It's not even true that everything you buy will cost more from year to year
on nominal dollar terms.
Gummy's equations tell us to use Safe Withdrawal Rate numbers that are based
on NOMINAL dollar amounts.
Not exact matches
On Monday, the fund said its portfolio return was 5.1 percent per annum in U.S.
dollar nominal terms over the five years to March 31, 2017, helped by the run - up in global financial assets, versus 3.7 percent a year ago.
But we believe a moderate rise in the
dollar is more likely, and the support for profit margins from better wages, spending and
nominal growth reinforces our broadly positive view
on risk assets and equities in particular.
The policy framework of the MAS is focused
on managing the Singapore
dollar's
nominal effective exchange rate (NEER), or the trade - weighted exchange rate, against an undisclosed basket of currencies, rather than interest rates.
Anyone who looks at
nominal rates is not really looking under the hood, and it's the steep decline in real rates that's what's kept a lid
on the
Dollar, which is at a level that's no different than where it was a couple of years ago.
At least, I can choose which ministries I want to support with my money... I don't get to choose which wasteful programs my tax
dollars are wasted
on... It's just a hunch, but I'm willing to bet that you are a tax taker and not a tax payer... and I mean income tax not sales tax, car tax, and other
nominal taxes.
To cut down
on entertainment costs I join organizations at
nominal costs usually under $ 100 that provide me with hundreds of
dollars worth of entertainment for the year.
On the contrary, from 1983 through 2004, inflation averaged about 3 %, but the nominal annual return on gold in Canadian dollars during this period was — 0.3
On the contrary, from 1983 through 2004, inflation averaged about 3 %, but the
nominal annual return
on gold in Canadian dollars during this period was — 0.3
on gold in Canadian
dollars during this period was — 0.3 %.
At a 10 - year Treasury yield of 1.7 %, interest
on reserves of 0.25 %, and a monetary base now at about 18 cents per
dollar of
nominal GDP (see Run, Don't Walk), further purchases of long - term Treasury securities by the Fed would produce net losses for the Fed in any scenario where yields rise more than about 20 basis points a year, or the Fed ever has to unwind any portion of its already massive positions.
As I noted this past January in Sixteen Cents: Pushing the Unstable Limits of Monetary Policy, a collapse in short - term yields to nearly zero is a predictable outcome of QE2, based
on the very robust historical relationship between short - term interest rates and the amount of cash and bank reserves (monetary base) that people are willing to hold per
dollar of
nominal GDP:
Yet the
nominal return
on gold in Canadian
dollars during this period was — 0.3 % annualized.
Likewise, if a person receives no raise from work each year, they actually have received a pay decrease in real terms while still being paid the same amount in
nominal terms (the
dollar value you see
on your paycheque)
Capital gains is a tax
on your
nominal gains, not real gains but you are making interest payments with real
dollars.
Since the sum is fixed in
nominal dollars (or other currency units), it will become worth less and less in real
dollars as time goes
on, which is what will erode your financial independence.
Keep in mind that the fees you will pay are based
on the amount you borrow, but they are
nominal in terms of
dollars spent, although the interest rate might appear high,
on an annual basis.
When you have an urgent need for cash, know that the loan fees are based
on the amount you borrow and are
nominal in actual
dollars and with Speedy Pay Day Cash you will find lenders that can provide instant approvals with immediate direct deposit.
Some of the thinking is that since gains are taxed in
nominal dollars without consideration of inflation, the lower rates
on longer term investment offset the taxation
on some of the phantom gain that only exists because of the devaluation of the currency.
The cost of annual premiums are
nominal, generally ranging from a few hundred
dollars a year to a couple of thousand, depending
on the coverage needs of the particular business.
Nominal spending activity
on private residential construction has expanded in 13 of the last 14 months, putting it nearly 21 % above September 2011 and at its highest
dollar value since the end of 2008.
Moreover, since bottoming out during the second quarter of 2009, the
nominal dollar value of spending
on new single - family homes has increased 40 percent.