Sentences with phrase «rate rises to a level»

Beyond the requirements that liquidity and regulators impose on us, we will purchase currency - related securities only if they offer the possibility of unusual gain — either because a particular credit is mispriced, as can occur in periodic junk - bond debacles, or because rates rise to a level that offers the possibility of realizing substantial capital gains on high - grade bonds when rates fall.

A significant undersupply in new homes should keep the construction market rocking at least until mortgage rates rise to a level that would temper demand.

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Despite rising debt levels and increasing home prices, Canadians continue to allocate less income toward paying off debt, according to the Canadian Household Financial Health and Consumer Credit Q1 2015 report [paywall] recently published by credit rating agency DBRS.

No. 1: Housing doomsayers argue that when interest rates rise from their currently low levels, it'll take away the credit punch bowl and cause house prices to tumble.

If growing unemployment was not enough, a decline in labor market participation was also on the rise, the ILO said, a warning borne out by the latest U.S. jobs data from December which showed that the labor force participation rate tumbled to 62.8 percent, its worst level since January 1978.

But a high - level meeting scheduled for Wednesday at this year's UN gathering is a testament to fast - rising concern over the rate at which bacteria are learning to evade science's last remaining tools against them.

Beyond sea level rise, San Francisco is slowly sinking at a rate of up to 10 millimeters per year in a process called subsidence.

With valuations sitting near record levels, they're especially vulnerable and likely to lose appeal relative to bonds as interest rates rise.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

With the United States also reducing its quantitative easing - related bond purchases, supply would then slowly rise and potentially push rates to more extreme levels.

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NEW YORK, Feb 5 - The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Monday as the U.S. bond market selloff levelled off after the 10 - year yield hit a four - year peak on worries that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates faster to counter signs of wage pressure.

«While rising long - term rates will ultimately become a negative for profits and multiples, we do not see current levels as a reason to de-risk and sell equities,» J. P. Morgan's Dubravko Lakos - Bujas says.

«While rising long - term rates will ultimately become a negative for profits and multiples, we do not see current levels as a reason to de-risk and sell equities,» Dubravko Lakos - Bujas, head of U.S. equity strategy at J.P. Morgan, said in a note Wednesday.

A separate report from the Mortgage Bankers Association showed mortgage applications last week rose to their highest level in nine weeks as interest rates on 30 - year fixed - rate mortgages hovered at their lowest level in more than a year.

While these studies suggest that the rising level of student debt contributes to the decline in rates of entrepreneurship among young people today, mounting student debt is unlikely to be the sole cause of low levels of entrepreneurship among millennials.

More from Balancing Priorities: What to do with your bond portfolio as Fed rates rise Credit scores are set to rise Don't make these money mistakes when you're just starting out «There is no sense in bearing the risk of an adjustable rate when you can lock in a fixed rate at essentially the same level,» he said.

The only discussion is about the timing of the rate hikes, not the levels to which they are rising.

Crudely put, the theory states that when inflation rises above a prescribed level (typically around 2 %), central banks must respond by raising interest rates, which quells consumer demand and causes inflation to fall back to «acceptable» levels.

The central bank has concerns about the ability of households to keep paying down their high levels of debt when interest rates continue their rise, as is widely expected over the coming months.

That gold is still holding at its current level — despite rising rates, despite a stock market that continues to rally — is «encouraging.»

The key long - term U.S. mortgage rate declined slightly this week, after a steady rise for most of April that pushed the rate to its highest level in...

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The first and more important is that interest rates are expected to rise from their current low levels, making any given amount of debt more costly to finance.

And when the Fed eventually does allow rates to rise to more normal levels — even if that really isn't until 2014 — bond prices will fall significantly.

Rates and multiples are more likely to rise in tandem when interest rates are rising from unusually low levels, as is the case tRates and multiples are more likely to rise in tandem when interest rates are rising from unusually low levels, as is the case trates are rising from unusually low levels, as is the case today.

In other words, interest rates are not rising because of inflation fears, but because rates are starting to normalize from the unsustainably low levels reached earlier this year.

According to Green, however, the debt problems at the local level could probably be mitigated if it is transferred to the central government balance sheet given the country's strong growth rate and rising tax revenues.

Long bonds will end up being a very volatile investment at some point once rates or inflation rise from current levels, but intermediate - term bonds should continue to dampen stock market volatility.

Precious and Industrial Metals Inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and interest - rate levels, especially real yields, contributed to a 1.7 % rise in the spot price of gold (to US$ 1,325 per troy ounce), as did swings in the US dollar.1 Gold prices traded within the US$ 1,305 — 1,360 range throughout the period, reached 18 - month highs in March and capped their third straight quarterly gain, a feat not seen since 2011.1 Haven demand was a key support as exchange - traded gold holdings of 2,269 metric tons (mt) neared a five - year high.1 The Fed is widely expected to boost borrowing costs, and investors have been carefully watching the central bank's statements to see whether it targets more rate increases in 2018 than previously projected.

Unfortunately, corporate debt relative to U.S. GDP has now returned to prerecession levels, a risk made even riskier by rising interest rates.

For much of the past two years, the discounts offered by automakers have remained at levels that industry analysts say are unsustainable and unhealthy in the long term... Sales are expected to drop further in 2018 as interest rates rise and more late - model used cars return to dealer lots to compete with new ones.

«Mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level since November 2016, as geopolitical tensions continued to rise,» said MBA chief economist Mike Fratantoni.

The latest forecast of the University of Ottawa's Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy shows that rising interest rates threaten Morneau's promise to contain Canada's debt at current levels relative to gross domestic product.

We see volatility and dispersion rising to normalized levels as the Fed lifts rates and markets pay more attention to lurking tail risks.

Bond values are tied closely to the level of interest rates: As interest rates rise, the values of bonds fall; as interest rates fall, the values of bonds rise.

If it is a new era of faster growth and new investment opportunities, then the equilibrium real interest rate (the rate at which monetary policy neither boosts nor restrains the economy) would rise, so the central bank would be right to move interest rates towards that level.

If the IT revolution increases profitable investment opportunities, then the equilibrium real interest rate must rise in order to encourage households to save more to finance the higher level of investment.

Canadian interest rates will rise relative to world interest rates, because the Looney is expected to be depreciating back to its original level.

Current interest rates are slowly rising back to historical norms after years of near - zero levels.

As the exchange rate appreciated through to late November, speculative positioning in Australian dollar futures on the Chicago Futures Exchange rose to record levels.

So when U.S. inflation rises to this level, the Fed will likely raise the federal funds rate.

This borrowing eventually reached levels that proved to be unsustainable and, after interest rates began rising in 2004, forced millions into foreclosure.

Hold debt levels static, and that rate of economic decline would force Italy's debt to GDP ratio to rise to 122 % from 118 % - clearly the wrong direction if the hope is to ease long - term solvency concerns.

In the years ahead, oil production will decline to remove excess capacity, prices will again rise above costs, energy company margins will recover, and market - level earnings will return to a normal rate of growth.

President Donald Trump's job approval rating rose to 42 %, its highest level in almost a year, according to polling data released Monday by Gallup.

The euro zone's unemployment rate rose to a fresh high while the annual rate of inflation hit its lowest level since 2010, a combination that increases the chance of an ECB rate cut.

Growth at this pace has exceeded the rate of growth of the economy's productive potential, generating declining unemployment and rising levels of capacity utilisation, and is likely to have contributed to the upstream price pressures described above.

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The European Union's official statistics agency Tuesday said the rate of unemployment across the 17 countries that share the euro rose to 12.1 % from 12.0 %, the highest level since records began in 1995.