Sentences with phrase «term rates in»

Yun expects inflationary pressure to force the Fed to raise short - term rates in the first half of 2015.

This annually increasing renewal premium scale differs from Annual Renewable & Convertible Term rates in that the premiums are much larger.

Most companies stop offering competitive term rates in that age group so the UL products start looking like a better option.

For policyholders of return of premium policies, constant payment is essential for the first five to six years to avoid loss of premium or declined term rates in the meantime.

Schlanger doesn't expect short - term rates in Canada to rise in anytime soon, but when or if they do, that too would be good for investors.

The Fed raised short - term rates in December and is expected to raise rates two or three times in 2018.

The possibility of a Fed change of short term rates in June or July is on the minds of many.

And despite their trajectory, we'll obviously continue to enjoy ultra-low long & short - term rates in absolute terms, while central banks (in aggregate) also continue to print money:

The sharp rise in short - term rates in 2017 has created attractive valuations on the front end of the investment - grade curve.

This annually increasing renewal premium scale differs from Annual Renewable & Convertible Term rates in that the premiums are much larger.

With the exception of Australia and New Zealand, the U.S. has just about the highest long - term rates in the developed world.

Nonetheless, while the Fed is facing an extremely delicate task — and the job of effectively communicating its intentions will be even more delicate — it is still our belief that the US economy remains sufficiently strong to be able to bear a gradual increase in short - term rates in the coming months.

US Federal Reserve Moves Toward Gradual Policy Normalization The Federal Reserve is facing an extremely delicate task, but it is still our belief that the US economy remains sufficiently strong to be able to bear a gradual increase in short - term rates in the coming months.

Our impression of the structure and parameters of such models as these is that the result of the thought experiment above — a rise in short - term rates in real terms of 1 per cent — looks broadly similar in terms of its bottom line effect on activity.

«Even during the Great Depression of the 1930s, policy rates and longer - term rates in the most affected countries (like the U.S.) were never reduced to such low levels,» wrote William White, chairman of the Economic Development and Review Committee at the OECD in Paris, in a recent paper.

Not exact matches

Downside: Watch for higher interest rates and shorter terms on peer - to - peer loans, in addition to a more rigorous and intensive itinerary required from both parties to secure the loan.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

And, as this chart shows, the renminbi and the bitcoin rate to the dollar have become increasingly closely correlated (though bitcoin's rise, in percentage terms, has of course been far more dramatic).

In fact, banks» terms allow them to be slower to raise rates on savings products than they are on loans.

BofA reckons that every 1 point increase in short - term rates drives an extra $ 3.2 billion in pre-tax income.

So that policy response is going to lead to slightly higher inflation in terms of wages and slightly higher interest rates, and the market had to respond to that.

They also came away with similar results in terms of heart rate and blood pressure.

The longer term declining trend in shipping rates for the last 3 years remains.

So there's almost more concern for locking in a long - term rate of income than there is for just maybe catching a higher yield at one point in the cycle in the front end.

«We are now in a meaningful uptrend in terms of interest rates, and I think that's just going to be a huge headwind for this entire sector.»

Suddenly, the freshness rating of a film became more important than audience interest in terms of success — even though data scientists have found that the score doesn't affect the box office.

Companies with high - energy inputs, like airlines, railways and miners, should also be trying to lock in long - term fuel contracts at current low rates, says Janice Plumstead, senior economist at the Canada West Foundation.

For some of the first - time homebuyers who have had to source expensive short - term mortgages in this part of the private - lending sector, he says, it will now become «very difficult» to refinance when rates change.

And then Friedman explicitly says that when the Fed gets to zero rates, «They can buy long - term government securities, and they can keep buying them and providing high - powered money until the high powered money starts getting the economy in an expansion.»

But longer term, rising rates will be bad for stocks; therefore, investors may want to evaluate their portfolios and move out of some equities and invest more in bonds, she said.

About 70 per cent of mortgages in Canada are fixed rate, with the majority of those loans set for five - year terms.

All dividend stocks risk a hit to earnings from interest rates in the short term, says Rich Peterson, a senior director at S&P Global Market Intelligence.

However, it noted that it expects inflation to «run near» its 2 % target «over the medium term,» suggesting that interest rates might see a hike in June.

«While the Fed may hike the funds rate to 3.4 %, that increase is unlikely to be matched by a rise in long - term Treasury yields.

She writes: «Make a list of all the people in your life and rate them in terms of energy in, energy out.

That being said, there's a pretty good chance that last summer's low in long term interest rates may be the lowest you will ever have seen in your whole life.

In the category of communications policy, we also extended our estimate of how long we expect to keep the short - term interest rate at exceptionally low levels to at least mid-2015.

In Japan, the Central Bank said Thursday morning it was keeping its rates unchanged and the People's Bank of China raised its short - term interest rate by 10 basis points on both medium - term lending facility loans and its open market operation reverse repurchase agreements.

Rather than offering a promotion on a wide array of products or services, the paradox of choice suggests that narrowing down to one or two options will be drive more sales in the long - term and decrease return rates.

In other words, would pushing the short - term interest rate down to 0 percent, from the current rate of 0.16 percent, propel the GDP growth and inflation to such permanently higher levels?

Today, the rate is 3.4 percent, the lowest since long - term mortgages began in the 1950s.

Moody's maintained Ontario's Aa2 issuer and Aa2 senior unsecured long - term debt ratings despite the change in outlook.

The domestic incentives for influencing the exchange rate can indeed be compelling, at least in the short term.

At least in the short term, the bank was expected to be the most affected by the new law, which lowered the corporate tax rate and introduced measures designed to encourage companies to bring overseas profits back to the US.

It only keeled over when the Fed was deliberately trying to slow down the economy and had jacked up its rates until they surpassed long - term rates (inversion in the yield curve).

«There was broad agreement among members to convey the Governing Council's concerns about the recent volatility in the euro exchange rate, which represented a source of uncertainty that had to be monitored with respect to its implications for the medium - term outlook for price stability,» the minutes said.

Furthermore, the bank also said that the unemployment rate in the U.K. is projected to go up slightly to 5 percent in the near term as labor demand softens.

Even though our activities are likely to result in a lower national debt over the long term, I sometimes hear the complaint that the Federal Reserve is enabling bad fiscal policy by keeping interest rates very low and thereby making it cheaper for the federal government to borrow.

But the Fed kept on tightening until short - term interest rates surpassed long - term rates, creating «inversion in the yield curve.»

Yusuke Ikawa, rates strategist at RBS Securities in Japan, also ruled out imminent action from the BOJ and said uncertainty over who will be the next central bank governor could cause market volatility in the short term.