Sentences with phrase «weak inflation data»

«Continued economic uncertainty and weak inflation data pushed rates lower this week,» says Sean Becketti, chief economist at Freddie Mac.

Earlier this week, Federal Reserve officials highlighted the influence of continued weak inflation data on rates.»

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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.

The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

To be sure, that could change if the economic data come in weaker than expected, especially if inflation doesn't rise towards the Fed's 2 percent goal.

U.S. data on Monday showed that consumer prices accelerated in the year to March, with a measure of underlying inflation surging to near the Federal Reserve's 2 percent target as last year's weak readings dropped out of the calculation.

China's uneven economic recovery signals a looming dilemma for policymakers as official data released at the weekend showed inflation at a 10 - month high in February while factory output and consumer spending were weaker than forecast.

Gold ticked lower on Friday as the market shrugged off slightly weaker U.S. inflation and consumer spending data.

Treasury yields retreat on Thursday by falling rates in European government bonds after eurozone inflation data came in weaker than expected.

For me the main information coming out of CPI inflation data is that consumer demand relative to total production continues to be too weak to drive up prices, something confirmed earlier this week by the August trade numbers, which failed to suggest strong growth in domestic demand.

Treasury bond prices rallied and yields on the 10 - year fell to between 2.8 % and 2.85 % following the release of benign inflation data and weaker - than - expected retail sales figures.

The greenback could get in real trouble if this week's incoming inflation data points to weaker price levels in the U.S.

Treasury yields fall after tepid eurozone inflation data spark German bund rally European government bonds strengthened as inflation weakensTreasury yields retreat on Thursday by falling rates in European government bonds after eurozone inflation data came in weaker than expected.

Investors were cautious after a largely weak performance on Wall Street on Thursday as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic data, while bond yields slid after a surprising slowdown in eurozone inflation.

Investors were cautious after a largely weak performance on Wall Street overnight as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic data, while bond yields slid after a surprising slowdown in euro zone inflation.

Indeed, in its quarterly monetary policy bulletin, the Australian central bank downgraded its 2017 growth forecast, as data covering the second quarter showed that inflation remained extremely weak.

On the surface, many investors might criticize the lack of inflation, weak macro data and Japan's corporate exposure...

While detailed research shows that stocks have a weak negative correlation with inflation, this relationship is not pervasive over place and time, and most researchers recognize the large amount of noise in the data.

Since making that speech data has shown that growth was indeed weaker and also inflation decelerated.