Sentences with phrase «recent fed rate»

The recent Fed rate hike is impacting high yield investments in very different ways.

What is your take on the recent Fed rate hike and its impact in our market, especially in our debt market as they say for the coming 2 years we will see fed hike?

«Even with the recent Fed rate hike, it's still a favorable environment, and refinancing can be a great move,» he says — just as long as you're clear on the one - time costs associated with the refinance, and confirm that the transaction will lower your monthly payments.

This is largely driven by recent Fed rate hikes combined with large short - dated Treasury issuance that is filling the system with attractive cash flow in our view.

This is largely driven by recent Fed rate hikes combined with large short - dated Treasury issuance that is filling the system with attractive cash flow in our view.

The Fed will typically raise rates incrementally, and with the most recent Fed rate hike in December 2015, rates increased only a small amount.

Not exact matches

The Federal Reserve made the psychologically important decision to hike interest rates last December, and recent remarks from Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen telegraphed the possibility of another hike in the summer.

«Job gains have been solid in recent months and the unemployment rate has declined,» the Fed said in its policy statement.

Emanuel says it's no surprise given recent concerns about China's economy and the Fed's ability to raise rates, all coming alongside soft revenue and earnings growth from the biggest companies in the US.

Record - low interest rates, as set by the Fed in recent years, have squeezed bank margins.

The Fed, meanwhile, has sliced rates from 4.25 % to 3 % in recent weeks.

Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen's recent cautious statements about interest rates indicate she's well aware that raising rates any time soon could also rouse a sleeping bear market.

For all the talk of abnormal times and changes in underlying economic fundamentals, the Fed is pinning its hopes on a very conventional premise — that the U.S. consumer will keep spending at recent strong rates, encouraged by low unemployment and the apparent beginnings of higher wages.

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.»

Powell in statements throughout the year, culminating with his recent Senate confirmation hearing, has been clear he sees little risk of inflation that would prompt the Fed to raise rates faster than expected, and takes weak wage growth as a sign that sidelined workers remain to be drawn into jobs.

The most recent quarter's investment activity could provide insight into how the world's biggest investors are approaching their portfolios ahead of the Fed's impending rate hike.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell downplayed recent market volatility and said the Fed is on track for more rate hikes.

«With the unemployment rate at 4.7 %, wage growth clearly picking up, and financial conditions much easier, there is likely a limit to how long the Fed's pause can last,» Goldman Sachs economists Jan Hatzius and Zach Pandl wrote in a recent note to clients.

«The expectation of a rate hike... is widely held, and has been reinforced by the most recent round of Fed communications,» said Michael Feroli, an economist with J.P. Morgan.

As Tim Duy, a University of Oregon economics professor who is an avid Fed watcher, wrote in a recent blog: «When the Fed turns hawkish and steps up the pace of rate increases, is when we need to be increasingly concerned that, like all good things, this expansion will come to an end.»

The neutral rate is a level that puts neither upward or downward pressure on inflation, at is at around 2.9 %, according to the most recent chart, or dot plot, of Fed members» outlook for interest rates.

As widely expected by the markets, the Fed raised interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday and upgraded its economic outlook, saying that economic activity and jobs gains had been strong in recent months.

In its statement, the Fed said the rise in mortgage and some other loan rates in recent months «could slow the pace of improvement in the economy and labour market» if they're sustained.

Bond yields» recent ascent is partly due to expectations for a Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate liftoff shifting to September.

In that scenario, I would expect no more than one Fed policy rate hike this year, as labor market strength has been the highlight of recent economic performance.

But don't expect rates to stop there: In her recent speech, current Federal Reserve Board chair Janet Yellen stated the Fed's goal of reaching a 2 - percent inflation target.

Inflation rates have been very low in recent years, which is another reason the Fed hasn't felt compelled to raise the federal funds rate.

In recent weeks, stocks have swung between ups and downs, as investors have attempted to digest the latest news out of Greece, the recent bear market in China and the growing likelihood that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will hold off on raising rates until after its September meeting.

Trump delays metal tariffs on EU, Mexico and Canada: Reuters Special Counsel Mueller has far - ranging questions for Trump: NY Times US consumer spending and price inflation picked up in March: Reuters Pending homes sales in March for US point to subdued growth: CNBC Dallas Fed Mfg Index: mfg activity rebounded «strongly» in April: Dallas Fed Chicago PMI edges up in Apr, remains relatively subdued vs. recent history: MW Fed expected to hold rates steady this week and raise rates in June: Reuters Rising gas prices on track to deliver most expensive driving season since 2014: AP Initial Q2 GDPNow estimate for US economy is a strong 4.1 %: Atlanta Fed US Treasury in Q1: 2018 borrowed the most since 2008: Bloomberg

That's a continuation of what we've seen in recent years, and a typical pattern when the Fed raises interest rates.

A recent report by the Conference Board of Canada estimates that, based on the pace of the Canadian economy (and ignoring factors that are constraining our maneuvering space on monetary policy, such as the situation in Europe and the Fed's interest rate target), our key interest rate right now should be 2.5 per cent.

Vitner said the Federal Reserve's recent key interest rate hike won't slow the growth, though the Fed did signal that up to three more rate hikes may be needed in 2017.

I published this piece in today's WaPo arguing that based on recent global dynamics — very low interest rates, strengthening dollar, capital flows, larger US trade deficit — the Fed must be very careful about raising rates.

The Fed, however, has been signaling rate increases for quite some time now, so it might be a bit surprising that the markets would adjust that drastically to the recent changes in the 10 - year treasury rate, which has grown by 35 basis points over the past year.

The policy implication is that had the Fed targeted higher inflation in recent years, a lower real interest rate could have hastened the recovery.

The market has become increasingly confident that the Fed will raise rates at least two more times this year, and could even go for a third, causing the Dollar to rally strongly in recent weeks.

With U.S. economic readings coming out on the soft side and many investors believing the Fed to be in no rush to raise rates, U.S. yields have pulled back in recent weeks.

The Fed today released the minutes from its most recent meeting, revealing that it has not decided whether the economy has strengthened enough to raise interest rates in September.

Do you have any thoughts on the Fed's recent decision to raise interest rates?

While more modest in comparison to these movements, the recent new lows reached by gold reflect a renewed expectation for higher real interest rates as the Fed starts to raise rates.

But, judging from recent messaging, Fed policymakers have yet to see compelling evidence of an acceleration in overall activity, viewing growth as set to remain at around trend rates, and are reluctant to factor in any significant impact from the Trump administration's future policies.

My colleagues and I believe that U.S. economic data, including the recent jobs report, reinforce that a Fed rate hike is on the horizon, likely later this year.

Investors have all but priced out the chance of a rate hike at the end of the Fed's two - day policy meeting on Wednesday, particularly given its adherence in recent years to only raising rates at meetings that are followed by press conferences.

TIPS have underperformed in recent months, and have given back much of the gains they had between the November election and the Fed's December rate hike.

This week's letter will deal with the problems of determining what GDP really is, and I'll throw in a few quick remarks on what the recent GDP revision means for the Fed and whether they'll raise rates.

The main factor influencing financial markets in recent months has been changing assessments of the timing of the first interest rate increase by the US Fed.

While base rates kept at or close to zero for almost seven years and three massive asset - buying programs by the Fed have undoubtedly helped stabilize the US (and world) economy during and after the recession that followed the global financial crisis, the continuation of expansionary monetary policies is now supporting a growing excess of global liquidity that has been distorting the market signals sent by stock and bond prices and thus contributing to the growing volatility seen in recent weeks.

The volatility of recent weeks would seem to make it a less - than - auspicious time for the Fed to consider raising interest rates, at least from a global perspective.

The OCC's findings are consistent with more recent surveys: The Fed's October survey of senior U.S. loan officers found a growing number loosening standards for commercial and industrial loans, often by narrowing the spread between the interest rate on the loan and the cost of funds to the bank.

Sean Becketti, the chief economist for Freddie Mac, discussed this indirect relationship in a recent statement: «We take the Fed at its word that monetary tightening in 2016 will be gradual, and we expect only a modest increase in longer - term rates.