Sentences with phrase «of stable prices»

While the cost of the heating and cooling is not much different than before, customers can be assured of stable prices in the future compared to the cost they could incur by using fossil fuels.

Natural Gas doesn't have a history of stable prices.

«This program is intended to support the other measures by additionally lowering long - term interest rates... and at the same time it gives a signal that monetary policy is committed to its goal of stable prices.»

But the target of this Fed mishegas may be a bit more nuanced than that: conservatives have long been gunning to reduce the Fed's dual mandate — full employment at stable prices — to a sole mandate of stable prices.

The problem is not merely that Mr. Bernanke failed to do what the Fed's charter directs it to do: promote employment in an environment of stable prices.

Thus, monetary policy can best help to foster economic growth by ensuring the continuation of a stable price environment.

Better to set modest goals for monetary policy of a stable price level with no debt bubbles.

It will give the assurance of stable price.»

Not exact matches

Fed Chair Janet Yellen said last month that the U.S. central bank was getting closer to raising interest rates, possibly as early as September, saying that the Fed sees the economy as close to meeting its goals of maximum employment and stable prices.

Two decades of steadily rising prices have convinced people that owning a home is a good, stable investment.

It notes that shares of Exxon tend to perform better against a relatively stable oil price backdrop.

Assuming the net worth of current top billionaires remains relatively stable, Amazon's stock would have to rise to about $ 1,069 a piece — 7.4 % above the stock's closing price Monday.

The rest of southern Florida is seeing more stable prices and sales after a decline last year.

Most of Kocherlakota's speech Thursday reprised remarks made in Frankfurt last month in which he argued that a drop in the long - run interest - rate level consistent with full employment and stable prices is making the Fed's job harder.

The cartel helps stabilize the price of maple syrup and ensures a stable revenue for the province's producers.

Robert R. Johnson, president of the American College of Financial Services in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, says homes appear to be stable investments only because you can not get minute - to - minute price updates like with stocks, and that many homeowners focus on long - term price gains and ignore all the costs of ownership.

Simons has more than 2,000 employees and offers an extensive range of apparel from moderately priced separates to higher - end offerings made by a stable of homegrown and international designers.

Not everyone will benefit: now that Republicans have swept the US government for the first time since 1928, it means Obamacare is over - just a matter of time - and Affordable Care Act - vulnerable stocks such as Universal Health Services, AmSurg and Mednax will likely plunge; on the other hand pure pharma stocks like MCK and ABC will benefit as rhetoric on drug pricing will diminish significantly, leading to more stable earnings if / when changes in drug pricing become more stable.

Oil prices, which have recently received some support from reports about discussions of another possible extension of the OPEC production cut deal, remained stable following the release of the EIA report, with WTI trading at US$ 48.75 a barrel and Brent crude at US$ 54.62 a barrel.

Of course, day - to - day there has been volatility as usual, but oil prices have been stable (relatively speaking) since the end of ApriOf course, day - to - day there has been volatility as usual, but oil prices have been stable (relatively speaking) since the end of Apriof April.

The fact that core inflation has been broadly stable over recent months in the face of the earlier declines in energy and non-energy import prices is notable.

The NEJM letter also analyzed the use of two drugs that remained stable in price over that time period, as a control group — nitroglycerin and dobutamine.

Using new transaction - level data, authors Leonardo Bartolini, Svenja Gudell, Spence Hilton and Krista Schwarz show that trade volume in the federal funds market exhibits large swings over the course of the day while prices remain fairly stable, with rate volatility rising sharply only near the end of the trading day.

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).

Instead of yield at any price, investors wanted companies and assets that would do better in an environment of stable or rising growth.

In spite of analyst warnings, prices remained stable after the third weekly crude oil inventory increase, suggesting that market players have already factored in the prolonged consequences of Hurricane Harvey and Irma on oil dynamics in the United States.

Stable oil prices, improvements in SUV and truck design, and a big shift in consumer tastes seem to spell the end of sedans and small cars in the U.S.

In a globalized and digitally - connected world, Canadian youth need more dialogue with our counterparts in Asia, especially as we find ourselves grappling with a common set of issues, like school and societal pressures, prohibitive housing prices, and the endless frustrations of landing a stable and respectable job.

The paper takes a close look at a critical aspect of how the Federal Reserve makes decisions about monetary policy: the rules and benchmarks that guide them in meeting their dual mandate of full employment and stable prices.

With the Hertz deal, the number of major car rental companies is dropping to three, from four, but there are still enough brands to keep prices stable, analysts said.

Apparently under the gold standard, bond investors regarded long - term prices as stable, and took little heed of short - term economic and price trends.

But it's even stronger than that: a period of relatively stable prices and relatively low and stable interest rates actually can feed financial excess.

LONDON (Reuters)-- Banks» metals - related revenues exceeded their earnings from the oil sector last year for the first time since 2014 as low and relatively stable crude prices discouraged hedging activity, but this is unlikely to be the start of a new trend.

Consumer prices, usually more stable than producer prices, have also accelerated on a similar basis from a recorded inflation rate of less than 1.0 percent last summer to 2.4 percent over the 12 - months ended this past March, also a smart acceleration in a brief time.

Leading up to the passage of the Sherman Act, price levels in the United States were stable or slowly decreasing.165 If the exclusive concern had been higher prices, then Congress could have focused on those industries where prices were, indeed, high or still rising.

Firouzabadi said Iran's central bank, like that of many other nations, has not come to a stable and defined stance on Bitcoin, noting that many countries look at it as a potentially dangerous option in light of its violent price fluctuations and investment risk.

By focusing on our mandate to keep inflation low, stable and predictable, the Bank has built up credibility, and Canadians have well - anchored inflation expectations, even in the face of large price swings.

But amidst the noise, the Federal Reserve is quietly going about its business, hitting its dual mandate of full employment at stable prices.

Volatility refers to the magnitude of fluctuations in the price of a security; ETPs that often experience significant swings of value (in both directions) can be said to exhibit high volatility, while those that feature more stable prices can be said to exhibit low volatility (see a detailed definition and calculation of volatility here).

Should North American oil suppliers continue to pump a considerable amount of oil, gas prices could remain stable and possibly even pressured.

Housing affordability generally remained stable across Canada in the fourth quarter of 2015, with the exception of the scorching Vancouver and Toronto markets where soaring home prices continued to raise the bar on homeownership...

Three popular explanations are offered to justify the high level of share prices: that profits will grow faster; that the economy and hence equities have become less risky; and that lower, more stable inflation will reduce real interest rates.

2016.02.29 Home ownership in Canada remains affordable... for buyers outside Vancouver or Toronto: RBC Economics Q4 2015 Housing affordability generally remained stable across Canada in the fourth quarter of 2015, with the exception of the scorching Vancouver and Toronto markets where soaring home prices continued to raise the bar on homeownership...

XRP provides liquidity solutions to financial institutions and has probably the fastest transaction speed of all cryptocurrencies which makes it more stable and immune to big price changes.

From July 2016 to the end of second - quarter 2017, more than 80 percent of the companies listed in the S&P 500 declared dividends, as stable oil prices, low wage growth and a weaker US currency have all added to the overall corporate profits.

Meanwhile, a number of EM governments are implementing reforms that could help spur growth, and lower and stable oil prices may benefit oil importers in the emerging world.

Inflation is what matters most for the Bank of Canada, whose primary job is to keep prices stable, something it defines as annual price increases of about two per cent.

First of all, the team focuses on price - stable cryptocurrencies.

So with the more price stable gilts of short or medium term we are looking at a negative real yield with a potential capital loss when one day rates rise.

Still, the volatility of asset prices, to some extent, is taking a bit more of a back seat now to the real economic story, where growth continues to look stable and steady.