Sentences with phrase «remain at historical lows»

«Absent any extraordinary events, inventory levels are stabilizing, interest rates remain at historical lows, and the desire for the American Dream is burning as bright as ever.

Savers will be happy and the brokers too will be benefiting from the increase in the mortgage rates after a long period of time when the figures remained at a historical low percentage.

Not exact matches

The economy may be healthy enough for them to raise interest rates, but the new 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent target for the benchmark fed funds rate, up a quarter point from where it had been, remains far below the historical norm — and, by all indications, the Fed still expects rates to stay low for at least a few more years.

Inflation and interest remain low and the stock market, even with its recent volatility, is still at historical highs.

Interest rates remain low across the yield curve; credit is freely available and is growing at a solid pace; and the exchange rate is near the low end of historical experience against most countries.

The share of foreign currency issuance denominated in US dollars remained low by historical standards at just over 50 per cent; financial institutions issued substantial amounts in euros, pounds sterling and Canadian dollars.

In fixed income, yields and spreads generally remain at the lower end of the historical range, despite interest rates inflecting higher during the quarter.

While 2017 is winding down with volatility levels at historical lows, a calmness has remained in the market for quite some time.

This is assuming the earnings growth rate going forward is 7.2 percent (i.e., comparable to its long - term historical average of 7.41 percent) and interest rates remain at the current all - time low levels.

Inflation remained slightly below the Fed's 2 % target rate through March 2017, so it seems that recent rate hikes are aimed at returning interest rates to a more typical historical range while guarding against future inflation.1 The Fed dropped rates to historic lows in 2008 to stimulate the slow economy.

At this point, the sea ice loss showed more of a historical loss trend, but because of the low June value it has remained below the previous lowest value from 2007.

Delinquency rates ticked up in the second quarter, but remained at the lower end of their historical ranges, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

Nevertheless, satisfaction remains stubbornly low in historical terms, with the majority still not satisfied at work.