Sentences with phrase «whether inflation targeting»

Before discussing the asset price issue, again it is worth repeating that the issue is whether inflation targeting itself led to monetary policy settings being easier than would have been the case in other frameworks.

However, a month ago I pointed out some reasons to wonder whether inflation targeting might be going out of style.

The public might rightly wonder whether inflation targets might shift up again at some future point as other problems arose.

Not exact matches

The occasion for the release was the end of the Bank of Canada's latest review of whether it is on track to hit its inflation target.

Even if inflation remains short of the ECB's target of near 2 percent, its policymakers have been debating whether to end the central bank's 2.55 trillion euro ($ 3.06 trillion) asset purchase scheme.

«In fall 2016, the Bank of Canada, in cooperation with the Minister of Finance, will decide whether or not to change the country's inflation target.

The question is whether this will translate to a push for euro zone inflation towards the European Central Bank target of just below two percent.

But, it is at least an open question whether central banks can always be credible in claiming they will hit their inflation targets.

Sometimes people ask whether a higher target for inflation might not be better, particularly when inflation is looking like it will rise and the Bank is running a setting of monetary policy designed to resist that.

The Fed currently targets a 2 percent inflation rate, but it is ambiguous as to whether this is an average target (meaning that if you're below it for a while you then need to be above it for a time) or a ceiling.

These appearances are in public, and allow the public, via the parliament, to question whether the central bank's actions remain consistent with the inflation target.

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.

In fact, in late 2009, we are still to see whether inflation will be consistently back to target over a period of time.

Then there is the question of whether it is better to target the annual rate of inflation or the price level.

All of the argument about appropriate inflation targeting in recent years has focused not on whether 2 percent is too high but on whether it is too low a target.

The government also will spend part of this year deciding whether to simply renew or tweak its inflation - targeting agreement with the Bank of Canada.

He also notes that she led the «2 - percent side» in the Fed's monetary - policy debate of whether the Fed should be targeting 2 - percent inflation or zero.

«In determining whether it will be appropriate to raise the target range at its next meeting, the committee will assess progress - both realized and expected - toward its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation,» the Fed said in a statement after its latest two - day policy meeting.