Sentences with phrase «of general inflation»

Indeed, in recent years, prices of luxury fashion products have grown at more than twice the rate of general inflation.

In general, people are living longer, health care inflation continues to outpace the rate of general inflation, and the average retirement age is 62 for most Americans — that's 3 years before you are eligible to enroll in Medicare.

Not exact matches

But the general level of prices can rise due to inflation, leading to an increase in nominal GDP even if the volume of goods and services produced is unchanged.

That's only a three percent increase from last year, and more or less in line with general inflation (two percent) and the average increase of workers wages (2.3 percent).

To be fair, medical inflation is higher than general inflation, and biopharma companies have the unenviable task of explaining that a gross list price increase isn't the same thing as the net they'll take away from that increase after haggling with insurers and pharmacy benefits managers.

Speaking to CNBC Monday, Director - General of the BCC, Adam Marshall, said inflation was the key to a rosier outcome for the economy.

Hoguet, who is not a millennial, went on to note that Macy's internal economists accurately predicted a number of metrics last year when crafting the company's three - year plan — such as GDP growth, inflation, employment and wages — but missed the mark on GAAP growth, and fell short on sales of general merchandise, apparel and furniture, partially because they didn't predict how much off - price retail and consumer electronics would weigh on sales.

The S&P GSCI Total Return Index in USD is widely recognized as the leading measure of general commodity price movements and inflation in the world economy.

«Physical gold is insurance against another huge financial crisis, an inflation hedge, and a general diversifier from stocks,» writes Rob Marstrand of Ofwealth.com.

General inflation raises borrowers» incomes over the life of the loan, so the repayment burden falls: but the heavier real repayment burden in the early years excludes some potential borrowers.

Inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising and, consequently, the purchasing power of currency is falling.

Even as rates rise in general, the influence of central banks and expectations for inflation can create short term movements in the yield curve that can be exploited using systematic style premia.

A general rule of thumb says it's safe to stop saving and start spending once you are debt - free and your retirement income from Social Security, pension, retirement accounts, etc. can cover your expenses and inflation.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

Selling, general and administrative expenses and depreciation expense are expected to be higher on a percentage of sales basis due to increases in media expense associated with media inflation and an increase in TRPs, particularly at LongHorn Steakhouse and the increase in total units and remodels.

The impact of higher oil prices on the country's current account deficit and inflation rate, the Indian banking system's struggles with demonetization, scandals, bad loans and a government looking ahead to next year's general election have all taken a toll on investor sentiment.

As for inflation in general, Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer has said that there is «good reason» to believe that inflation will move back up to the Fed's annual target of 2 % as the US economy's untapped capacity gets used up and as the effect of the big dip in oil prices in the second half of 2014 wears off.

Earnings / Macro Pulse: But if you look at a couple of key indicators we track: the «nominal surprise index» (this tracks a combination of the Citi US inflation surprise index and the economic surprise index - giving a view on how the inflation and general economic data is turning out vs expectations), and the «earnings revisions indicator» (this combines earnings revisions ratio and the rate of change in forward earnings).

The ECB explained this downgrade to its inflation forecast by citing global growth uncertainties, the general tightening of financial conditions and falling oil prices.

As a general rule, countries attempt to keep inflation fixed at a rate of 2 percent as moderate levels of inflation are acceptable, with high levels of deflation leading to economic stagnation.

The emergence of such «stagflation» in the late 1970s [13] led to general acceptance of the natural - rate hypothesis, the idea that abnormally low unemployment causes inflation to accelerate.

Given that the headline payroll growth has been solid, the latest round of US GDP data (for Q2) surprised to the upside, and personal consumption, real personal consumption and personal income data also surprised to the upside (July data), PCE inflation (fell to 1.4 % Y / Y in July, hitting the lowest since late 2015) and general wage growth has been the missing piece of the puzzle for the Fed.

However, a few things you need to be aware of is that the CPI might not accurately match the general inflation rate; so the principal balance on TIPS may not keep pace with the actual rate of inflation.

The GTFM is determined mainly by confidence indicators such as credit spreads, the yield curve, the relative strength of the banking sector and inflation expectations, although it also takes into account the US dollar's exchange rate and the general commodity - price trend.

Conclusion In general, the historical movement of inflation provides evidence that real rates of return on T - bills will revert closer to historical norms rather than what we experienced during the Great Bull Market.

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.

Indeed, the proper interpretation of the Phillips Curve is one that relates the rate of unemployment to the rate of real wage inflation, not general price inflation (see Will the Real Phillips Curve Please Stand Up?

Slow growth has also contributed to the general lack of accumulating excesses (debt, inflation and inventories) that make an expansion vulnerable to recession.

And yes, there has been inflation, but it is widely and credibly reported that higher education costs have risen far more and far faster than the general rate of inflation.

It also confirms more than any other evidence that the universe had a beginning and expanded at a rate faster than the speed of light within less than a trillion of a trillion of a trillion of a second — less than 10 ^ -35 of a second — of the Big Bang by detecting the miniscule «light polarizations» called B - Modes caused by the Gravitational Waves — which were theorized in 1916 by Albert Einstein in his Theory of General Relativity but never detected before — of the Inflation of the Big Bang which are embedded in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation — CMB or CMBR that was discovered by American scientists back in 1964.

On top of that, the same right - wing cons who praise capitalism as the reason that millions of people have, truthfully, found a way out of poverty, support politicians who keep wages stagnated, attack the very CONCEPT of a minimum wage despite the skyrocketing inflation and general cost of living, and support one war after another that makes a handful of people VERY rich while millions suffer, and thousands of troops come home with no legs (and thus, lose their jobs and often never recover).

The NRA reported that the general state of the economy made it difficult for many restaurants to build and maintain sales volumes, while wholesale food price inflation reached its highest rate — 8 percent — in 30 years.

The combination of weak supply, rising GDP and general inflation is leading markets to levels not seen for 4 years, said Holt Marytn.

Published cost data were converted into 2011 dollars using the rate of medical inflation for direct costs and general inflation for indirect costs, 33 because medical inflation outpaces general inflation.

The general «moral hazard» of managing one's own currency is that you can pay your short term bills and promote short term employment at the expense of long term inflation.

If inflation was to rocket, or Labour were to suddenly abandon vast swathes of policy in panic then maybe such a strategy would work, but I rather think that the general Public perception will be that David Cameron and George Osborne are not up to the job of government.

Following last year's General Election, the country faced a dreadful crisis in monetary, fiscal and financial terms: inflation was well below target; the budget deficit was of eye - watering proportions; and the banks were feeble and hesitant.

We also note that this loud noise about inflation of project costs is intended to achieve the objective of foisting on Ghanaians a general perception of corruption.

The Chief Executive Officer, General Duties and Procurement Officer Kaduna State Polytechnic, Mr. Ahmed Umar, has been docked before Honourable Justice M.T.M Tukur of Kaduna State High Court 7 sitting in Kaduna by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged contract inflation and award of contracts to a company which he owned.

In October 1974 Labour won a narrow majority, there was record inflation, high unemployment, massive Conservative Local Election & By Election victories followed by the Winter of Discontent and yet while Labour lost, their total vote was very similar to that of the 1974 General Elections and it was more down to increased turnout for the Conservatives and collapse of the Liberals.

That said, if the non-dust B - mode signal is as large as the BICEP2 researchers claim, it requires the existence of large - field inflation at an energy scale that unites the realms of quantum mechanics and general relativity.

«Inflation is a powerful idea that accounts in a general way for many key properties of the universe,» Lawrence says.

Because medical inflation has outpaced general inflation and NCI has had a relatively flat budget over much of the last decade, the institute's purchasing power has declined substantially.

Writer - director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve) was brought in to salvage the runaway production (with the cost adjusted for inflation, it may still qualify for the title of Most Expensive Movie Ever Made); though his name stands alone on the credits, a lot of other hands contributed to the general muddle.

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Seamus Searson, SSTA general secretary said, «At this early stage 96 per cent of SSTA members are prepared to take industrial action for an above inflation pay award in 2018.

That seems to be the general feeling among educational technology advocates about the recent reforms to the federal E-rate program, whether they are applauding a new funding index for inflation, the allowance for «dark fiber» connections, or the funding of pilot wireless - learning programs.

Mary Bousted, the general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, warned that teachers» pay was being outstripped by «inflation and pay rises in the private sector».

Geoff Barton, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the «fundamental problem» was there was not enough funding going into education, and said schools needed an additional # 2 billion a year by 2020 to beat inflation.

Of course, those critics do not mention that the General Assembly has cut over $ 400 million from education over the past three years, not even accounting for inflation or increases in the student population.