Sentences with phrase «of inflation figures»

After 11 months of QE, the economy is growing more consistently, and I believe that once the effect of the oil price decline drops out of inflation figures next year, the annual rate of inflation could move slightly above 1 %.

To expect the Fed to hold rates at current levels or just a quarter - point higher, in the face of those inflation figures, would seem to be asking a lot.

Both gold and silver have risen in the wake of the inflation figure, and at the time of writing gold is holding steady at $ 1353.60 USD / oz in early London trade.

Not exact matches

Euro zone officials received a slew of good news on Tuesday morning with stronger - than - expected growth and inflation figures and a falling unemployment rate.

British government figures showed inflation rising at a rate of 3 percent in October — unchanged from the previous month.

That's bad compared with the U.S. and the European Union, where the rates of inflation are 2.7 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively, but economists not affiliated with the government say the real figure is at least twice as high.

For example, while the Bank of Canada uses core inflation to set its monetary policy, that figure does not include the cost of fuel and food, which nonetheless represent a significant chunk of many household budgets.

Polish inflation figures which often predict trends in the rest of the region, showed a pick - up in the annual rate to 1.6 percent in April from 1.3 percent a month earlier, largely in line with expectations.

The March figure shows the pace of inflation inched a little farther past the midpoint of the central bank's ideal range of between one and three per cent.

Although the patches prevented an AMT explosion, the number of taxpayers affected by the AMT continued to grow throughout the decade (figure 1) because (1) the regular income tax was indexed for inflation, but the AMT was not; and (2) Congress enacted substantial cuts to the regular income tax.

The size of this decline overstates the real extent of the slowing in prices, just as the peak figure overstated the real extent of inflation.

These considerations figured prominently in the Governing Council's deliberations, because the state of total demand in the economy relative to our production capacity is what drives our inflation outlook.

Figure 1 shows estimates of the inflation - adjusted natural rate for four major economies: the United States, Canada, the euro area, and the United Kingdom (Holston, Laubach, and Williams 2016).

The figure includes the unemployment rate, the Fed's estimate of the «natural rate» — the lowest unemployment rate they believe to be consistent with stable inflation at the 2 % target — year - over-year wage and price growth (using the core - PCE deflator, the Fed's preferred inflation benchmark right now).

For the GDP data, the figures are up to the March quarter of 2016 while those for inflation and the unemployment rate are up to the June quarter, so the annual averages are computed by expressing 38 or 39 quarters at an annual rate.

In the latest year, inflation in underlying terms has been close to 2 1/2 per cent, though the headline CPI figure is higher, principally reflecting the effect of rising fuel prices.

We had already put in place a response in advance of the expected pick - up in inflation and it is not necessarily always wise to respond to one high (or low) figure.

The figure below shows some of the key indicators from the Fed's dashboard, including unemployment, the Fed's guess at the «natural rate» (the lowest unemployment rate consistent with stable inflation), actual inflation (PCE core, the Fed's preferred gauge), and the Fed's inflation target of 2 percent.

The figure below shows two series of market - derived inflation expectations, both of which turn up pretty sharply towards the end (before the election, but the daily measures show a spike afterwards).

However, as the figure below shows, while unemployment is clearly below the Fed's full - employment - unemployment rate of 4.7 percent, core inflation has been going the «wrong» way, i.e., slowing, not speeding up (see its down - tick at the end of the figure).

Treasury bond prices rallied and yields on the 10 - year fell to between 2.8 % and 2.85 % following the release of benign inflation data and weaker - than - expected retail sales figures.

Note the recent slowing of the aggregate real wage measure at the end of Figure 3, largely a function of faster inflation growth (the energy effect noted above) and some slowing of job and (blue - collar) wage growth.

The figure shows that in the first quarter of 2017, forecasters expected that 2018 CPI would be running at 2.3 percent, consistent with the Fed's 2 percent inflation target using the PCE measure of inflation.

Following his comments, with the prospect of a rise in eurozone interest rates apparently pushed back to 2018 at the earliest, the euro — which had already dipped in the wake of the lower - than - expected inflation figures — gave up more ground.

If one uses real rates of inflation produced by Shadowstats (versus the fantasy land figures of low inflation quoted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics every month for years on end), one can prove that the US dollar has crashed.

Consumers have increased spending, perhaps in anticipation of price inflation (consumer prices stopped declining in May), which Kuroda believes is on track to a 2 % growth figure in 2 years.

In spite of lingering concerns about Greece's fate, the European economy would appear to have hit a sweet spot marked by steadily improving growth and inflation figures, along with declining unemployment.

Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, caused $ 160 billion in damage, and the remnants of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 caused about $ 70 billion in damage, according to inflation - adjusted figures provided by the federal government.

House prices in 31 of the 41 world's housing markets, which have so far published statistics, rose during 2014, using inflation - adjusted figures, the 2014 Global Property Guide...

For the EUR, economic data scheduled for release this morning includes retail sales figures out of German, together with prelim April inflation numbers out of Germany and Italy.

The Aussie Dollar moved from $ 0.75781 to $ 0.75706 upon release of the figures, as focus now shifts to the RBA's interest rate decision and release of the rate statement tomorrow, disappointing inflation figures for the 1st quarter likely to leave the RBA in a holding pattern for the foreseeable future.

CPI inflation in year - ended terms should stay in a narrow range around this profile over much of the forecast horizon, though volatility in oil and food prices over the past year will continue to have some effect on the year - ended figures in future quarters.

Not only were the second - quarter GDP figures somewhat disappointing, but inflation has remained quite low even though the eurozone pulled its way out of a short period of deflation seen at the beginning of this year.

Figures already released for December showed a renewed drop in inflation in two of the world's largest economies, with the euro zone recording a decline to 0.8 % from 0.9 %, and China recording a fall to 2.5 % from 3.0 %.

China's private sector PMI figures supported market risk appetite through the Asian session, while expectations of a dovish RBA weighed on the Aussie Dollar ahead of this afternoon's inflation figures out of the U.S that could see another bounce in the Dollar

It involves looking at what is happening in the news, such as an announcement by a company, an industry announcement, and the release of government inflation figures.

The U.S. Census Bureau will release its inflation - adjusted retail sales figures for the month of May tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. ET.

 However, Statistics Canadaâ $ ™ s figures from actual payroll data show that average wages paid by local governments have increased at a lower rate than overall average wages and at rates above the rate of inflation over the past twenty years:

Todayâ $ ™ s inflation figures beg the question of whether that will even cover inflation plus population growth.

Given this path for underlying inflation, CPI inflation is expected to dip temporarily below 2 per cent in early 2004 as the large March 2003 CPI figure drops out of the year - ended calculation.

The comparable figure for headline inflation moved up from 1.5 % to 1.9 %, bringing it back up to the ECB's target of slightly below 2 %.

The Reserve Bank of India cut its main repurchase rate by 0.25 percentage point to 7.5 %, citing weakness in parts of the economy as well as favorable inflation figures and structural overhauls included in the government's proposed budget.

For the following year, underlying inflation of 2.6 per cent is expected, with a similar figure for the headline rate as mortgage interest reductions drop out of the calculation.

Wage increases under enterprise bargaining continue to be in the 4 to 5 per cent range, figures which appear high in a climate of 2 per cent inflation and 8 1/2 per cent unemployment.

Economic data released through the Asian session was on the heavier side this morning, with stats including New Zealand's trade figures for March, inflation, industrial production and retail sales figures out of Japan and wholesale price inflation numbers out of Australia.

We will expect the figures to have an influence on the EUR, with any hint of a pickup in inflation and stable economic growth through the 1st quarter the best outcome for the EUR and those looking for Draghi to begin shifting on policy towards interest rates.

For the EUR, economic data scheduled for release this morning is on the heavier side and includes inflation and GDP numbers out of France and Spain, unemployment numbers out of Germany and French consumer spending figures.

Nevertheless, in light of the latest sluggish inflation figures and dovish comments by a number of Fed officials, there was increased skepticism among many market participants about whether policymakers would go ahead and implement another rise in interest rates before the end of the year, as indicated by the Fed's projections for monetary policy.

One of the major problems for an investor looking at that 10 % average return figure and mistakenly expecting to realize a nice yearly profit from investing in the S&P 500 is inflation.

These figures simply show how Australian consumers are being punished by the grocery duopoly with some of the highest rates of food inflation in the developed world.