, inflation of one per cent signals economic weakness because there is too little demand to force prices higher.

«People who live at least another few decades will likely be affected by diminished funding of Social Security, and also the economic impacts that impact the broader economy, including rising interest rates and inflation,» Hamrick said.

That would boost economic growth, inflation and debt: if the Joy of Cooking contained a recipe for higher interest rates, that would be it.

Wages barely are keeping up with inflation, and oil prices have settled at a level that is unlikely to generate the kind of economic activity to which we had become accustomed before the 2014 - 15 crash.

Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman addressed the American Economic Association in Washington DC on the topic of monetary policy, inflation, and wage rises.

Or, do the economic positives we hear each day about low interest rates, low unemployment, low inflation, a healthy banking sector, rising real - estate prices, technology improvements, protection of resources, renewable energy and the rise of India — among others — suggest that any downturn or crisis will merely be a short - term market correction, with the kind of economic rebound we saw following the 2008 crisis?

Policy makers released new economic forecasts last week that predict prices will rise 0.4 % in 2015, compared with the Fed's annual inflation target of 2 %.

The divergence of core and total inflation is important because the central bank's best means of controlling prices is convincing economic actors — households, executives, investors — that it has a handle on things.

As inflation rises in tandem with economic growth, growth stocks» future potential profits look less enticing compared with the steady profits of value companies, many of which are in industries where they can pass their costs through to customers.

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«The benefits of tax reform, global synchronized growth, [and] employment gains will extend the life of our economic expansion and eventually lead to inflation and higher interest rates.

However, although the BCC believes the country will manage to avoid recession, it does anticipate slowing economic momentum over the next two years given higher inflation trends and a continued lack of clarity about the process by which the U.K. leaves the EU.

A loss of market access likely would hurt Canada's economic potential, which would weaken its ability to absorb faster economic growth without triggering inflation.

The Globe and Mail recently speculated that the mandate will remain largely the same, but that it may be amended «to include a forceful assertion of what he [Carney] calls «flexible inflation targeting,»» or his right to respond to economic shocks or dangerous buildups of credit by taking longer than usual to bring inflation to the central bank's 2 % target.»

In economic news, the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation posted its slowest pace of annual increase since November 2015.

Indeed, the evidence I reviewed does not support the view — expounded by the new Bank of Japan management — that by buying more longer - dated securities (i.e., running printing presses a bit faster) will boost upward pressures in labor and product markets to bring stronger economic growth and an inflation rate of 2 percent.

Given the recent economic news, estimates of 1.2 % for GDP growth, -0.2 % for GDP inflation, and 0.55 % for the 3 - month T - Bill rate are more appropriate.

It includes market crashes, periods of high inflation, deflation, economic collapse, a nuclear missile crisis, a world war, a cold war and countless seemingly intractable crises.

Analysts attribute the turbulence in global bond markets to emerging signs of firmer economic activity and expectations of higher inflation.

«There's no reason to think that the pace of economic growth today is excessive and needs to be slowed because of incipient inflation,» Josh Bivens, research director at the Economic Policy Institute, said in calling on the Fed not economic growth today is excessive and needs to be slowed because of incipient inflation,» Josh Bivens, research director at the Economic Policy Institute, said in calling on the Fed not Economic Policy Institute, said in calling on the Fed not to hike.

ISTANBUL, April 11 - Turkey's lira sank to record lows on Wednesday, battered by deepening investor concern about monetary policy and inflation, a sell - off that President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed as an economic attack by enemies of the state.

Most analysts expect the first rate hike to come in September of this year, but that the pace of subsequent rate hikes will be slow, taking into account continued middling economic growth and below - target inflation.

The former Treasury Secretary and Obama Administration economic advisor has come out forcefully on his blog and in interviews against the Fed's apparent plan to raise rates, arguing that the risks of raising them too soon — like smothering the economy recovery — far outweigh the risks of excessive inflation that may be the result of waiting too long.

ISTANBUL, April 11 - The Turkish lira sank to record lows on Wednesday, battered by investor concern about monetary policy and inflation, a sell - off that President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed as an economic attack by enemies of the state.

Also unsurprisingly, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George, dissenter - in - chief at the bank, voted against the motion to stay the course, citing «economic and financial imbalances,» as well as, further down the road, «an increase in long - term inflation expectations» as reasons for concern.

Worries about the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates more aggressively to combat rising inflation should not overshadow the benefits of stronger economic growth, the billionaire co-founder of Blackstone Group told CNBC on Thursday.

Chris Rupkey, MUFG Union Bank Managing Director and Chief Financial Economist, discusses rising interest rates, rate of inflation, and solid economic outlook

Economic growth, rising inflation expectations and a Fed policy shift will challenge one of today's most successful investing strategies: credit risk.

«Economic numbers» could encompass a range of issues, from inflation and interest rates to the number of jobs created during his tenure.

At its core, the market sell - off, which shoved the Dow Jones industrial average nearly 1,600 points lower Monday in the biggest intraday point drop in history, showed traders adjusting to signs of firmer economic growth and, potentially, a resurgence of long - dormant inflation.

When other countries saw the promise of macroprudential policy, they set up stand - alone entities to apply it, leaving monetary authorities free to concentrate on economic growth and inflation.

Wild swings in the markets have caught many veteran economic forecasters off - guard, but a group of Canadian CEOs weighed in recently with their views on exchange rates and inflation in a poll conducted by COMPAS Inc..

If oil prices do not escalate, the government's budget outlook will deteriorate in the billions of dollars, through a combination of slow economic growth and lower than anticipated inflation.

Inflation has been running below target, recent economic growth has been sluggish, and the housing sector has been tapped out as a source of growth.

The current market is reminiscent of the 1990s bull, he added, as stocks are benefiting from an extended economic expansion and low inflation.

Low volatility shows that investors believe that long - term global economic trends of modest growth and tepid inflation will also define shorter - term cycles.

The Fed's targets 2 percent inflation growth as a sign of healthy and sustainable economic growth, but has failed to reach that level despite a decade of historically accommodative policy.

«This makes the Fed look nuts» for continuing to raise interest rates this year, Blanchflower said, particularly since officials have chronically undershot their 2 % inflation target for the bulk of the economic recovery.

The OECD noted that «short - term inflation expectations appear to be inching upwards,» and said that the Bank of Canada, which has kept interest rates to promote economic growth, «should soon resume tightening at a moderate pace.»

«The rise in long - term inflationary expectations... suggests that part of the recent rise in headline inflation may now be expected to persist longer than previously thought,» the Paris - based group observed in the Global Economic Outlook released today.

Creeping inflation has also attracted the attention of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which is calling on many of the world's central banks to raise interest rates.

This week, Germany's business pages have been full of little warnings about the Return of Inflation, the biggest bogeyman in the Teutonic economic lexicon, all because the annual consumer price index rose to its highest level in over three years in December, a shocking 1.7 %.

While the lack of independent economic cycles argues against too strong of a conclusion, stock - bond correlations have tended to co-move with inflation and monetary conditions.

In addition, the Fed's preferred gauge of price pressures has been mired below 2 percent; during an economic expansion, inflation usually begins to tick higher.

After a rough start to the year, economic data have firmed lately, with strength in housing, spending and retail sales pushing some Fed officials to believe that their inflation target of 2 percent is within reach.

She has long argued that an extraordinary amount of monetary stimulus would not lead to runaway inflation because economic activity was so depressed.

Kelly said that with a tight labor market, improving inflation, and slow but improving economic growth, the Trump plan had the danger of kicking the economy to an unsustainable level.