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How to use the word tightening in a Sentence?

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On the one hand, the fact that inflation is still running at more than twice the target level, and core inflation — which includes goods and services, excluding volatile food and energy — saw an uptick to 5.6% in March, highlights that the Fed still has more to do and may need to lift short-term rates again at its early May meeting, on the other hand, overall inflation slowed more notably, and even core inflation on a month-to-month basis eased somewhat, a sign that the Fed’s tightening is having the desired effect.

– Danielle Hale

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1 year ago

Such a tightening in financial conditions would work in the same direction as rate tightening.

– Jerome Powell

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1 year ago

The tightening of lending standards and actual lending that’s going to ensue on the backside of this will cool the economy in a significant way, and that might.

– Joe Brusuelas

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1 year ago

It’s possible that these events will turn out to have very modest effects on the economy, in which case inflation will continue to be strong, in which case, you know, the path might look different, it’s also possible that this potential tightening will contribute significant tightening in credit conditions over time. And in principle, that means that monetary policy may have less work to do. We simply don’t know.

– Jerome Powell

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1 year ago

​​the Fed would be able to continue tightening monetary policy gradually while closely monitoring financial market developments.

– Gregory Daco

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1 year ago

If the crisis intensifies, the Fed would likely lean toward financial stability getting priority for a brief period of time, but by the time we get to the next meeting [in May], I think we’d likely see a resumption of financial tightening by the Fed in terms of further increases.

– Joe Brusuelas

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1 year ago

The latest economic data have come in stronger than expected, which suggests that the ultimate level of interest rates is likely to be higher than previously anticipated, if the totality of the data were to indicate that faster tightening is warranted, we would be prepared to increase the pace of rate hikes.

– Jerome Powell

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1 year ago

I don’t think there’s any question that we do not yet have inflation on a secure glide path anywhere near down to the 2% [Fed target] level, and until the Fed can be confident of that, it’s going to have to be tightening rather than easing.

– Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers

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1 year ago

In order to put this episode of high inflation behind us, further policy tightening, maintained for a longer time, will likely be necessary, absent a substantial pickup in the share of working-age adults looking to be employed or a large change in immigration flows, labor force participation will continue to decline and worker shortages will persist, pushing up wages and ultimately prices, at least in the near and medium term.

– San Francisco

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1 year ago

While the Fed signaled that it will continue to raise rates this year, the moves are expected to come in 25 basis point increments, a less aggressive tightening than what we saw in 2022, the central bank is acknowledging that it sees its monetary actions having a tangible effect on inflation. The CPI data out this week seems to confirm the bank’s views.

– George Ratiu

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1 year ago

But it will take time for the implications to become clear, with demand-driven price pressure still preciously scarce and stronger wage gains yet to materialize, it’s hard to see the BOJ rush towards tightening under a new governor.

– Stefan Angrick

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1 year ago

That is the worry: That you get turmoil in financial markets, a big tightening in financial conditions and that adds to downward pressure on economic activity, that is certainly the worry. It’s not our expectation.

– Jan Hatzius

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1 year ago

Inflation expectations themselves play into mortgage rates and it impacts the monetary policy, the Fed wants to wait and see inflation coming down before they take their foot off the brake on raising rates. Growing consensus is to expect another step down in the pace of tightening.

– Jeff Tucker

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1 year ago

Core inflation remains stubbornly elevated, putting pressure on Federal Reserve to maintain an aggressive stance on monetary tightening, markets are keeping a close eye on the central bank's meeting next week, expecting another 75-basis-point increase in the policy rate, if not a 100-basis-point jump.

– George Ratiu

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1 year ago

Refinement over revolution isn't a bad thing but if purses are tightening with the economy then these announcements are a harder sell without anything groundbreaking.

– Eric Abbruzzese

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1 year ago

Financial markets continue to react to the Federal Reserve's firm commitment to monetary tightening in order to bring inflation closer to the 2 % mark.

– George Ratiu

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1 year ago

Expectations are that he will highlight the central bank's commitment to continued monetary tightening for the remainder of the year, the Fed's continued rate hikes, combined with balance sheet reduction through mortgage-backed securities rolloffs are expected to keep upward pressure on mortgage rates.

– George Ratiu

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1 year ago

Squeezed between surging inflation and tightening monetary policy, we expect UK output to slide further in the coming quarters.

– Holger Schmieding

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1 year ago

There was nothing in today's reports that's going to cause Federal Reserve to question whether they should keep tightening, i'd lean towards 75 basis points the next time too, until we see some kind of break on inflation, both wages and prices.

– Robert Fry

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1 year ago

There probably is a need for some regulation of livestreamers whose content falls within the' professional' areas mentioned in one section of the regulations, but the overall emphasis on harmony, promoting socialist values, correct outlook, etc. throughout the new code of conduct really speaks to tightening ideological control.

– Cara Wallis

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1 year ago

Anytime you have high inflation and go through an economic tightening, you wind up having some sort of an economic slowdown, so I think the chances that we have a recession are high.

– Goldman Sachs

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1 year ago

The Bank of England [ thinks ] that high current inflation will, by The Bank of England, hit growth and ultimately bring inflation down in the future, the Bank of England is grappling with surging inflation, but at the same time the risk of recession — so The Bank of England's understandable the differences of opinion on the Committee right now about the scale of tightening required.

– George Buckley

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1 year ago

Large tech companies, even though they're tightening their belts, are still in a financially advantageous position.

– Dan Wang

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1 year ago

Large tech companies, even though they're tightening their belts, are still in a financially advantageous position, and furthermore, a lot of the services that tech platforms, especially, provide are ones that consumers regard as indispensable.

– Dan Wang

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1 year ago

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