Sentences with phrase «than inflation due»

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Sterling has fallen on weaker - than - expected inflation and retail sales data and comments from BOE Governor Mark Carney on Thursday, which traders interpreted as the BOE's being less committed to raising rates in May due to recent «mixed» data.

In the United States, growth is flat due partly to the strong dollar; in the Euro Area, low investment, high unemployment and weak balance sheets weigh on growth; in Japan, both growth and inflation are weaker than expected.

Then... this is the best part... he made it clear that a 6.5 percent unemployment rate would not necessarily be the threshold for raising rates, then went on a long discussion of the conditions under which he would NOT raise rates, including if the unemployment rate dropped mostly due to cyclical declines in the labor force participation rate rather than gains in unemployment, as well as persistently low inflation.

Within program expenses, major transfers to persons were up $ 1.1 billion, primarily due to higher old age security payments, reflecting an increase in the number of recipients and higher inflation, as benefits are indexed to quarterly changes in the consumer price index, major transfers to other levels of government were up $ 0.6 billion, reflecting legislative increases; while direct program expenses declined by $ 0.2 billion, as lower «other transfer» payments more than offset increases in departmental / agency operating costs.

Japan's numbers (mostly due to sketchy inflation data that doesn't line up) are far more shady than US numbers.

Potential supply in some areas of the economy falls, but aggregate demand will probably rise rather than fall, due to the terms of trade gain, and it is more likely that there will be a problem of inflation in the non-traded sector.

This is partly due to higher - than - expected quarterly inflation in March, but it also seems to indicate some upward revision to expectations for the June quarter.

As readers of PAR's holiday card may have noted, I now view cash the way Buffett's biographer believes Buffett views it: Cash is an option on thousands of companies and each option has no strike price, no expiration date, and no premium cost other than the lost purchasing power due to inflation.

However, it will better perform than gold in the face of rising inflation due to its higher volatility.

Also, property stocks typically offer higher yields than the broad equity market, they may serve as an effective inflation hedging tool, and they may help diversify a portfolio due to their generally low correlations Read more -LSB-...]

In the short run, the inflation rate could decline more than forecast if the exchange rate were to appreciate further, or if the degree of pass - through is greater than expected due to strong competition in the retail sector.

Much of this is due to the uprating of benefits, which will only increase by one per cent rather than inflation.

NY school taxes statewide have grown less than inflation since 2012, after excluding base growth due to property improvement.

If it is smaller than 1 [percent], another might be right, but then just to add and as I often try and do, I muddy the water, we've also argued recently that, unfortunately, there are other mechanisms in the early universe that could also produce a gravitational wave signal that would mimic that due to inflation.

If at maturity the inflation - adjusted principal is less than the par amount of the security (due to deflation), the final payment of principal of the security by Treasury will not be less than the par amount of the security at issuance.

Not only is money literally worth more now than later due to inflation, but there is the simple fact that, assuming you have money for the purpose of doing something, being able to do that thing today is better than doing that same thing tomorrow.

To the extent that metals such as silver and gold bounce around wildly (much more so than inflation), I find it hard to believe the bouncing is mostly due to changes in uses of the metals.

While the Fed was expected to raise rates, this rate hike has been scrutinized more than others due to the lack of inflation present in the first half of 2017.

The price of preferred shares is influenced by interest rates and inflation, and these shares have higher yields than most bonds due to their longer duration.

There would be capital gains tax to be paid if the assets are sold, but a long - term investment of, say, 20 years with no tax on annual gains of 3 per cent after inflation would easily cover tax due at no more than about 22 per cent of realized gains based on 50 per cent inclusion rate, as present tax rules allow.

I'd rather have the money invested somewhere than just sitting losing value due to inflation.

Due to the «money illusion», governments can tax inflation caused capital gains, and people don't realize that their tax rates are actually higher than they appear.

Also, property stocks typically offer higher yields than the broad equity market, they may serve as an effective inflation hedging tool, and they may help diversify a portfolio due to their generally low correlations to stocks and bonds.

Long - term nominal bonds, like those in the long - term Treasury fund, have significant risk of returning much less in real terms than in nominal terms, due to the risk of unexpected inflation.

Many news outlets, such as this one (there are many examples), are reporting that the current US stock sell - off is due to a stronger - than - expected jobs report in January and fears of inflation and...

Say for example the same good costs more in China than in US (due to greater inflation in China) then the Chinese currency is overvalued and hence it must depreciate more but it is against the notion that inflation in China is actually causing the appreciation of the Chinese currency.

What did the trick for me was realizing that keeping my retirement money in a bank savings account that paid less than 1 % interest actually meant I was LOSING money due to inflation.

In a 2014 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, he wrote that over the long term, cash is actually a riskier investment than stocks, due to the potential of inflation wiping away any gains.

Also, property stocks typically offer higher yields than the broad equity market, they may serve as an effective inflation hedging tool, and they may help diversify a portfolio due to their generally low correlations Read more -LSB-...]

If interest rates rise due to reasons other than inflation (for example, due to changes in currency exchange rates), investors in these securities may not be protected to the extent that the increase is not reflected in the bond's inflation measure.

Due to international sanctions attributable to the then ruling Nationalist Government's apartheid policies, South Africa was subject to stringent international sanctions, inflation was running at 20 to 30 percent and interest rates were more than 20 percent!