Sentences with phrase «pressure of rising interest rates»

The good news is that by adding foreign stocks, investors have been able to offset the pressure of rising interest rates on their other holdings.

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The 2.9 % rise in December average hourly earnings «might put a little bit more pressure on the Fed to accelerate the path [of interest rate hikes], but I really don't think it's going to be that significant a push,» said Dan North, chief economist at Euler Hermes North America.

NEW YORK, Feb 5 - The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Monday as the U.S. bond market selloff levelled off after the 10 - year yield hit a four - year peak on worries that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates faster to counter signs of wage pressure.

Wednesday's moves come after three volatile sessions in which fear of rising inflation sent interest rates higher, pressuring equities.

This is because the province has accumulated a large public debt that given the prospects for an economic slowdown and / or rising interest rates will potentially increase fiscal pressure via debt service costs which in 2016 - 17 totaled $ 11.7 billion or just over 8 percent of total government spending.

Could the economy have successfully negotiated the period of robust growth, and rising inflation, in the first half of 2000, in the face of strong downward pressure on the exchange rate, with interest rates maintained at 4 3/4 per cent?

The second implication is that there likely will be upward pressure on interest rates as widening budget deficits for 2018 and 2019 will cause a larger supply of U.S. Treasury securities to be issued to fund rising U.S. budget deficits.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

There is also a plausible risk that China will retaliate by selling a portion of its vast US treasury debt holdings, putting further upside pressure on already rising US interest rates.

If inflation pressures become bad enough to force excessive rate hikes, what often follows is an inversion of the yield curve — when the interest rates on shorter - maturity bonds rise above rates on longer - maturity bonds.

Some of the main downward price pressures will continue to be the U.S. dollar's strength and rising interest rates.»

Yet as the past few years have shown, predictions of rising interest rates have consistently proved premature, largely due to a general absence of inflationary pressures, resulting in a dovish tilt to monetary policy among the main central banks.

Also, the need for interest rates to rise will be lessened to the extent that inflation expectations remain well anchored and wage pressures in stronger parts of the economy do not spill over to other parts.

Rising interest rates in the midst of weak U.S. and global economies will put additional pressure on the average American.

Yet rising interest rates from the Federal Reserve have reduced the amount of loan origination activity in some quarters, and that has the potential to put pressure on companies that benefit from that activity.

When interest rates rise due to a healthier economy, these defensive companies come under more pressure because of increased borrowing costs.

Due to significant deflationary pressures and the rise of interest rates in the United States over the last three years, TIPS ETFs have demonstrated negative returns in low single digits.

The U.S. Treasury bond and note futures markets this week have been under strong selling pressure, amid notions of a hike in U.S. interest rates very soon, and amid rising inflation.

Rising Global Equity Markets Pressure Dollar Overnight Stronger global equity markets are contributing to the weakness in the Dollar as traders are once again increasing demand for more risky assets after reassessing U.S. economic data and the odds of an interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve.

Given rising interest rates generally put pressure on the bonds, and the topic has been concerning for some time now, the S&P 500 Bond Index has already been negative in 4 of the last 6 months.

What I predict is that interest rates will rise until about the end of 2011, and then the house prices will start to come under pressure - they're already under pressure now, but people have borrowed so much, that high interest rates, more will be forced to sell.

Treasuries, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government as to the timely payment of principal and interest, are considered the most stable fixed - income investment, and rising Treasury yields, as occurred in early 2018, tend to put downward pressure on munis.8 However, Treasuries are more sensitive to interest rate changes, and stock market volatility makes both Treasuries and munis appealing to investors looking for stability.

Of course, if interest rates rose that much, the US Treasury's future deficits would balloon, and there would be a lot of political pressure to keep interest rates low if possiblOf course, if interest rates rose that much, the US Treasury's future deficits would balloon, and there would be a lot of political pressure to keep interest rates low if possiblof political pressure to keep interest rates low if possible.

If such narrowing spreads occur, seniors housing cap rates may not experience the same magnitude of upward pressure that expected rising interest rates could impose on other commercial property types.

If such narrowing spreads occur from today's 500 - basis point differential, seniors housing cap rates may not experience the same magnitude of upward pressure that the expected rising interest rates could impose on other commercial property types.

A declining housing market, coupled with rising interest rates, was expected to put pressure on heavily - leveraged Canadians, and therefore the lucrative lending businesses of the country's biggest banks.

Those who chose to sit it out on the sidelines are now facing a market in transition, characterized by the threat of rising interest rates, low inventory levels, and upward pressure on housing values.»