Sentences with phrase «rate increases in the coming year»

Policies purchased through state's exchange will have higher premiums beginning in 2015 Those that have purchased health insurance coverage through the Louisiana exchange could see their rates increase in the coming year.

The likely result will be more rate increases in the coming years — even for great drivers.

Not exact matches

In part due to renewable generation coming online, Ontario now predicts rates will increase 7.9 % a year over the next five years, and continue rising at a reduced pace thereafter for at least another 15 years.

That's exactly what sparked the stock market correction last month: a higher - than - expected average hourly earnings number in January's jobs report ignited fears that inflation might finally be coming to life, and in response the Federal Reserve may look to hike rates more aggressively than the three projected increases for this year.

Federal Reserve officials followed through on an expected interest - rate increase and raised their forecast for economic growth in 2018, even as they stuck with a projection for three hikes in the coming year.

There are some signs that inflation could come out of hiding in the next 18 months, but I would be very surprised if we saw a substantial increase in long rates in the coming couple of years just because there are too many disinflationary macro headwinds.

In December 2015, investors were betting on two rate increases over the coming year compared to the four signaled by the Fed.

I don't have any plans to increase debt in the coming years and am not too worried if rates do start to rise.

We also note with concern that the new small business payroll tax comes on top of previously announced minimum wage increase (of 34 % over four years), an increase in the general corporate tax rate of 9.1 %, a 14 % increase to the personal income tax rate of most «skilled professionals», and a previously scheduled increase in the BC carbon tax of 16 %, moving up a further $ 5 to $ 35 per tonne of GHGs emitted.

Surprisingly, however, this year's increase in the Metro Vancouver living wage — 1.8 per cent — came under the region's rate of inflation, 2.8 per cent, said Iglika Ivanova, a CCPA economist and co-author of the report.

Third, the increases in demand achieved through low rates in recent years have come from pulling demand forward, resulting in lower levels of demand for the future.

«In the coming year however, we do expect the market will gear down its resale levels and that the rate of price increases will soften.»

Some Wall Street economists had expected Wednesday's forecast to show the Fed increasing the number of rate hikes that would be needed in 2018 to four from three, while others felt a move higher in the dots would not come until later this year.

However, the recent weakness of the exchange rate is likely to result in larger increases in the price of tradeables over the coming year (see below).

And that dire prediction came before many of the big banks had started incrementally increasing rates on their fixed - term mortgages in the wake of market reaction to U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's recent warning that $ 85 billion (U.S.) in monthly bond buying may be coming to an end this year.

Policymakers maintained their prediction of three rate hikes in 2018, despite increasing their forecast for growth in the coming year from 2.1 % to 2.5 %, and lowering the predicted unemployment rate at the end of 2018 from 4.1 % to 3.9 %.

Most foresee either two or three additional increases in the Fed's benchmark rate by year's end, coming after an earlier hike in January.

So there are lots of those long - term factors, demographics, aging population, global competition that mean that long - term interest rates may not rise at the same level, but one can't help but feel that we have seen six, seven years and in some cases, 10 years now post global financial crisis of near - zero interest rates and it's just, I suspect, there are a lot of market practitioners have gotten used to that idea and haven't really gotten their heads around the fact that we are still seeing Fed governors suggesting we have got one more rate increase this year and potentially two or three coming out next year.

The monthly rate came in as expected at 0.2 %, and September's figure was revised up a tenth to the same level, leaving October's year - on - year increase of 1.4 % unchanged from the previous month.

Nonetheless, the decline in the exchange rate can be expected to assist exporters in securing increased market share in US and European markets over the coming year, and there should also be some benefits for those domestic producers competing with imports in the Australian market.

After the unexpectedly rapid turnaround in monetary policy by the Bank of Canada — with July's increase in Canadian interest rates coming almost a year earlier than had been widely predicted only a few weeks earlier — the attention of market participants turned to Australia, where interest rates remained at record lows.

However, for this coming school year the USDA has approved a 1.3 % increase in the reimbursement rate — the lowest increase over the last five years.

Indeed, at 24 per cent in 2012, it is considerably lower even than the ETR observed for the fifth North Sea hydrocarbons producer, the German Federal Land of Schleswig - Holstein, whose government has been increasing the statutory royalty rate in line with rising oil prices in recent years — from 12.5 per cent in 2003 to 21 per cent as of the time of writing — with the result that the ETR in the German sector of the North Sea in 2012 came to 33 per cent.

It came after a cascade of dissent from parents and teachers, steadily growing since tests aligned with the Common Core academic standards were introduced into classrooms in the 2012 - 13 school year and since the state toughened its evaluation laws, with an increasing amount of educators» job ratings linked to student performance on exams.

Paying off the interest and principal from the borrowing would come from a 10 - cent increase in the state's gas tax, half of a percent increase in the income tax rate for those who earn between $ 500,000 and $ 2 million and a $ 60 million contribution from New York City in the first year, with an extra $ 60 million added every year to the fifth year, capped at $ 300 million.

The high collection rate came during a year in which city property owners saw a tax increase of 14.5 percent to fund the $ 69.9 million budget.

«Since mayoral control of education came in, the graduation rate in New York City has increased by 50 percent in 13 years,» de Blasio said at a news conference in Albany.

Wilber's budget for the coming year, on which the town board will vote shortly after the election, calls for a tax levy increase of 0.823 percent, meeting the state's imposed cap on taxes, factoring in Woodstock's growth rate.

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Professor Dick said: «Alien plant and animal species cause environmental, economic and social damage across Europe, and their rate of invasion is set to increase in the coming years.

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

It seems that this industry is poised for continued growth in the years to come, based on a rapid rate of job growth and ever - increasing funding for early childhood education programs.

The harder work in increasing graduation rates will come in later years as all subgroups move toward 90 percent graduation rates for the city in 2038 - 39 and as DCPS grows toward a graduation rate of 85 percent in 2021 - 22.

A week ago, Charles Plosser, the head of Philadelpha Federal Reserve Bank, argued that the Fed should increase short - term interest rates to 2.5 % «starting in the not - too - distant - future,» preferably during the coming year.

Yearly variable rates are preferred by those borrowers who anticipate sharp or frequent increases in rates over the coming years.

With investors expecting the Federal Reserve to scale back its asset purchases, an increase in long - term interest rates, and higher interest volatility, mortgage REITs came under tremendous pressure throughout much of the year.

But should the Fed continue to hike its target rate in the coming months and years, all borrowing costs will increase — from mortgages to car loans to credit cards, and this will trickle down with similar results on Canadian borrowing costs.

When college costs increase 4 % year over year (at least) for private schools, then a CD or savings account will do little to keep pace (even with the likely increase in market interest rates coming later this year).

With a positive economic outlook for this coming year, the Federal Reserve anticipates further increasing the benchmark interest rate another three times in 2018.1

I prefer to look at today's low interest rates as a great opportunity to reduce principle today, shelter principle from higher interest rates in future, and increase financial flexibility in years to come.

While still relatively low, many economists feel that rates are far more likely to increase than decrease in the coming years.

Considering the rising interest rates are here to stay and I think it is safe to say that they should continue to increase in the coming years, it might be worth considering for you to start tracking your yearly interest costs in a similar way to how you currently track your passive income.

For the period 1949 — 2015, each percentage point increase in price of the U.S. equity market is associated with a positive 13 - basis - point change in the dividend growth rate in the coming year.4 The deviation of dividend growth rates from their long - term averages is also persistent.

Given that the U.S. economy has been in a historically low interest rate environment for the last several years and current rates have nowhere to go but up, variable interest rate loans are likely to increase significantly in cost in the coming years.

Now that the economy has shown signs of improving, many people are wondering how long mortgage rates will stay low or if there is going to be an increase in the coming months and next few years.

Should interest rates rise in the coming years, EPR's borrowing costs are likely to increase as well.

If we spend a few billions to increase the rate of solar panels installation in a few years those panels will have paid for themselves and will then produce almost free electricity for decades to come.

Although their contribution to climate change is still relatively small, it is expected to soar in the coming decades, with emissions of HFCs increasing at a rate of 10 - 15 percent per year.

How in God's green earth... given # 1 and # 2 above... can someone NOT think that the Arctic melting is LIKELY TO INCREASE ITS RATE OF MELTING over the coming years is beyond me.

Rate increases are an opportunity to get in front of clients and engage in conversations about pricing options for the coming year.