Refinancing volume this year has plummeted to a 10 - year low, down as much as 39 % in the first quarter of 2017 versus before the Fed
started raising rates in December.
However, the turmoil overseas hasn't changed the underlying fundamentals that have shaped markets for some time now: slow but steady growth, low interest rates, low inflation, a strong dollar and a Federal Reserve (Fed) that is likely to
start raising rates by year's end.
If history is any guide, there is a high probability that the Fed will
start raising rates at the end of 2015, and for the next several years as inflationary pressure builds up.
«According to the higher interest rates and bond yields projected by consensus, the market has started to wonder when the BOE would
start raising rates again.
While the Fed, the world's most important central bank, ended its stimulus program last fall and is expected to
finally start raising rates from their historic lows this year, the eurozone and Japan are just initiating quantitative easing (QE) programs.
So far, however, Fed officials have treated the stronger economic news as a reason to carry out their plans for gradual rate hikes, rather than as a reason to
start raising rates more quickly.
The Federal
Reserve started raising rates in 1986 to combat inflation as equity markets had enjoyed a stellar run - up; tightened monetary policy at home was welcomed with a steep sell - off that became known as «Black Monday» and led to stock market crashes around the globe, starting in Hong Kong and spreading to Europe.
In the nine instances since 1955 that the Fed has
started raising rates after a recession, the Standard & Poor's 500 index has risen by an average of 58 per cent between the first hike and the peak of the market, according to LPL Financial, an independent broker - dealer based in Boston.
At the start of the year, volatility in the global economy and anticipation that the Fed would
start raising rates weighed down the stock market as a whole and REITs in particular due to perceived interest rate risk.
The Federal Reserve could
start raising rates as soon as July 2015, interest - rate futures markets show, which would also lift borrowers» monthly payments.
As I write in my new weekly commentary, «Rough Patch Does Little to Alter Big Picture,» turmoil overseas hasn't changed the underlying fundamentals that have shaped markets for some time now: slow but steady growth, low interest rates, low inflation, a strong dollar and a Federal Reserve (Fed) that is likely to
start raising rates by year's end.
We believe that when the Fed
starts raising rates in the front end it will want to see long - end rates rise as well.
It stands to reason that if and when the Fed
eventually starts raising rates, income investments will begin to appear to be less attractive and these ETFs could see declines.
Volatility and dispersion tend to rise late in monetary policy cycles when central
banks start raising rates and shrinking their balance sheets, our research suggests.
In a growing economy, the Bank of Canada will have to
start raising rates to temper inflation, in effect shutting off the credit spigot that has allowed so many Canadians to buy homes.
The Federal Reserve has been signaling that, with the economy improving, it could
start raising rates to keep inflation in check, perhaps as soon as next month.
Most still think the Fed will
start raising rates to ward off inflation around mid-2015.
Rogoff believed the European Central Bank (ECB) could
start raising rates by the end of 2018.
All in, if Blackstone is right, regulators are relatively powerless to change the face of the British housing market unless
they start raising rates.
Keep that savings rate constant until it no longer hurts, and
start raising the rate by 1 % a month again.
Things have been going pretty well — prompting the Fed to
start raising rates in late 2015.
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We believe that when the Fed
starts raising rates in the front end it will want to see long - end rates rise as well.
It looks a bit like in 2007, soon after the Fed
starting raising rates, when the market felt noticeable fear by the measured backwardation.
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Certainly earnings growth was strong and bond yields fell (until the Fed
started raising rates in 1999).
In fact, if the Fed is right about inflation firming up, mortgage lenders will probably not wait for the Fed to
start raising their rates.
A liquidity drought in the bond space is a real concern if the Fed
starts raising rates, but as the Fed pushes off the expected date of its first hike, some managers may be losing sight of that danger.
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For a lot of people, this also means that you need to
start raising your rates.