Sentences with phrase «than the rate of inflation as»

However, post - 9/11, the dynamics began to shift and ticket prices rose faster than the rate of inflation as demand for the seats increased and the industry was reorganized.

Not exact matches

As they won wage increases higher than the current rate of inflation they would, for a short time, gain real wage increases.

Hence the question: Is it reasonable to expect that marginally looser policies would now lead to more than tripling of the growth rate (to 1.5 - 2 percent) over the next two years, while raising the inflation rate from -0.3 percent to 2 percent — as the Bank of Japan is promising?

Powell in statements throughout the year, culminating with his recent Senate confirmation hearing, has been clear he sees little risk of inflation that would prompt the Fed to raise rates faster than expected, and takes weak wage growth as a sign that sidelined workers remain to be drawn into jobs.

But it should be paying a brand - name product rate of at least 23.1 percent, as well as an extra rebate because it has hiked the price of the device faster than the rate of inflation, according to the letter from acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Andy Slavitt to the Senate Finance Committee ranking member Wyden.

The Fed reckons U.S. gross domestic product could expand by as much as 2.7 % in 2016, which would be considerably faster than the rate of growth — roughly 2 % — that policy makers think the American economy can handle without stoking inflation.

Stocks have plunged in the last week as traders worried about rising interest rates and inflation, bringing an end to more than a year of historically low volatility.

Yet while the Fed has eased policy to lower joblessness and raise inflation in the wake of the 2007 - 2009 recession, central banks such as the BoE have also launched accommodative bond - buying programs despite higher - than - desired inflation rates.

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.

As a result, we should have grown much faster than the 2 1/2 percent pace evident over the past couple of years and seen an inflation rate much higher than what we experienced.

Cash alternatives, such as money market funds, typically offer lower rates of return than longer - term equity or fixed - income securities and may not keep pace with inflation over extended periods of time.

World growth will remain low on average but negative in the UK and Europe; price inflation will remain sufficiently subdued for a while longer so as to impose no constraint on monetary expansion; central banks will sustain a regime of negative real interest rates and rapid monetary expansion; the risk of a eurozone collapse is off the table for now; finally, stock markets should continue to perform better than expected, even though the four - year old cyclical bull market is long by historical standards.

Precious and Industrial Metals Inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and interest - rate levels, especially real yields, contributed to a 1.7 % rise in the spot price of gold (to US$ 1,325 per troy ounce), as did swings in the US dollar.1 Gold prices traded within the US$ 1,305 — 1,360 range throughout the period, reached 18 - month highs in March and capped their third straight quarterly gain, a feat not seen since 2011.1 Haven demand was a key support as exchange - traded gold holdings of 2,269 metric tons (mt) neared a five - year high.1 The Fed is widely expected to boost borrowing costs, and investors have been carefully watching the central bank's statements to see whether it targets more rate increases in 2018 than previously projected.

It's just that with rates so low now there's not as much of a cushion if inflation picks up in the future, so volatilty will likely be higher than normal in bonds.

The idea that real interest rates — that is, adjusted for inflation — will be lower than they have been historically is reflected in the pronouncements of policymakers such as Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, the medium - term forecasts of official agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office and the International Monetary Fund and the pricing of government bonds whose payments are tied to inflation.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weaknesAs usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weaknesas measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weaknesas measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

The results offer generally good news, as stocks have mostly interpreted rising interest rates as a signal of better economic growth rather than harmful inflation.

But policy makers appeared to hint that they had little fear that inflation was running out of control, which traders took as a sign the Fed won't feel compelled to move more aggressively than expected to lift rates in the future.

And if the fiscal problem becomes unstable — more deficit to finance than security markets will allow, the Fed will obey its political masters and finance the deficit by a hyper - inflation, or hyper - tax, as a burgeoning inflation simply taxes all fixed dollar wealth — bonds, dollars, life insurance values, etc. — by the rate of price level increase.

This was largely a function of the coincidence of high real interest rates and high asset price inflation over much of the period — more so, perhaps, than the exercise of exceptional investment skills as such.

Investing in currency involves additional special risks such as credit, interest rate fluctuations, derivative investment risk, and domestic and foreign inflation rates, which can be volatile and may be less liquid than other securities and more sensitive to the effect of varied economic conditions.

As Chart 2 shows, policy rates in Canada have on average been only 0.25 % higher than the US (using quarterly observations) since the introduction of inflation targeting from the Bank of Canada in 1992.

There's no shortage of factors to weigh as the Fed stands ready to hike interest rates faster than anticipated on worrying signs of inflation growth and the tap of foreign liquidity supporting 10 - year Treasuries could dry up as central banks in Europe and Asia curb their quantitative easing programs.

On the interest rate front, moreover, containing and reducing inflation over time will mean that we should be able, at some point, to look back to the current period as one of higher - than - normal interest rates.

In a rate environment we think of as normal (interest rates slightly higher than inflation), we believe these companies can earn 10 % on equity and if they don't have organic growth opportunities, can return all of it to shareholders.

As we have witnessed since April 2009, the central banks around the globe have created more credit (counterfeit «money») than in any other period in history and now that inflation is starting to once again emerge, they are threatening to raise interest rates to get ahead of the curve.

Other English - speaking countries with a long - term history of high inflation — such as Canada, the UK and New Zealand — also have long - term real interest rates higher than the average.

In his seven years as president, President Houshmand has implemented many programs and initiatives to decrease the cost of higher education, including creating a $ 25,000, four - year bachelor's degree program, awarding more than $ 27 million annually in scholarship funds and waivers, and committing to capping tuition and fee increases at or lower than the rate of inflation for his tenure.

Cameron's commitment to spending more on health than the rate of inflation every year of the next election will still leave the NHS under significant cost pressure as it tries to deal with the soaring demands of an elderly society.

«And while more people are in work, they are still getting poorer in real terms as wages grow at less than half the rate of inflation.

Those in receipt of working - age benefits including - child benefit, child tax credit, income support, universal credit and jobseekers» allowance - have more reason than most to worry about inflation as all of these have just been frozen for four years, along with local housing allowances which determine housing benefit rates.

In practice it is slightly more complex than this as inflation can reduce the effective size of a debt and you can borrow money to pay off debts to get better interest rates, and for a whole country the value of the currency has a significant effect,

Instead he will attack Osborne on the (perfectly valid) grounds of long - term and youth unemployment, as well as the decline in living standards caused by wages that grow slower than the rate of inflation.

«The table on the screen shows that contrary to the claims by the president, except for the fiscal deficit, on virtually every single indicator such as GDP growth, inflation, exchange rates, exports, Eurobond interest rates, debt to GDP ratio, and so on, the performance of the economy in 2013 was better than 2014 and 2015.

Contrary to the claims by the President, except for the fiscal deficit, on virtually every single indicator such as GDP growth, inflation, exchange rate, exports, Eurobond interest rates, debt / GDP ratio, etc. the performance of the economy in 2013 was better than in 2014 and 2015.

Guth and Linde's answer was an elegant one: Our universe went through an incredibly rapid growth spurt, known as inflation, that stretched the infant cosmos at a rate faster than the speed of light, just 10 - 30 second after the Big Bang.

Award sizes, too, have increased, as NSF has endeavored to keep up with the cost of doing science — a cost that is increasing faster than the rate of inflation.

While Rings started strong and only got bigger, The Hobbit did not perform as well domestically (despite a decade of inflation and the premium prices of IMAX, 3D, and High Frame Rate tickets), with each sequel earning less than its predecessor.

If your savings do not grow faster than the rate of inflation, then your savings will lose value or buying power as time goes on.

Voting against the action were Richard W. Fisher, who believed that, while the Committee should be patient in beginning to normalize monetary policy, improvement in the U.S. economic performance since October has moved forward, further than the majority of the Committee envisions, the date when it will likely be appropriate to increase the federal funds rate; Narayana Kocherlakota, who believed that the Committee's decision, in the context of ongoing low inflation and falling market - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations, created undue downside risk to the credibility of the 2 percent inflation target; and Charles I. Plosser, who believed that the statement should not stress the importance of the passage of time as a key element of its forward guidance and, given the improvement in economic conditions, should not emphasize the consistency of the current forward guidance with previous statements.

Apruzzese told Barron's that he prefers real earnings yield, or earnings yield minus the rate of inflation, as a valuation metric, rather than P / E ratios.

Economists may point to this as evidence that the officially reported rate of inflation is HIGHER than it should be.

Yields are certainly lower than the true rate of inflation as defined by the everyday price index.

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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.

Universities have long term fixed liabilities, such as tenure track contracts and the salary of tenured faculty may grow at a rate faster than general inflation or tuition fees, especially in specialized areas such as business, law, medicine and engineering.

There are a few key ways that you can protect yourself against inflation — and they all basically focus on growing your portfolio as much as, or more than, the rate of inflation.

And when you put the two of those together, longer lifespans, lower interest rates, I think that for someone that really wants that inflation - adjusted spending from their retirement to last for long as they live, that 3 % would be a more realistic number than 4 %, with the situation we face now.

In contrast to popular belief, equities underperform during periods of rising inflation as rising interest rates cause the net present value of future cash flows to decrease (though equities do fair better than bonds).

But with an appropriate asset allocation and this rate of spending, the Jeffersons would have a good chance most years to enjoy an increase in their spending allowance greater than inflation as their assets appreciated.