Stable rates of sea - level rise, sustained in the next 20 years, would mean melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice - caps has not yet accelerated significantly.
Investors are happy to receive highish
stable rates of return that come with seeming safety.
But none of globalization's effects on inflation, not even the potential reduction in inflationary bias, diminish the importance of the principal objective of central banks: setting policy to achieve low and
stable rates of inflation over time.
The central objective of policy, most mainstream economists believed, should be to achieve a low and relatively
stable rate of inflation, since there were no permanent gains to be had from higher inflation.
«Briefly put, the Governor's proposal endangers the pension funds by promising
a stable rate of contributions over a 25 - year period, but the State is unlikely to be able to keep that promise.»
«Securitization made sense, banks had
a stable rate of return, and it was a way to generate capital for new loans at a low cost,» says Harrison Wadsworth, a spokesperson for the Consumer Bankers Association.
The early release of statewide test scores and participation rates show improved results and
a stable rate of opt - out (press release).
a) Value - added models (VAM) of teacher effectiveness do not produce
stable ratings of teachers.
Value - added models (VAM) of teacher effectiveness do not produce
stable ratings of teachers.
National Insurance Company Limited (India), a leading Kolkata - based public insurance company in India, has received
stable ratings of B + + (Good) for financial strength rating and bbb + issuer credit rating from A.M. Best, a globally recognized ratings company focused on the insurance sector.
Not exact matches
In the U.S., unemployment is below the U.S. Federal Reserve's (Fed's) estimate
of the «natural»
rate that is consistent with
stable wage growth, while unemployment
rates in many other developed economies are rapidly approaching a similar point.
The IMF, or International Monetary Fund, is an intergovernmental agency that works to keep exchange
rates and the international system
of payments
stable.
We may eventually end up in a situation like that, not where you necessarily have sustained inverted curves, but where you see a more aggressive business cycle going through the front end
of the curve, relatively
stable long
rates, and the reason for that would be that people are pretty comfortable that inflation is going to be reasonably grounded.
The outlook for the U.K. economy looks
stable but the level
of growth is low relative to both its historic performance and the
rates of growth being achieved by the country's international peers, according to a spring forecast.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen said last month that the U.S. central bank was getting closer to raising interest
rates, possibly as early as September, saying that the Fed sees the economy as close to meeting its goals
of maximum employment and
stable prices.
Earlier this week
rating agency Standard and Poor's changed its U.S. long - term debt outlook to «
stable» from «negative,» despite the concrete prospect
of more showdowns on fiscal policy.
«Until last August, China was just able to balance the contradictory objectives
of cutting interest
rates, keeping a
stable renminbi and liberalizing its capital account,» writes Joyce Poon
of Gavekal Economics in Hong Kong today.
Coming out
of the recession Canada had a triple - A credit
rating with a
stable outlook — which was and still is virtually unmatched among our peers.
Most
of Kocherlakota's speech Thursday reprised remarks made in Frankfurt last month in which he argued that a drop in the long - run interest -
rate level consistent with full employment and
stable prices is making the Fed's job harder.
Add a diverse
stable of industries and a sterling credit
rating, and Texas dominates our Economy category.
Overall, Treasury yields, which influence the interest
rates that borrowers pay on mortgages and other loans, have been «remarkably
stable» given the Fed could raise
rates against the backdrop
of ongoing turmoil in global markets, said Kathy Jones, chief fixed income strategist at Schwab.
Trudeau's Liberal Party under a former leader swept to power in 1993 and won three subsequent elections — all
of them while interest
rates were
stable or falling and the economy was relatively strong.
The RBA has left
rates at 1.50 percent since August 2016, the longest spell
of stable policy since the early 1990s.
«Increased automation means we can go higher in
rates with a
stable workforce,» Barry Lewis, head
of wing manufacturing operations at Boeing's 737 plant, said during a recent factory tour.
Countries, Mundell observed, can not simultaneously enjoy the advantages
of free capital movements, a
stable exchange
rate and an independent monetary policy.
While higher
rates may cause investors to reconsider their bond allocations, they may provide relatively
stable income and act as a diversifier in times
of market stress.
Exchange
Rate Changes and Net Positions of Speculators in the Futures Market Research by Thomas Klitgaard and Laura Weir finds a strong and stable contemporaneous relationship between weekly changes in the net positions of futures market speculators and exchange rate movements, but that such data do not appear to be useful in anticipating such changes over the following w
Rate Changes and Net Positions
of Speculators in the Futures Market Research by Thomas Klitgaard and Laura Weir finds a strong and
stable contemporaneous relationship between weekly changes in the net positions
of futures market speculators and exchange
rate movements, but that such data do not appear to be useful in anticipating such changes over the following w
rate movements, but that such data do not appear to be useful in anticipating such changes over the following week.
Fluctuations in the exchange
rates between the U.S. dollar and those other currencies could result in the dollar equivalent
of such expenses being higher and / or the dollar equivalent
of such foreign - denominated revenue being lower than would be the case if exchange
rates were
stable.
I have ignored reasons that might justify lower discount
rates or higher GDP adjustments for China mainly because the purpose
of this essay is to explain why the U.S. multiple is so much higher than China's, and
of course these reasons exist, but I think whatever the correct ratio should be, there is no question that advanced economies always justify higher multiples than developing economies because they tend to be economically more diversified and politically more
stable, and they usually have institutions, including clearer legal and regulatory frameworks, more sophisticated capital allocation processes, less rigid financial systems, and smaller state sectors (which make smooth adjustment, one
of the most valuable and undervalued components
of long - term growth, more likely).
Using new transaction - level data, authors Leonardo Bartolini, Svenja Gudell, Spence Hilton and Krista Schwarz show that trade volume in the federal funds market exhibits large swings over the course
of the day while prices remain fairly
stable, with
rate volatility rising sharply only near the end
of the trading day.
The figure includes the unemployment
rate, the Fed's estimate
of the «natural
rate» — the lowest unemployment
rate they believe to be consistent with
stable inflation at the 2 % target — year - over-year wage and price growth (using the core - PCE deflator, the Fed's preferred inflation benchmark right now).
«Some investors told me I was crazy,» Trinh, the senior currency strategist at Royal Bank
of Canada in Hong Kong who predicted a yuan retreat in June, when most
of her peers were forecasting a
stable or stronger exchange
rate.
To conclude, over the past decade and in a very volatile world, Australia has achieved the inflation target, avoided a major economic downturn, seen remarkably little variability in real economic activity in the face
of enormous shocks, experienced a fairly low average
rate of unemployment, and had a
stable financial system as well.
The figure below shows some
of the key indicators from the Fed's dashboard, including unemployment, the Fed's guess at the «natural
rate» (the lowest unemployment
rate consistent with
stable inflation), actual inflation (PCE core, the Fed's preferred gauge), and the Fed's inflation target
of 2 percent.
Papillion residents may endure harsh winters, but the rewards
of living in this wealthy Omaha suburb include a
stable economy, low cost
of living and low crime
rates.
«Given the still solid pace
of job gains, we expect the unemployment
rate to move lower to 4.0 per cent assuming a
stable to lower participation
rate,» TD also said.
«u *» is econo - shorthand for the so - called «natural
rate»
of unemployment, or the lowest unemployment
rate consistent with
stable inflation.
Fitch
Ratings, confirming its BBB
rating — the second - lowest investment grade — and a
stable outlook, said today the
rating «would come under pressure» if there was no clear expectation
of the Paris - based company's ratio
of adjusted net debt to earnings staying below 2.5 times in the «medium» term.
But it's even stronger than that: a period
of relatively
stable prices and relatively low and
stable interest
rates actually can feed financial excess.
While emerging market sovereign
ratings have been largely on a
stable trend, we also see divergent signs in a number
of sovereigns.
Consumer prices, usually more
stable than producer prices, have also accelerated on a similar basis from a recorded inflation
rate of less than 1.0 percent last summer to 2.4 percent over the 12 - months ended this past March, also a smart acceleration in a brief time.
To provide investors with a relatively
stable, superior long - term
rate of return through a balanced portfolio
of common shares and fixed income.
Headline unemployment in the U.S. has already moved below the non-accelerating inflation
rate of unemployment (NAIRU)-- the
rate of unemployment at which inflationary pressures are
stable.
«Over the majority
of the time period, we've seen a benign inflation period characterized by
stable to falling interest
rates,» he said.
The Canadian bond market remained
stable against a number
of national and international events, including the delivery
of the Canadian federal budget, a U.S. interest
rate hike and continuing Brexit developments.
To achieve our monetary policy goal
of low,
stable and predictable inflation at the 2 per cent target
rate, our economy should operate at, or close to, its productive capacity.
Three popular explanations are offered to justify the high level
of share prices: that profits will grow faster; that the economy and hence equities have become less risky; and that lower, more
stable inflation will reduce real interest
rates.
«This program is intended to support the other measures by additionally lowering long - term interest
rates... and at the same time it gives a signal that monetary policy is committed to its goal
of stable prices.»
The U.S. economy, which was stuttering with a «fits - and - starts» recovery following the Great Recession
of 2007 — 2008, has now reached a state
of steady,
stable growth, with the pace
of growth centering around a new normal
rate that is lower than its historical norm.
This is very
stable and as risk - free as you can get, but the
rate of return you'll receive is smaller than with other securities.