Sentence examples for remain close to zero from inspiring English sources

On the policy side, the Fed did raise interest rates in December in an effort to stimulate global growth, but the dollar still remains strong, even as interest rates remain close to zero.

He said he expected economic growth to remain close to zero through the middle of 2009 before finally beginning to accelerate.

However, it delivered some welcome news for households as it predicted inflation would remain close to zero for longer, staying below 1% until spring 2016.

"On the MPC's central view, inflation will remain close to zero in the near-term, before rising to reach the inflation target over a two-year horizon.

With interest rates likely to remain close to zero in America for some time, China cannot significantly tighten its own rates unless it allows its currency to rise.

As a practical matter, that means the short-term rate it controls will remain close to zero for the foreseeable future.

That rate has remained close to zero for years with little effect on increasing prices or expanding the economy.

Net radiation and ground heat flux both reached minimum values 1 2 h after sunset and then gradually increased towards sunrise, while sensible and latent heat flux remained close to zero.

He noted that short-term interest rates had remained close to zero for years, with no end in sight: "We may well need in the years ahead to think about how we manage an economy in which the zero nominal interest rate is a chronic and systemic inhibitor of economic activity".

The shear strain εxy remained close to zero during the experiment.

The shear deformation (εxy) was limited and remained close to zero during the entire test in all specimens.