Talk about interest rates and inflation has returned to the fore of late, given this month's decision by the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by a further 0.25%. What this means for the water market in Asia remains an open question, but a few implications can be teased out. ...
Today's interest rate rise could be the last. The pace of rises is slowing and inflation is now predicted to fall faster than expected, in part as a result of the government's help for energy bills. The Bank repeated language that further rises would be required "if there were evidence"...
With the economy possibly heading into a recession, we may have already seen the peak of this rate cycle. But if inflation rises, mortgage rates could uptrend. Of course, interest rates are driven by many factors and notoriously volatile, so they could change direction any given week. ...
Unfortunately, the BoE is no longer able to wait and see how the interest rate rises so far will affect the economy. We also cannot rule out that the path the bank seems now to find itself on, with the potential to disproportionately impact the housing market, ...
Persistently highinflation, driven by stronger rises in the price of food, goods and services that are offsetting a sharp decline in energy price growth, is a worrying sign for the ECB that they may have to raise rates higher than ever before to curb price pressures. “If we don’t get ...
Interest Rate Rises Cool Housing Market 来自 questia.com 喜欢 0 阅读量: 5 作者: Benefield, Kerry 摘要: LAST YEAR's strong growth in the housing and construction sector is unlikely to be repeated in 1998 despite the recent jump in retail sales, according to industry analysts. The booming ...
At the July 2023 FOMC meeting, the Fed announced it was raising the federal funds rate by 0.25%, moving its target range to 5.25%-5.50%. The Fed expects to continue raising rates in order to bring down inflation. As a result, the 10-year Treasury is hovering roughly around 4%.2 ...
2:54 a.m. 0:38:06, June 15, 2023 Traders increase their bets on a July rate hike Market expectations for an interest rate hike in July rose on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve signaled that more rate increases are coming. While Fed officials voted unanimously to hold rates steady...
Hours worked fall by 0.5 percent and the unemployment rate rises by 0.3 percentage point. The increase in total tax rates generates a similar result. ... AH Thomas - 《Social Science Electronic Publishing》 被引量: 7发表: 1998年 Effects of the WTO and Free Trade Agreements on Japonica Rice...
Inflation can also affect interest rates. The higher the inflation rate, the more interest rates are likely to rise. This occurs because lenders will demand higher interest rates as compensation for the decrease in purchasing power of the money they are paid in the future. ...