Sentences with phrase «pace of rate hikes as»

«There is no reason to think the Fed will accelerate the pace of rate hikes as a result.»

Fed officials have variously described the subsequent pace of rate hikes as «gradual,» «shallow,» «slow,» «halting» and even «crawling,» noted economists at Goldman Sachs.

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Gold slid to a four - month low on Tuesday as the dollar strengthened ahead of a US Federal Reserve policy meeting that is being watched for clues on the future pace of interest rate hikes.

Schultz: If you put in a hawk such as [former Fed governor Kevin] Warsh, the possibility of a quicker pace of Fed funds rate hikes will increase.

The market's going to have to start to digest a faster pace of interest - rate hikes in 2017 than what we have gotten used to, as the economy grows.

Delays in passing domestic legislation, including health care, are seen as likely to push back any new fiscal stimulus, which investors had anticipated would boost growth and possibly spur a quicker pace of interest - rate hikes.

Among Williams» chief responsibilities as New York Fed president will be the oversight of large financial firms as current Fed chairman Jerome Powell weighs the pace of rate hikes.

The US Dollar index hit new highs for the year ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision later today, where it's expected they will continue to signal further rate hikes as the US economy grows at a reasonable pace.

Retail investors turned net redeemers from Emerging Markets Bond Funds going into the final week of April, and Frontier Markets Bond Funds posted their first outflow since mid-December as fears of a more rapid pace for U.S. interest rate hikes cooled appetites for this asset class.

Thanks in part to the prospects of an accelerated pace of Federal Reserve rate hikes, many expect continued strength in the U.S. dollar as we head into 2017.

The Federal Reserve, in particular, could embrace a faster pace of rate hikes — with as many as six increases between now and the end of 2018, Morgan Stanley Chief U.S. Economist Ellen Zentner predicts.

All in all, the Fed continues to expect inflation to rise gradually toward 2 % over the medium term as the labor market improves further and the transitory effects of energy price declines and other factors dissipate, but the pace for hikes in interest rates could well be moderate, as the Fed has been indicating.

In recent years, the most intense discussion at Camp Kotok has revolved around the Fed as everyone eagerly anticipated and attempted to forecast first Fed tapering and then the timing and pace of rate hikes.

This change is likely a function of investor liquidations in Q4 2016, as markets anticipated a Fed rate hike, which has since reversed but at a subdued pace.

Stocks drove up, then pulled back, as investors puzzled over the minutes and bond yields climbed on the prospect of a faster pace of rate hikes.

Therefore he will continue hiking rates at a measured pace for as long as economic numbers are relatively strong regardless of financial market movements.

Investors also raised their outlook for the pace of tightening by the Federal Reserve, meaning that they now view four rate hikes this year as more likely.

Treasury yields across maturities rose leading up to the meeting, with short - term rates rising the most as markets took into account the Fed's expected pace of three to four rate hikes in 2017.

As well, the US Federal Reserve hiked overnight rates by 25 basis points yesterday and has suggested that the pace of rate increases next year could be a bit more rapid than earlier expected.

1) No change in the dot - plot: If the Fed does not change the projection for a total of three hikes in 2018, this means a slower pace of rate hikes and a better environment for alternative assets such as cryptocurrencies.