Sentences with phrase «raising policy rates»

Insurance fraud is very costly to insurance companies, and those costs trickle down to you, raising your policy rates.

Specifically, adding a modest exposure to commodity futures when the Fed is raising policy rates (i.e., a restrictive policy stance) significantly increases portfolio returns and significantly decreases portfolio risk.

These expectations were given further force when minutes of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee showed that it had voted only narrowly against raising policy rates at its October meeting.

The Fed's go - slow approach to raising policy rates and the Bank of Japan's (BoJ's) encouragement of a steeper yield curve have lifted yields across major bond markets.

However, given the recent deterioration in the growth outlook in Europe and several Emerging Market countries, our view is that Canada's larger share of exports will likely have a relatively larger «negative» impact on Canadian growth, and by inference cause the BoC to be more cautious raising policy rates than the Fed.

That is putting downward pressure on inflation and likely will keep the Bank of Canada from raising its policy rate until some time in 2018.

It was in this context that the Bank of Canada decided, in July and again earlier this month, to raise our policy rate.

The Fed has raised its policy rate by a quarter - point five times starting December 2015.

Since December 2015 the Fed has raised policy rates three times, but it has yet to update the Framework to provide further details on the next steps for balance sheet normalization.

First, the Fed would raise policy rates [1] to «normal levels.»

Citing emerging domestic price pressures and stronger - than - expected household spending and housing market activity, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised its policy rate by 1/4 of a percentage point in January to 5 1/4 per cent.

The Bank raised policy rates by a further 25 basis points in March to 6 3/4 per cent, citing a stronger outlook for activity in the near term and associated pressures on inflation.

Interest rates are still low in most countries, but the central banks of Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines have raised policy rates in the past three months in response to mounting inflationary pressures.

The Fed raised policy rate levels by a quarter point at its mid-March meeting, and the U.S. economy has achieved sufficient levels of unemployment and inflation to encourage further gradual policy tightening this year and into next.

Our central bank will raise the policy rate by 0.25 %.

Very young drivers, very old drivers, and those with poor driving records will likely raise your policy rates.

And, your insurer may well raise your policy rate because of this fact.

Not exact matches

The central bank's policy committee voted unanimously on Dec. 14 to raise its benchmark interest rate a quarter point to 0.5 %.

The ECB, however, said after its latest policy - making meeting Thursday that it still doesn't expect to raise its own interest rates until «well past» September next year — and even then, only if it is absolutely sure that inflation is back on track after a decade of undershooting.

Fed chair Janet Yellen on December 2 stated as clearly as central bank lexicon will allow that she will recommend raising America's benchmark interest rate when she convenes the policy - setting Federal Open Market Committee later this month.

«Given the economic outlook, and recognizing the time it takes for policy actions to affect future economic conditions, the committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 0.25 to 0.50 percent,» the FOMC's post-meeting statement said.

The Australian dollar has followed Wall Street lower after the US Federal Reserve indicated that it is on track to raise its interest rate at its next policy meeting in June.

But with the economy growing so much faster than projected, policy makers may well feel compelled to advance their plans to raise interest rates in order to keep up.

Hence the question: Is it reasonable to expect that marginally looser policies would now lead to more than tripling of the growth rate (to 1.5 - 2 percent) over the next two years, while raising the inflation rate from -0.3 percent to 2 percent — as the Bank of Japan is promising?

The Federal Reserve came through on a widely expected interest rate hike Wednesday following its two - day policy meeting and sharply raised its economic growth forecast for 2018.

It achieves that by raising or lowering its policy interest rate, which influences other interest rates such as what you'll pay on your mortgage or auto loan, and the return you'll get on the balance in your savings account.

The Federal Reserve, long hesitant to raise U.S. interest rates, increasingly faces risks if it waits too much longer so a gradual policy tightening is likely appropriate, a top Fed official said on Friday.

The divergence in policy between the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada is happening: the Fed likely will raise interest rates at least a few times in 2017, while the Canadian central bank likely will do nothing at all.

Eight years after a devastating recession opened an era of loose U.S. monetary policy, the Federal Reserve was set on Wednesday to raise rates for the first time since 2006, in a sign the world's largest economy had overcome most of the wounds of the global financial crisis.

That expected stimulus has led several policymakers to say the Fed will likely raise rates more quickly, but Powell said new policies could also ease the Fed's burden.

While Kuroda has pledged to maintain the BOJ's ultra-easy policy, he has refuted arguments that the stimulus programme needs to be expanded and has signaled the possibility of raising interest rates if inflation prospects brighten.

In a recent speech to the Providence Chamber of Commerce, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said, «I think it will be appropriate at some point this year to take the initial step to raise the federal - funds rate target and begin the process of normalizing monetary policy.»

While the Fed has indicated it plans to raise short - term interest rates, the uncertain domestic and global economies and the still - loosening monetary policy of central bankers in other countries suggests that rates could remain very low for a long time still.

With a new policy announcement imminent, Marion asked, «why not surprise the market with a conditional commitment to not raise rates for at least another year?»

«I believe the Federal Reserve should be gradually and patiently raising the federal funds rate during 2018,» Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said in an essay released on Wednesday that updated his views on the economic and policy outlook.

That means policy makers may have to raise interest rates sooner than they have in the past to keep prices in check.

The Fed has been suggesting it could raise rates in 2016 since it tightened policy in December for the first time in nearly a decade, but investors have doubts the central bank will follow through on that guidance.

In her speech on Friday, she made headlines saying, «Based on my outlook, I expect that it will be appropriate at some point later this year to take the first step to raise the federal funds rate and thus begin normalizing monetary policy.»

The Fed had to push markets by specifically mentioning in its policy statement last October that it might raise rates at its «next meeting» in December.

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.

That insight, as obvious as it may seem, conflicts with the Fed's policy of raising interest rates preemptively, even as inflation continues to undershoot its target, essentially on concerns that a 17 - year - low 4.1 % jobless rate may already be beyond what officials consider «full employment.»

After the Fed's policy statement, traders of U.S. short - term interest - rate futures on Wednesday kept bets the Fed will raise interest rates at least two more times this year.

Some of Kocherlakota's colleagues have begun to worry publicly that the Fed's super-easy monetary policy could fuel inflation if the central bank does not begin to raise rates soon.

Yet while the Fed has eased policy to lower joblessness and raise inflation in the wake of the 2007 - 2009 recession, central banks such as the BoE have also launched accommodative bond - buying programs despite higher - than - desired inflation rates.

«Inflation in the euro zone is still below target, there's no need to raise rates or to tighten monetary policy,» Willem Buiter, global chief economist at Citigroup, said at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Namely, an expansionary fiscal policy would raise the equilibrium interest rate.

While the central banker is expected to hold off from raising borrowing costs for a second straight policy decision on Wednesday, and retain a degree of prudence in his rhetoric, Poloz will probably face mounting pressure to return to the rate - hike path soon, with inflation and growth beginning to pick up.

The last time rates were raised was nearly a decade ago; since then the Fed has pursued a policy of slashing rates and keeping them low in an effort to wrench the economy out of the Great Recession and promote greater growth and consumption.

Insurance is regulated state by state, and each state has its own insurance commission to determine how much insurers can raise rates on renewed term policies.

When the Federal Reserve's policy - making Open Market Committee meets next month to decide whether to raise interest rates, every one of the 10 voting members will be white.