Sentences with phrase «with gradual rate hikes»

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Along with buying up bonds, the Fed kept its benchmark interest rate anchored near zero until December 2015, when it began a gradual process of hikes.

April's jobs report makes a case that the Fed's initial policy rate hike should begin September, with a gradual pace of movement from there.

«We expect the first rate hike of the year at the March Fed meeting, a move fully priced in by the market, with continued gradual monetary policy normalization under the new leadership of Fed Chair Jerome Powell,» Duncan says.