Sentences with phrase «on slowing the rate»

And so therapy depends on slowing the rate of deterioration and the number of lung - related episodes that a patient experiences.

Since this effect would not depend on slow rates of thermal diffusion though frozen sediments, but instead by a simple loss of ice, which could occur more quickly, such hydrates might be more vulnerable to destabilization than hydrates buried under permafrost.

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In fact, banks» terms allow them to be slower to raise rates on savings products than they are on loans.

The funny thing is that the slow rate of introduction has kind of been beneficial because it's snuck up on people.

Emerging economies are set to slow this year as the U.S. Federal Reserve begins raising interest rates and there's a rising protectionist rhetoric in advanced economies, the International Monetary Fund warned on Monday.

What's more, despite slowing growth rates on the digital sales front, Walmart's web site is attracting a lot more traffic, up to 85 million monthly unique visitors in February.

The stock market rally has slowed, and the Federal Reserve has signaled it would go slower on raising interest rates.

What we've seen on the equity side is that they've been boosted by this low - rate environment, and the current slow pace.

On the one hand, with gaming hardware continually getting more powerful, manufacturers are slowing down the rate at which they release next - generation machines.

Though the labour market is returning to normal, the U.S. economy still isn't firing on all cylinders, so rate hikes will be slow

Demand doesn't appear to be slowing down, especially with mortgage rates now on the rise.

Vodafone, the world's second - biggest mobile operator, said on Thursday that the rate of growth in its international business division had slowed, echoing a similar warning given by British rival BT last week.

She said the goal was to slow the annual rate of increase in health care spending to 2 % from 6 % -7 % and that «we're on track to get there.»

Cummings: The research has shown, first of all, that whenever [Congress] shine a light on prescription - drug companies with regard to price hikes automatically they have a tendency to slow down the rate of price hikes.

«The failure to deliver tax reform and the slower relative growth likely keep us on the path of gradual normalization in interest rate policy,» said the analysts, who see the S&P 500 falling to 2,550 from its Monday close of 2,572.83.

«How banks feel that they're going to achieve above - average growth levels by pursuing capital intensive strategies in a market that is as slow as the Canadian market is a mystery to us,» says Brad Smith, an analyst with Stonecap Securities in Toronto, who has an Underperform rating on the stock.

If you depreciate assets at a higher rate in the short term, they'll depreciate slower later on, increasing taxable income.

On Wednesday, the Fed said it would be patient about the timing of its first rate hike, suggesting its expected increases will be slow and steady.

Fischer, who has argued in the past that the Fed needed to be wary of being too slow in raising interest rates, made no such argument on Sunday.

The $ 450,000 Phantom is on rent from the U.S. because its high frame rate means a 1 1/2 second shot can be slowed to a hypnotic pace and made to last as long as it takes to wait for a flight.

World shares and bonds rallied on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve left U.S. interest rates unchanged and slowed the pace of future hikes, weakening the dollar and lifting commodity prices.

Banks» terms allow them to be slower to raise rates on savings products than they are on loans and credit cards, according to Nick Clements, co-founder of MagnifyMoney.com.

After years of downward forecast revisions that strained the central bank's credibility, the Fed finally settled in 2016 on expectations that maybe the economy's growth rate would not exceed 2 %, having been permanently affected by the Great Recession, slowed by changing demographics, or a combination of the two.

«While overall price growth slowed, gains in core price measures remained firm, leaving the Bank of Canada on track to lift interest rates two more times this year,» Alicia Macdonald, the Conference Board of Canada's principal economist, said in a statement.

Brainard now believes the Fed should move slower on rate hikes and even allow inflation to run above the 2 percent target for a while.

Let's say that, over the next two years, the QE taper pushes rates on the most popular 30 - year mortgages up to 5.5 %, from 4.5 % today, and home price growth slows to 5 % year - over-year from the current 12 %.

«Leading indicators suggest that domestic demand will continue to perform strongly in the second half of the year, but we think the quarter - on - quarter run - rate in headline GDP (gross domestic product) growth will slow to 0.4 percent - to - 0.5 percent quarter - on - quarter,» Claus Vistesen, chief euro zone economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said in an email.

So even if you're terrified, putting on a genuine smile can slow down your heart rate and relieve stress.

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.

Global market volatility persisted this week, as investors remained nervous on China's slowing economy along with a possible interest rate increase at the U.S. Federal Reserve's mid-September meeting.

But long - term rates on mortgages and some other loans have jumped since May, when Bernanke first said the Fed might slow its bond buys later this year.

Amazon on Thursday said that Amazon Web Services revenue is continuing to grow strongly, with an annual run rate now of about $ 16 billion, although the company noted that revenue growth for the public cloud giant has slowed down.

However, Meyer acknowledged signs of a slow recovery in the housing market, which should add 0.2 % to GDP this year, while her colleague Priya Misra, head of U.S. rates strategy, said inflation is not a concern because the U.S. Treasury market is on a continued flattening trend.

For now, these factors suggest that the Fed will remain on pause for the next few months at least, the pace of rate normalization will be slow and the central bank will probably be limited to one, or even no, hikes this year.

We may take some comfort that the rate of increase has slowed but it is difficult to explain the increase in prices over the last few months based on supply and demand.

The slow growth in wages is putting a strain on household budgets and contributing to low rates of inflation.

The Peoples» Bank of China fired a double - barrelled easing shot on Tuesday — lowering interest rates and the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 25 basis points and 50 basis points respectively — but this was not enough to reassure markets of slowing growth fears.

So, it's not surprising that amid slowing economic growth, central banks are scooping out even more stimulus on top of their years of quantitative easing (QE) programs and aggressive rate cuts.

China's economic growth rate might slow a little, but this is simply the consequence of China's having gotten much closer to the capital frontier, in which case a lower return on investment should be accepted.

When inflation is thought to be on the rise, the Fed begins to raise rates to slow the economy.

Negative conditions in the general economy both in the United States and abroad, including conditions resulting from financial and credit market fluctuations and terrorist attacks in the United States, Europe or elsewhere, could cause a decrease in corporate spending on enterprise software in general and slow down the rate of growth of our business.

In 2017 we've focused closely on bringing bitcoin's value to bear on the problems of high - value payments, which are often subject to slow bank transfer times or high processing fees and fraud rates with credit cards.

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The PBO identified four key downside risks to the private sector forecast: global growth, especially in the U.S. could be slower than anticipated; the appreciation of the Canadian dollar could adversely affect exports; sovereign debt issues in Europe could restrain recovery there and put upward pressure on global interest rates; and the high level of household debt in Canada could restrain domestic demand.

While the assumptions about the future unemployment rate may be affected by policy, the fact is that slower U.S. population growth, coupled with an aging population, place substantial limits on labor force growth, which will leave U.S. GDP growth almost entirely dependent on changes in productivity.

It's true that demographic forces are leading to slower growth in the labour force, which reduces the neutral interest rate in the economy and increases the chances that monetary policy will be constrained by the lower bound on interest rates.

Commenting on Mr. Greenspan's remarks, David Hale of Kemper / Zurich International pointed out that as a result of Europe's more «rigid» (that is, unionized) labor markets, «If France or Germany had enjoyed America's success in reducing unemployment, their trade union movements would be pushing up wages aggressively and setting the stage for a monetary tightening to slow down the economy's growth rate.»

If the recovery got underway in earnest and credit demand surged, we could slow down the rate of credit creation by raising the interest rate we pay on excess reserves.

China's growth rate is likely to slow during the rest of the year, and based on commentary from Illinois Tool Works and BorgWarner management the automotive sector, in particular, is set to slow.

While the crowdfunding market is growing, it's «noticeably smaller» compared to the U.S. and the U.K. and expanding at a slower rate, says the inaugural industry report being released on Tuesday by the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA).