he thinks that even if the Federal Reserve raises interest rates next month,
subsequent rate hikes over the next two years will be modest..
Most analysts expect the first rate hike to come in September of this year, but that the pace of
subsequent rate hikes will be slow, taking into account continued middling economic growth and below - target inflation.
Not exact matches
Timmer: Yeah, so last August which was a key inflection point for the market — because at that point, nobody was expecting tax cuts anymore and the 10 - year Treasury had fallen to 2 %, and the bond market which of course is always pricing in the potential future, was pricing in only one more
rate hike over the
subsequent two years.
Fed officials have variously described the
subsequent pace of
rate hikes as «gradual,» «shallow,» «slow,» «halting» and even «crawling,» noted economists at Goldman Sachs.
The seven also want any deal to include a guaranteed $ 1 - a-year increase in
subsequent years through 2019 before automatically tying future
hikes to the
rate of inflation.
Over Thanksgiving weekend, I had a conversation with a good friend who was stunned at how many condominium projects are still being approved and built in Toronto, despite impending interest
rate hikes (and
subsequent fears of a housing market crash).
It is anticipated that this
rate hike will be the first of a few this year but as we have come to learn, the plan Fed policymakers present in one quarter can be significantly different from the actual changes in the policy
rate in
subsequent quarters.
Subsequent hikes will likely increase
rates only incrementally.