Sentences with phrase «raise key rates»

Don't wait for the Fed Chairmen to raise key rates.

The FOMC next meets in June, when it is widely expected to raise the key rate by 25 basis points to two percent.

The Fed voted to raise the key rate on Wednesday, indicating there would be at least two more hikes before year - end.

According to Gary Keller, raising the key rate is necessary.

The increase started when the Federal Reserve raised its key rate by 25 basis points in December.

Yellen also echoed the Fed's intent to only gradually raise the key rate.

The Fed expects to raise the key rate three more times in 2017.

Average fixed mortgage rates climbed again for the eighth week in a row following the Federal Reserve's decision to raise the key rate, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), with the 30 - year fixed - rate averaging 4.30 percent with an average 0.5 point — up from last week's 4.16 percent.

The Fed raised the key rate once in 2016, one - quarter percentage point, in December.

(Case in point: credit card interest rates went up 24 basis points in the beginning of 2016, after the Fed raised the key rate 25 basis points in December 2015.)

Not exact matches

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise its key interest rate next week, and you can be sure banks will be quick to raise the rates they charge borrowers.

By contrast, in August, when the market was still anticipating that the Fed might raise its key interest rate in September, the two high - yield funds lost a net $ 344 million.

The Fed raised its key overnight lending rate in December for the first time in nearly a decade, but it has backed away from further monetary policy tightening this year largely due to a global economic slowdown and financial market volatility.

Continuing on the topic of jobs, raising the minimum wage beyond the $ 7.25 federal hourly rate is a key ballot initiative for this midterm cycle in several red states including Alaska, Arkansas, South Dakota and Nebraska.

Most market participants expect the Federal Reserve to start raising its key interest rate in the coming months.

On Wednesday, the Fed raised its key short - term lending rate to a range of 0.50 % - to - 0.75 %, or about two percentage points below where we said it would be.

With big banks hugely unpopular, the key opponents of cramdown were the nation's community bankers, who argued that the law would force them to raise mortgage rates to cover the potential losses.

With the economy picking up steam, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to begin raising a key short - term interest rate when the Federal Open Market Committee concludes a two - day meeting on Dec. 14.

Toward creditor nations, however, America relates as the world's most Highly Indebted Military Power by refusing to raise its own interest rates or taxes, or to permit key U.S. industries to be sold off.

The Fed's decision to raise its key interest rate in December 2015 marked the beginning of the end of an unprecedented era of monetary policy.

Nevertheless, barring significant trend shifts in key variables, the Fed's going to continue to slowly raise, for reasons that aren't so clear to me but I think amount to: rates have been very low for very long, and as the economy gets back to normal, rates should too.

The central bank raised its key interest rate to 10.5 percent and warned about the future of Russia's embattled economy.

Stock rose and the dollar fell on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, after a key report showed the U.S. economy added slightly fewer jobs than expected in August, making it potentially less likely that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates already this month.

The Federal Reserve is raising its key interest rate and signaling confidence in the U.S. economy's durability but plans to continue a gradual approach to rate hikes for 2018 under its new chairman, Jerome Powell.

For example, faster labour force growth will encourage firms to invest not only to meet greater demand but also to equip these additional workers with machines and other capital to raise their productivity.5 The rate of technological progress is also a key factor, since a faster pace of innovation raises the return on each additional unit of capital, stimulating firms to invest more.

Norges Bank confirms it's ready to hike ratesNorway's central bank left its key policy rate unchanged Thursday, but confirmed its intention to start raising interest rates later in the year, despite surprisingly muted inflation in the Nordic country.

The Federal Open Market Committee has raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, in its attempt to leave zero rates behind.

The Fed recently raised its key interest rate by 0.25 % and signaled that more increases should be expected in 2017.

The Bank of Canada has raised its key interest rate target twice this year, moves that have prompted the big banks to raise their prime lending rates.

Put together with an increased key interest rate to 1.25 % 8, the combined effect of stricter mortgage rules and raised interest rates could lead to a significant cooling of home prices in Canada this year.9, 10

Predictability is the key word — the central bank is expected to raise interest rates up to three times in 2018, but the moves will likely have little impact because the markets already anticipate them, observers say.

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its key refinancing rate by 50 basis points to 4.25 per cent in early June.

While the Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise interest rates next week by 25 - basis points, Hansen said that the key for the gold market will be the central bank's forward guidance.

The Federal Reserve is largely expected to raise a key benchmark rate.

As was widely expected, the Federal Open Market Committee (the FOMC) raised its key interest rate 25 basis points to a range of 1.50 percent to 1.75 percent following its March meeting.

The key paragraph in the Yellen interview: «We need to be attentive — and are — to the possibility that when the Fed decides it is time to begin raising rates these term premiums could move up and we could see a SHARP JUMP IN LONG - TERM RATES» (emphasis mrates these term premiums could move up and we could see a SHARP JUMP IN LONG - TERM RATES» (emphasis mRATES» (emphasis mine).

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve is raising its key interest rate and signaling confidence in the U.S. economy's durability but plans to continue a gradual approach to rate hikes for 2018 under its new chairman, Jerome Powell.

The Bank of England raised short - term interest rates by 25 basis points in June to 7 1/2 per cent, citing mounting labour market pressures and an inflation rate above target as key concerns.

Amid signs of stronger economic growth and a pick - up in inflation, as well as easier financial conditions, the Federal Open Market Committee, the policy arm of the U.S. central bank, is expected to raise its key federal funds rate in March by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 0.75 % to 1.00 %, says Ellen Zentner, Morgan Stanley's Chief U.S. Economist.

Therefore, we expect the Fed to raise key interest rates six more times (vs. the 3.2 times that markets currently price) from now until the end of 2018, and expect the other major developed - market central banks to tilt toward a less dovish / more hawkish stance.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is raising its key interest rate and signalling confidence in the U.S. economy's durability but plans to continue a gradual approach to rate hikes for 2018 under its new chairman, Jerome Powell.

The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate last month and said it would raise rates two more times this year.

After raising interest rates twice this summer, The Bank of Canada has decided to hold its key overnight lending rate steady at 1 %, as it grapples with uncertainty about the future prospects of the country's economy.

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Principal researcher on the study, Associate Professor of Epidemiology in Trinity, Dr Lina Zgaga, said: «The key question that this work raises is: «When breastfeeding is so strongly recommended across the board by the medical profession, what causes lower rates of breastfeeding following hospital births?

According to a ComRes poll, for example, a clear majority of public supports raising the minimum wage and increasing the top rate of tax to 50p from 45p — two key Labour pledges.

Key to this was her promise to forego the chancellor's planned threshold increase for the 40p rate, raising it only in line with inflation.

Green Key passes, golf course admission and hunting permits will become more expensive next year, as will all other user fees at county parks, if the Suffolk County Legislature approves a resolution next week raising rates across the board.

He said «a key element in raising the national saving rate is the elimination over time of the structural deficit in the public finances».

Standard and Poors cited strong management, with good financial policies as a key indicator in raising the County's credit rating.