Sentences with phrase «rate for a central bank»

As a result, what is now considered a neutral policy rate for a central bank — one that neither stimulates nor restrains growth — has experienced a likely medium - term decline in the United States and other major economies.

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Any sign the central bank will raise interest rates faster than expected is viewed as negative for equities since hikes will theoretically lessen the appeal of stocks.

NEW YORK, May 2 - The U.S. dollar held below 3 - 1 / 2 - month highs on Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of a Federal Reserve meeting for indications on the U.S. central banks future interest rate path.

Investors were not expecting the Fed to hike rates but were looking for signs of how quickly the central bank may move in the future.

Given the collapse of commodity markets was the trigger for the shock interest - rate cut in January, it is reasonable to speculate that continued weakness could prompt the central bank to lower borrowing costs a third time in 2015.

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The federal government and the banks hold considerable sway over the housing market, of course; the central bank's benchmark rate is a clumsy tool for trying to moderate volatile real estate markets.

Yet there is another scenario, which, many observers believe, is just as likely: that Putin, with about $ 465 billion in foreign cash and gold in Russia's Central Bank, could try to ride out sanctions, perhaps for years, and emerge even stronger (his approval ratings are above 80 %) as the Man Who Faced Down the West.

Investors will be watching closely on Wednesday for Fed chair Janet Yellen's statement, as she has dropped numerous hints that the central bank would introduced another interest rate hike this summer.

'' (It) underlines the challenges for the CBRT (central bank) in managing the lira when Erdogan has tied both hands behind its back in terms of limiting its ability to hike policy rates,» Bluebay Asset Management strategist Timothy Ash said.

As the market waits with baited breath for any news on the Federal Reserve's impending interest rate hike, investors will pore over Wednesday's release of minutes from the Fed's July meeting to look for solid signs that the central bank will raise rates in September.

But for those cuts to have their full effect, the public must accept that the central bank is serious about leaving rates low.

This is not the first time we've heard a money manager criticizing central banks for instituting negative rates.

While Fink is right to point out that low interest rates are putting a large burden on those of us trying to save retirement, he does not address the fact that central banks aren't primarily responsible for the fact that bonds of all types are yielding less today than we're used to.

Marion observed that the central bank's autumn revelation that it had «actively considered» cutting interest rates had weighted the loonie for only a short time.

The most important policy action for mitigating the damage of a recession is for the central bank to keep interest rates low, according to the respondents, followed by increasing spending on transportation and other infrastructure projects.

Nevertheless, when making interest rate policy in early March, BoC governor Mark Carney overlooked rising pressures on inflation and left the central bank's target for Canada's overnight rate at 1 %.

In January 2015, when the central bank shocked investors by cutting the benchmark interest rates, policymakers were criticized for doing too little to prepare markets.

Some of that is for good reason — the eurozone's recovery is still extremely modest, China's growth is slowing (along with most other emerging markets) and investors are uncertain over the ability of the halfway - recovered US and UK economies to sustain higher central bank interest rates.

On July 12, the central bank finally did so, raising interest rates for the first time in seven years.

Bets the European Central Bank might consider raising interest rates by the end of 2018 due to evidence of higher inflation and business activity in the euro have lifted the euro, which was poised for its best yearly performance versus the greenback in 14 years.

Denmark's central bank cut its key policy rate on Thursday for the fourth time in three weeks, dropping it to -0.75 percent — the same level as the Swiss National Bank's rbank cut its key policy rate on Thursday for the fourth time in three weeks, dropping it to -0.75 percent — the same level as the Swiss National Bank's rBank's rate.

The central bank stuck with its benchmark interest rate of 1.25 per cent Wednesday as it continued along a careful process of determining the appropriate juncture for its next hike.

China's central bank on Thursday raised interest rates for its reverse repos and medium - term lending facility (MLF) loans by 5 basis points.

TD senior economist James Marple wrote in a report Friday that there's a high bar for inflation to jump over to get the central bank to move faster on raising rates.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen said last week she thought the case for a rate hike had strengthened, but many investors have doubts the central bank will raise rates at all this year.

«This is the first time in 102 years, A, the central bank bought bonds and, B, that we've had zero interest rates and we've had them for five or six years... To me it's incredible.»

While New Zealand's official cash rate is already at a record - low 2 % after the latest cut in August, it is still the highest in the developed world — a major draw for yield - hungry investors and a complication for the central bank as a higher kiwi further dampens imported - led inflation.

Instead the central bank has been stuck at the 0.25 % to 0.5 % range set last December when it lifted rates for the first time in a decade.

The central bank uses that rate as a way to keep the rates for overnight interbank borrowing from going beyond its target range, relying on reverse repo operations to set the floor.

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.

The recommendations were similar for central banks everywhere from the U.S. and the U.K. (which the OECD flagged as having perilously low rates) to developing economies like China, India and Brazil.

«Following the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, the exchange rate has fallen and the outlook for growth in the short to medium term has weakened markedly,» the central bank said in its quarterly Inflation Report.

The central bank has been under some criticism from bank managers for keeping interest rates too low for a long time.

Creeping inflation has also attracted the attention of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which is calling on many of the world's central banks to raise interest rates.

Investors will be listening carefully for any indication of how the central bank plans to handle future interest rate hikes.

Raising interest rates to fight inflation is also on top of mind for next leader of the European Central Bank.

The proposal was one of several discussed at an international gathering of central bankers who are looking for ways to stimulate economies even after they have cut interest rates to near zero and flooded banks with money.

The central bank bombarded markets in the past week with the message that it could raise interest rates for the second time in nine years as early as June, if the economy continues to improve as expected.

The central bank has cut interest rates for more than a year and flooded the state - owned sector with almost $ 1 trillion of credit in the first quarter.

Some economists and market pros have cheered the Fed for hiking rates because they see the economy as strong enough, and believe it's time the central bank removes some stimulus.

Everything was fine after the central bank announced that it had decided to leave its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 %, while stating that it had cut its outlook for economic growth and indicating that it would take longer to achieve its inflation target.

The central bank stuck with its benchmark rate of 1.25 per cent last month as it continued its careful process of determining the best juncture for its next hike.

On Thursday, New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said the central bank's forecast of three rate hikes still seemed a «very reasonable projection» but added there was a potential for more, should the economy look stronger.

Yields in the $ 14 trillion market for U.S. government debt touched record lows in 2016, driven by years of aggressive central bank intervention in the wake of the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis to keep interest rates low to stimulate the economy.

And more stimulus from the European Central Bank — which is helping U.K. bonds even though Britain is outside the European Union — should keep rates low and bond prices high across Europe for a while.

The central bank starts a two - day meeting later on Tuesday and there is intense speculation on whether it will drop a commitment to keeping rates near zero for a «considerable time.»

With the U.S. economy close to full employment and inflation headed toward the Federal Reserve's 2 % goal, it «makes sense» for the U.S. central bank to gradually lift interest rates, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Wednesday.

But inflation has remained in check, long enough to prompt central banks to keep interest rates lower for longer.