Sentences with phrase «prospects of rising interest rates»

In addition to employers (and sometimes employees) making extra payments, the prospects of rising interest rates could help a great deal.

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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.

Nevertheless, with bodies including the International Monetary Fund warning that the negative effects of the UK's decision to leave the European Union (EU) were starting to weigh on the economy's long - term growth prospects, reaction among market participants to the BoE's signaling of further interest - rate rises was somewhat skeptical.

However, given the recent appreciation of stocks to the perceived point of overvaluation, and poor prospects for bonds in light of an anticipated rise in interest rates, many investors may hesitate to make early contributions.

In the face of tightening spreads, increased regulation, and the prospects for rising interest rates, outstanding commercial real estate debt to GDP will continue to rise higher above its long - term equilibrium.

The optimism at the conference was somewhat tempered by the prospects of increasing supply, rising interest rates and an eventual downturn in the not - too - distant future.