Sentences with phrase «quarter point increases»

To keep the economy on a sustainable path, I expect that it will be appropriate to remove monetary policy accommodation at a regular but gradual pace — and perhaps a bit faster than the three, one - quarter point increases envisioned for this year in the assessment of appropriate policy from the December 2017 FOMC meeting.

The U.S. Federal Reserve has already started to raise its key interest rate with the latest quarter point increase on Wednesday to a range of one per cent to 1.25 per cent.

Chase spurred this week's rate change by matching the Federal Reserve's March 2017 rate hike with an identical quarter point increase on Chase cards.

«For first - time buyers, the lack of available product has caused some concern, given that every quarter point increase in mortgage rates translates into higher carrying costs.

Not exact matches

In September, when the Fed's policy makers last submitted their economic outlooks, the median estimate implied two quarter - point increases in 2017.

Delivery contributed to 16 % of Company sales in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 3 percentage points year over year.

The underlying combined ratio of 95.5 % increased 1.1 points, primarily driven by (i) loss cost trends that modestly exceeded earned pricing, the impact of which has been moderating in recent quarters, and (ii) normal quarterly variability in both loss activity and expenses.

More than one third of business owners said they expect to decrease capital spending in the year ahead, an increase of about 10 percentage points from the previous quarter.

«Most retirement savers are accustomed to market volatility, but the swings in the second quarter were especially dramatic, including a 600 - point drop followed by a nearly 800 - point increase,» Doug Fisher, Fidelity's senior vice president for workplace investing, said in a statement.

The rising rig count points to further increases in U.S. crude production , which has already climbed by a quarter since mid-2016 to a record 10.54 million barrels per day (bpd).

Investors responded to the Fed's quarter - point increase as if a weight had been lifted.

Millner also pointed out that the quarter came a year after a mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which led to an increase in gun sales due to worries that about potential new gun restrictions.

Because most credit cards have a variable rate directly tied to the Fed's benchmark rate, that quarter - point increase will show up as soon as the next billing cycle, McBride said.

The tepid confidence level is somewhat at odds with how business owners view their current financial situations — 67 percent gave their situation a rating of good, the same as the prior quarter and an increase of two percentage points compared with the second quarter of 2015.

Traders also see about a 22 percent chance of a fourth quarter - point increase.

Similarly, 72 percent of business owners said they expect their financial situation 12 months from now to be good, an increase of one percentage point from the first quarter; 11 percent said they expect their situation to be poor, a decrease of one percentage point from the first quarter.

More importantly, 23 percent said they plan to add workers, a decrease of three percentage points from the first quarter; 9 percent said they planned to scale back on the number of workers they have, an increase of two percentage points.

EBITDA margins also increased by 90 basis points during the quarter to 12.5 %

That represents a five - percentage - point increase from the previous quarter.

With credit card debt rising steadily, the quarter - percentage - point increase in the federal funds rate will cost consumers roughly $ 1.6 billion in extra finance charges in 2017, according to a WalletHub analysis.

The quarter - point increase was the central bank's third since last summer, after hikes in July and September.

As a result of this new dynamic, since 2010 a one point increase in the VIX Index has been associated with about a quarter point decrease in equity multiples.

So get as many quarter - point increases without disturbing the system --

We might see an extremely modest rate increase — perhaps a quarter of a percentage point — «but it won't go up a lot,» says Devlin.

He points out that its cereal division — it makes Lucky Charms and other brand name breakfast foods — saw a 1 % increase in sales growth in its third quarter, while sales of its Greek and regular yogurt are increasing.

Four senators posted net increases of 10 points or greater last quarter.

Sen. Bob Menendez (D - N.J.) also climbed out of the bottom 10 after a 12 point increase from the previous quarter.

The increase in hiring by small businesses is an encouraging sign for the economy amid estimates that the 16 - day government shutdown could have sliced off as much as 0.6 percentage point from fourth quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth.

Morgan Stanley's Delinquency Diffusion Index, an aggregate measurement of year - over-year increases in the delinquency of several types of personal loans, stood at 19.2 (on a 100 - point scale) for the first quarter of 2016, up from its low in October, 2014, driven by increases in auto loan and credit card delinquencies in 2015 — but far below the 60 - point threshold associated with a pre-recession state.

RBC's aggregate measure for housing affordability in Canada rose by 1.2 percentage points in the second quarter to 42.8 per cent, the biggest quarterly increase in six years.

Looking forward, next year's interest - rate forecast includes three quarter - point increases and two increases in both 2019 and 2020.

Looking ahead: The Federal Reserve recently increased the federal funds rate by a quarter - point and the U.S. Central Bank is forecasting at least two more rate hikes this year.

The downside is that the interest rate on a HELOC is variable and often tracks any movement in the federal funds rate, which is expected to increase up to three more times after this week's quarter - point hike.

Whenever the Fed decides to act, the initial rate increase will be small — a quarter of a percentage point — but it looms large psychologically because it will be the first increase in short - term rates by the Fed since June 2006.

Systemwide occupancy rose 1.8 percentage points year over year during the first quarter to 71.8 percent, and average daily rate increased 1.2 percent to $ 145.21.

Even though it could point to a 15 percent quarter - over-quarter increase in digital subscriptions (to 116,000 in total), it lost revenues in digital content syndication.

The Federal Reserve raised the fed funds rate a quarter point to 1.5 percent on December 13, 2017, marking it the third increase in 2017 and...

Usage of our proprietary cards increased 10 basis points over the last year in the quarter reaching 48.7 % and while on the subject of credit I want to point out that we signed over new loan expansions of our partnership with Citi that now goes until 2025 instead of 2016 expiration of our original contract.

Depreciation expense in the quarter was 27 basis points higher as a percentage of sales basis compared to last year due to increased new units and remodels.

Morgan Stanley U.S. chief economist Ellen Zentner estimates that a 20 % broad - based tariff increase could, after four quarters, result in a 1 percentage point drag on real U.S. GDP growth.

Fourth quarter same — fourth quarter restaurant labor expenses were 50 basis points lower than last year on a percentage of sales basis due to increased productivity and lower restaurant manager incentive compensation expense.

Huawei, Oppo and BBK accounted for 21.3 percent of smartphones sold to end users worldwide during the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase of 7.3 percentage points year on year.

Canada's central bank opted against raising interest rates on Oct. 25, deciding that two quarter - point increases over the summer are enough for now.

This move incorporated six rate hikes, including three quarter - point moves, two half - point increases, and one three - quarter point move to close out the cycle on November 15.

Following an interest - rate hike by the Mexican central bank, the Mexican peso saw substantial gains as the quarter - point increase satisfied market expectations.

However, an increase in import values of around 3 1/2 per cent in the March quarter, despite another decline in prices, points to a further rapid expansion in import volumes.

Compared to last quarter, net income available to common shareholders increased 3 %, reflecting the combined positive impacts of 9 % higher other income and very strong loan growth, partially offset by an eight basis point reduction in net interest margin.

The increase of around 1 percentage point in long - term interest rates over the course of this year was associated with a fall in dwelling investment in the September quarter.

[1] The participation rate increased to be 63 3/4 per cent in the December quarter, which is 1/4 percentage point above its recent average levels.

A quarter - point hike in the US federal funds rate might provide a welcome dose of clarity to Asian markets and emerging markets more generally, but any indication that the path of further increases will be other than short and shallow could yet have a further disruptive effect.