The existing rate is high globally, but many U.S. - based multinationals pay much less
than the headline rate because of abundant loopholes and tax breaks.
This means that the actual discounts (based on the cheapest price you can book) will be lower
than the headline rates being advertised.
The APR will be equal to or higher
than the headline rate and a more realistic indicator of what you are actually paying for your mortgage.
Not exact matches
The last time prices were increasing at a slower
rate than one per cent was May 2015, when the
headline CPI increased only 0.9 per cent.
While the Fed certainly considers much more
than the superficial
headline number in its analysis of inflation, some of those who interpret the Fed's actions make this overly simplistic assertion: Inflation is too low today and therefore justifies the maintenance of low policy
rates.
The
headline GDP figures suggest the oil shock has been bigger and longer - lasting
than the Bank thought, which augurs in favour of a
rate cut — just to be safe.
These improvements were reflected in the rise in the participation
rate to 63 %, up 0.6 % since September, confirming there is greater slack in the labour force
than conveyed by the
headline unemployment
rate, and suggesting that longer term unemployed or discouraged workers who have hitherto remained on the sidelines are being pulled back into the labour market by the growth in employment opportunities.
Stronger -
than - expected earnings growth of 18 % for the S&P 500 have helped stocks move higher, but potential causes of volatility, including additional tariff proposals and rising interest
rates, continue to be
headline risks.
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This is contributing to a continuation of inflation
rates that are below target in most advanced economies, although in
headline terms they are mostly higher
than a year ago.
The less - volatile core CPI index was up 1.9 % from one year ago and increased at a 2.5 % annual
rate over the last three months, which is more in line with the Fed's preference
than the
headline figures, suggesting deflation hasn't gripped the U.S. economy as it did Japan's earlier this decade.
That trend, rather
than the published (or «
headline»)
rate which can be affected by «special» factors, is what matters for monetary policy purposes.
Mark - Viverito, who has repeatedly engaged the community and ethnic media since taking office, touched on many of the key points from her State of the City speech, as well as other topics that have made recent
headlines, such as the City Council's controversial February 5 vote to give its members a pay raise of $ 36,000 a year, a higher
rate than a special salary committee had initially recommended.
If we get a strong
headline reading and better
than expected growth in wages, we will likely see investors move more into stocks and out of bonds, pushing up the Treasury yields and mortgage
rates.
The US, he writes, «continues to operate with generally tepid economic growth,
headline unemployment
rates well in excess of 9 %, and a budget deficit well in excess of a trillion dollars,» yet the S&P 500 has more
than doubled since 2009.
At a later stage in their study, participants
rated fake news
headlines that had been identified as false and were presented a second time as more accurate
than novel fake news
headlines.
The U3, or «
headline,» unemployment
rate remained at 4.1 %, 50 basis points (bps) lower
than November 2016 and the lowest national
rate since December 2000.