Sentences with phrase «possibly hiking rates»

Another important difference is how they react in a rising rate environment, given rates are likely to continue normalizing with the Fed possibly hiking rates twice this year.

Not exact matches

With respect to interest rates, we continue to see a bifurcation for U.S. rates where shorter - dated yields move higher in response to possibly two or three more Fed rate hikes, while the U.S. Treasury 10 - year yield trades in a 2.25 percent to 2.75 percent range, with a temporary move toward 2 percent possible if geopolitical risks become realities.

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.

First, since monetary policy acts only with a lag failure to raise rates would risk an overheating economy and an acceleration of inflation possibly necessitating a sharp and destabilizing hike in rates later.

When the Fed hikes interest rates, consumers can expect the prime interest rate to rise, too, possibly by the same amount.

The upside for gold looked likely to remain limited as metal traders looked ahead to a Fed meeting that is expected to point to another two or possibly even three rate hikes this year.

When Michelle Rhee, then chancellor of the D.C. public schools, announced a radical plan to rate teachers» effectiveness on a numerical scale, then fire the worst and give the best huge pay hikes, even her staff wondered whether it could possibly work.

Missing payments on your credit card is a quick way to rack up late fee charges, hike up your interest rate, and possibly send your credit score into the dump.

Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is one of the most highly - rated experiences in Peru — possibly in South America.

That rebuttal nicely sums up a lot of the accepted facts of unwavering peakoilers, e.g. that it's been conclusively shown that oil price hikes are linked to recession (not really; e.g. wrong macro policy responses to oil - led inflation often tried to tackle it by raising interest rates, which just compounded the problem and possibly triggered recession by itself; uncertainty in price is often more important to investment decisions that which direction it's going in, given that fuel costs are actually not a large % of overall costs.)

But if you were at fault because you were driving recklessly or under the influence of drugs or alcohol, you can typically expect a rate hike or possibly even a cancellation of your policy, Worters says.

Pressure on rates due to Fed hike: Higher rates could mean mortgages are less affordable, possibly constraining supply or leading to less stringent underwriting guidelines.

With all signs pointing to a record - breaking Spring 2017 for housing, and possibly two to three more interest rate hikes by the Fed this year, it will be interesting to watch closely if homebuyers will keep buying, and if or when their confidence jitters may take over.