Sentences with phrase «participants anticipate an increase»

If market participants anticipate an increase in the price of an underlying asset in the future, they could potentially gain by purchasing the asset in a futures contract and selling it later at a higher price on the spot market or profiting from the favorable price difference through cash settlement.

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ER: Federal Reserve staff forecasts, like those of the bulk of private forecasters, see the labor market tightening considerably over the next three years — and this is the case even assuming more rate increases than are currently anticipated by market participants and reflected in market rates.

The value of allowances increased slightly to $ 3.00 / ton of CO2 in the latest auction, with market participants possibly anticipating a rise in the future value of allowances.

«Mortgage rates will likely stay low over the next few months as market participants await the Federal Reserve's decisions on whether and when to raise its short - term policy rate... our forecast calls for mortgage rates to drift slightly higher over the next six months, increasing more around September when we anticipate the Fed will begin raising rates.»