Sentences with phrase «to raise interest rates this year»

Kocherlakota's views put him at the dovish extreme at the U.S. central bank, where most policymakers, including Fed Chair Janet Yellen, expect to begin raising interest rates this year.

Weak inflation at the producer level could add to concerns that the factors restraining inflation could become more persistent and result in the Federal Reserve being more cautious about raising interest rates this year.

Also consider the fact that the Federal Reserve is likely going to start raising interest rates this year, and that will create volatility and some measure of uncertainty for all fixed income assets.

Due to continued resilience in U.S. economic growth and anticipation that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year, we're starting to see investor sentiment transitioning from defensive to cyclical stocks.

The same day Fed Governor Lael Brainard noted that economic weakness abroad poses a risk to the US, suggesting the Fed might be better off not raising interest rates this year.

Even if the Fed raises interest rates this year, the monetary policy is still very accommodative.

The U.S. currency has jumped amid speculation that the Federal Reserve is moving toward raising interest rates this year as the economy surges.

Home sales also are being driven by buyers trying to get ahead of the Federal Reserve's plan to raise interest rates this year from near - record lows because of the steadily improving national economy.

However, on Thursday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. central bank was on track to raise interest rates this year for the first time in nearly a decade.

The Fed might like to raise interest rates this year, but it will find itself jammed.

Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen continues to say the Fed likely will raise interest rates this year.

«This makes the Fed look nuts» for continuing to raise interest rates this year, Blanchflower said, particularly since officials have chronically undershot their 2 % inflation target for the bulk of the economic recovery.

Following the major market decline Monday, traders changed their view on how many times the Fed will raise interest rates this year.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)-- Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen and most of her colleagues are insistent that they plan to raise interest rates this year.

Signs of inflation have prompted at least two dozen central banks, including in China and Europe, to raise interest rates this year.

The Federal Reserve (Fed) faces a big challenge as it seeks to raise interest rates this year: The central bank already missed the «window of opportunity» for normalizing rates in a manner that doesn't hamper the recovery.

U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in July on falling gasoline costs, but solid gains in industrial output and home building suggested a pickup in economic activity that could allow the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year.

This marked the second time the Fed has raised interest rates this year.

Counting on further improvement in the job market and rising inflation, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee indicated it was moving closer to raising interest rates this year, though the changes likely won't come for a few months...

Counting on further improvement in the job market and rising inflation, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee indicated it was moving closer to raising interest rates this year, though the changes likely won't come for a few months, Bloomberg reports.