Sentence examples for inflation alert from inspiring English sources

If, however, growth stalls because productivity falls, it will keep the Fed policy makers on inflation alert and thus less likely to cut rates aggressively.

Those rates have moved up the last year as the Fed has tightened monetary policy and are likely to continue doing so as long as Mr. Greenspan remains on inflation alert.

Wall Street is on inflation alert after the Federal Reserve said last week that it would lean toward raising interest rates because of the economy's strong expansion, which has aroused fears of spiraling price increases.

But prices continued to rise, despite a recession in 1969-70, and by mid-1970 Nixon had directed the council to issue "inflation alerts," singling out what Mr. McCracken later called "egregious cases" of inflation, including a large jump in New York City taxicab fares.

But some, like Joshua Silva, senior portfolio strategist at Attalus Capital, are also keeping a close eye on inflation indicators to alert them when it's time to jump back out.

The bank's actions since then seem geared towards a tacit target-rate of somewhere between 5.5% and 6.5%, rather than the official 4.5% target, Nomura says.As the tomato jokes suggest, Brazilians are still alert to inflation.

Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of China's central bank, said he would be on "high alert" against inflation, after the figure for February jumped to 3.2% from 2% in January.

As a result, the committee said, it would remain on alert for inflation, a signal to Wall Street that it is not yet ready to contemplate reducing interest rates.

Quigley favors countries that pay a higher real return than the U.S., have central banks alert to inflation risks and boast governments with the political will to hold debt to a serviceable level, considering their growth prospects.

Vishnu Varathan, an Asia economist with Mizuho in Singapore, said he was alert for signs that inflation was re-emerging as a threat but saw little to fear in the Monday data.

Most expect the FOMC to leave rates unchanged and that the statement will reflect an inflation watch that remains on red alert.