The Fed says it sees signs of slower growth that may moderate inflation pressures.
It's maintaining moderate inflation of around 11% and paying back external debt ahead of schedule.
As this plays out monetary velocity, i.e. the frequency money turns over, will increase giving us the moderate inflation Ben is hoping to induce.
However, by 2000, Latin America was largely an array of broad-based popularly elected regimes, structured and diversified economies with low to moderate inflation and manageable debt.
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Not only is money growth moderate, but inflation is falling as well.
The Dutch economy is the fifth-largest economy in the euro-zone and is noted for its stable industrial relations, moderate unemployment and inflation, a sizable trade surplus, and an important role as a European transportation hub.
At the same time, overall consumer price inflation should moderate from its recent rates, and the public's longer-term inflation expectations should remain reasonably well anchored.
Moreover, the experience of both these countries suggests that inflation targeting can be successfully applied to reduce inflation from moderate levels, say around 20%, to near price stability.
Even if inflation remained moderate, many firms as well as the government would default on loans, since 90% of government debts and 80% of private-sector debts are in foreign currency.
If not reversed, these developments, together with a pace of growth that is likely to fall short of potential for a time, should lead inflation to moderate later this year and next year.
"Inflation seems to be moderate on Main Street, so the Fed is probably right that at least near-term, inflation is not a concern, " the report said.
China and India are forecasted to expand 9.5% and 8.5%, as they "moderate" growth to reduce inflation.
In late 2011, inflation began to moderate.
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After giving his usual description of the economic outlook (inflation has remained moderate, unemployment is high, Fed will do whatever it can to keep the modest recovery on track), Bernanke faced the sharp tongue of Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee.
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Although core inflation seems likely to moderate gradually over time, the risks to this forecast are to the upside.
He said that the fall in the prices index was more important, demonstrating that inflation would still remain moderate as manufacturers were unable to pass on their cost increases to their customers.
Because core inflation is above the levels most conducive to the achievement of sustainable growth and price stability, the Committee indicated in the statement following its recent meeting that its predominant policy concern remains the risk that inflation will fail to moderate as expected.
The consensus view is that inflation pressures will continue to moderate in the coming months.
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In its accompanying statement, the central bank did acknowledge that inflation "seems likely to moderate over time, " but said pressures remain.
Core inflation, which is a better measure of the underlying inflation trend than overall inflation, seems likely to moderate gradually over time.
If inflation picks up, that will be a negative surprise, but, even then, we think the inflation problem would still be moderate, requiring a moderate Fed response and generating moderate equity losses at that time.
Both the Growth and Moderate Growth Fund's goals are to exceed inflation by 5%.
On Aug. 7, when the Open Market Committee last met in regular session, the Fed chose to keep rates at 5.25%, saying growth was moderate and its main focus was the risk of inflation.
With wheat, corn, and soybean prices going haywire, many fear a new phase of rampant food inflation, but analysts at Barclays suggest it will be more moderate than expected, feeding through to consumers gradually and with a relatively long lag.
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Lehman Brothers economist Drew Matus wasn't surprised that the Fed veered little from its September statement, which indicated concern over inflation even as it maintained a view that it was likely to moderate over the long haul.
Taxes on inherited estates will go up to 40% from 35%, but the exemption will be indexed to rise with inflation -- a provision the source said was added at the insistence of moderate Democrats.
Moderate money growth, weak real GDP growth, declining total employment, and persistently high unemployment have driven inflation down, not up.
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