Sentences with phrase «quickly than the inflation rate»

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The tumult that saw global equity markets begin to fall at the beginning of February was triggered by U.S. jobs data that showed wages grew more than anticipated, raising worries that signs of higher inflation might push the U.S. Federal Reserve to increase interest rates more quickly.

Canada wasn't the focus of the panel discussion the governor was participating in, but Carney did hint, in passing, that the BoC is willing to put up with higher than two per cent inflation in order to avoid hurting highly indebted Canadian households by raising interest rates too quickly.

Although the report was great news for U.S. workers, on Wall Street the rosy jobs picture generated fears of higher inflation that might drive the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates more quickly than anticipated.