Sentences with phrase «of keeping inflation in check»

Rising interest rates — led by the Federal Reserve's policy of keeping inflation in check with quarter - point increases in its overnight rate for banks — will also help slow sales and appreciation.

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Those concerns triggered a bout of financial market turmoil, as investors feared higher interest rates were coming to keep inflation in check.

He touted robust employment, low inflation and accelerating economic growth, and he said the Fed would continue its strategy of gradually increasing its benchmark interest rate to keep inflation in check.

Associates of Summers say he would bring a similar perspective to the Fed, following the path set by Bernanke in emphasizing the need to keep unemployment low, as long as inflation remains in check.

This means we can keep inflation in check regardless the size of our balance sheet.

Management cited inflating labor costs and an expected 1 % inflation in the cost of food as headwinds, but costs were kept in check despite those challenges.

The New Zealand dollar was little changed against its trans - Tasman counterpart after the Reserve Bank of Australia kept the key rate unchanged and said it expected inflation to remain in check.

When the difference between short - term rates and long - term rates narrows (or outright inverts), it's an indication that the Fed could be on the verge of slamming the brakes on economic growth to keep inflation in check.

There is no guarantee that inflation will remain low into the future, but if investors recognize the benefits of keeping price increases in control, the odds are that the Fed and others will hold inflation in check.

Essentially, it's a method of keeping premiums in check, and keeping up with medical inflation.

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