Sentences with phrase «on keeping your rate low»

The Fed seems intent on keeping rates low again, and the market is responding.

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That data raised a fresh round of questions about how the Federal Reserve will proceed on further cutting back on its massive monthly bond purchases, which have kept long - term rates low and encouraged a strong rally on equity markets.

Gold, meanwhile, hit a six - week low of $ 1,307.40 an ounce, as the dollar strength and bets on higher interest rates kept it on the slide having already gone dropped through its 100 - day moving average.

Although last year was favorable for developing countries, investors remember the painful «taper tantrum» that ensued several years ago, when the Fed signaled it would begin pulling back on its massive bond purchases that kept rates low while injecting liquidity in markets.

The US$ 85 billion in monthly asset purchases by the central bank have helped keep rates low and supported strong gains on stock markets.

While investors will have to find stocks with higher yields, pay more for them and take on more risk in bonds, the biggest change in a permanently low - rate world is that people will need to set aside more of every paycheque if they want to keep the same goal for retirement income.

Buying bonds on an unlimited basis while indicating that rates will be kept low for years requires some «splaining.

But whereas Yglesias praises Bernanke on a fairly narrow point — the fact that Bernanke promised to keep rates low even after the economy improved — what we liked about the speech was the sheer volume of myths and misconceptions that he debunked or clarified in a short period of time.

Keep in mind: If you are pre-approved for the loan before you head to the dealership, you can concentrate on haggling for the lowest price for the car and highest amount for your trade - in without the added pressure of negotiating the interest rate and other details of your loan.

For all the talk of abnormal times and changes in underlying economic fundamentals, the Fed is pinning its hopes on a very conventional premise — that the U.S. consumer will keep spending at recent strong rates, encouraged by low unemployment and the apparent beginnings of higher wages.

The most important policy action for mitigating the damage of a recession is for the central bank to keep interest rates low, according to the respondents, followed by increasing spending on transportation and other infrastructure projects.

It will keep your money safe and liquid and you could earn an interest rate of 1 %, compared with the much lower 0.01 % on a traditional savings account.

Furthermore, banks rarely sold their mortgages to other institutions and never relied heavily on third - party mortgage brokers, thus reducing the chance they'd end up with income-less, asset-less debtors and keeping default rates low.

This morning, the European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at record lows, as expected, but European markets could take another turn depending on what happens when European Central Bank president Mario Draghi takes questions later this morning.

The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

At the core could be a general drop in «underlying» or long - term trend inflation that is feeding on itself and keeping the rate low, simply because that is what consumers have come to expect.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average recorded its 16th record close of 2014 on the heels of Janet Yellen's comments about keeping U.S. interests rates low.

He's been putting a lot of blame on the Fed for keeping interest rates low for so long.

The government beat this projection by nearly $ 1.6 billion — by taking $ 1 billion from reserve, keeping spending levels $ 600 million less than projected, and through $ 335 million of savings from lower than anticipated interest rates on government debt.

Residential real estate had taken on a healthy pace in late 2012 and early 2013 but has slowed since the Federal Reserve started talking about reducing its monthly bond purchase, which helps keep long - term interest rates low.

«Our bill lowers the tax rates and increases the standard deduction so people can immediately keep more of their paychecks — instead of having to rely on a myriad of provisions that many will never use and others may use only once in their lifetime,» the sponsors said.

This is just another way of saying that severe headwinds are still acting on our economies, years after the crisis, and low interest rates are keeping them at bay.

The Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday decided to keep its interest rates unchanged at 1.5 percent — a record low — and said it expects the Aussie economy to grow around 3 percent a year over the next few years.

However, if you continue to make your payments on time, keep your balances low, and manage the accounts you have responsibly, over time, your credit rating will increase and you'll see a change in the prequalification offers you receive.

After six months of on - time payments, credit card companies are required to lower your rate on your outstanding balance back to your normal interest rate thanks to the CARD Act of 2009, but the company may keep the penalty APR on future purchases.

As expected, the European Central Bank made no changes to its monetary policy on Thursday, keeping rates at record lows.

A credit score usually means you can keep more of your money because you will receive lower interest rates on your home or car loan.

If the Fed were to continue hiking rates based on the current low rate of productivity growth for fear that inflation would accelerate, that would tend to keep productivity growth permanently depressed by preventing wage pressures from pushing businesses to investment in productivity boosting technologies.

Keep in mind that just because a lender offers you a lower interest rate than you currently pay on your existing student loans doesn't mean your monthly payment will also be lower.

Reward programs are beneficial if you plan on paying off the entire balance each month (or at least keeping a very low balance), making the interest rate of little concern.

The job growth is fake, there's been no wage growth since 1999, inflation numbers are false, government debt is too high, corporate profits are too low, corporate profits are unsustainably high, companies aren't reinvesting their profits, companies are buying back too much stock, the Federal Reserve is propping up the market, the Federal Reserve is keeping rates artificially low, and so on.

They can keep rates low, in which case the great reversal of the Japanese imbalances of the 1980s will itself reverse, and the Japanese consumption share of GDP will weaken (and investment probably will too in response), which means that Japan will depend even more on foreign demand to keep unemployment from rising.

Among Republicans and Republican leaners, 41 % say tax rates on corporations and large businesses should be lowered, while 32 % say they should be raised (23 % want them kept as they are).

For example, a 41 % plurality of those with family incomes of $ 100,000 or more say tax rates on high incomes should be raised; 29 % say they should be kept the same as now, while 27 % say they should be lowered.

Let's take a look at some of the key fundamentals that have kept gold prices on a tight leash during the last few years against the backdrop of a sharp correction in the equities markets, rising inflation, geopolitical unrest and the likely end of an era of low interest rates.

Interest rates have continued to be pushed lower and lower and lower and most of this is because the Fed keeps on adjusting that federal fund's rate and adjusting interest rates down in the way that they do that is by putting cash into the market and buying back bonds or short - term bonds with the federal fund's rate.

What if eventual Woman Of The Year, Janet Yellen recants on her promise to keep interest rates low forever?

Whereas in most markets an increase in short - selling puts pressure on the lending market and pushes up the interest rate at which short - sellers can borrow the underlying stock, the ready supply of gold loans from central banks seeking to earn some return on their gold holdings has, until recently, helped to keep lease rates low, generally in the range of 1 — 2 per cent (Graph B3).

At the end of World War II, the Treasury pressured the Fed to keep interest rates artificially low to minimize the government's interest costs on its ballooning debt.

On November 11, South Korea's central bank kept interest rates low in reaction to this growing uncertainty.

If the rate of return on your money is lower than the inflation rate you're actually losing money by keeping yours in a money market account.

«Recent record - low mortgage rates have created a buffer of affordability that has kept homes in most metros attainable — and at least has pulled in the reins on unaffordability in the nation's priciest metros,» Lee wrote.

On Thursday, Jon Hilsenrath and Victoria McGrane wrote, «Fed Split Over How Long to Keep Cash Spigot Open», throwing doubt on Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke's indication that rates would stay low into 201On Thursday, Jon Hilsenrath and Victoria McGrane wrote, «Fed Split Over How Long to Keep Cash Spigot Open», throwing doubt on Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke's indication that rates would stay low into 201on Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke's indication that rates would stay low into 2015.

So, you're less inclined to keep rates low if other people are doing it on the upside just as we saw the reverse.

After halting its (maybe) final round of QE in late 2014, the Fed gave Wall Street an early Christmas present that just keeps on giving — artificially low interest rates.

This led PIMCO to tweak its secular outlook on the economy earlier this month to represent the sentiment that the Fed would keep its peak funds rate low during this economic cycle — what it termed the «new neutral.»

In general, historically low interest rates and a muted business cycle have kept pressure on financial stocks by constricting net interest margins and stifling credit activity.

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has voted to keep its trend - setting interest rate at record lows, as policymakers continue to rely on record stimulus to keep the economy humming.

In late October, Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS) decided to keep Portugal's sovereign rating at investment grade, maintaining the country's BBB (low) rating with a «stable» outlook on the back of its progress in reducing the fiscal deficit and proactive measures to strengthen the banking sRating Service (DBRS) decided to keep Portugal's sovereign rating at investment grade, maintaining the country's BBB (low) rating with a «stable» outlook on the back of its progress in reducing the fiscal deficit and proactive measures to strengthen the banking srating at investment grade, maintaining the country's BBB (low) rating with a «stable» outlook on the back of its progress in reducing the fiscal deficit and proactive measures to strengthen the banking srating with a «stable» outlook on the back of its progress in reducing the fiscal deficit and proactive measures to strengthen the banking sector.

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has voted to keep its trend - setting interest rate at record lows, as policymakers continue to rely on record stimulus to keep...