Sentences with phrase «year tightening cycle»

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The last time a Liberal government entered an election in the middle of a monetary policy tightening cycle was in 2006; that year, the Conservatives defeated them.

It did this in five steps over three years — two in mid 2002, two in late 2003 and one in early 2005 — a more gradual tightening cycle than normal.

But if valuations had been rising in the previous year, the S&P 500 has historically performed much worse following the start of a tightening cycle.

«By the time 10 - year and 2 - year Treasuries reach parity, as is almost the case now, the economy is typically slowing and the Fed is at or near the end of its tightening cycle.»

Previous tightening cycles — for instance, the mid-1980s energy bust and the bursting dot - com bubble in the late - 1990s — rolled through the economy over five years or so.

Now, as I noted fairly early this year, there's no statistical evidence at all that stock prices or corporate earnings perform well in the 18 months or so following the end of a rate - tightening cycle.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen last week signaled the U.S. central bank is on track to raise rates this year, despite a weak first quarter that some analysts believe could force the Fed to wait longer before starting its first tightening cycle since 2004 - 2006.

The Fed has been in a tightening cycle for almost two years.

Over the same tightening cycle that ended in 2006, the impact on the 10 - Year U.S. Treasury Bond yield was 60 bps higher, driving the 1 - Year / 10 - Year slope to flatten by 265 bps (see Exhibit 1).