Will the USD/VND rate continue its uptrend?
The USD/VND exchange rate would countinue to rise slightly thanks to stable USD supplies.
The USD/VND exchange rate would countinue to rise slightly thanks to stable USD supplies.
Advanced country central banks are stepping up the pace of tightening to control runaway inflation. Higher rates weaken demand, but it is not excessive demand that is...
The rise in the US dollar in anticipation of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve (FED) could continue to weigh on gold prices.
It will likely lead to a choice whereby policymakers will have to decide whether to accept higher levels of inflation, or to drive economies into recession.
The US dollar seems set to stay in ascendancy in the short-term at least while the yen’s struggles persist.
Policymakers, particularly at the Fed, might decide to accept a bit more inflation than they have been used to in the past to try to ensure that the economy stays in the...
Could a fed funds rate of 2.4 percent suffice? Is it feasible that it will need a lot more, including big bond sales? This is, without a doubt, a difficult issue to...
The FED’s rate hike at March meeting led to some interesting discussions over whether Vietnam might follow the FED and raise its policy rates.
VND would slightly depreciate against USD in the short term, and keep its view for 2022F, said VNDirect.
The State Bank of Vietnam has been directed by the Government for many years to reduce lending interest rates. In the current effort towards economic recovery and...
The outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the West's economic sanctions against Russia have made the commodity market volatile and increased the risk of supply...
The FED meeting brought the median FOMC forecast for the fed funds target into line with what we have been arguing for some time now, which is a 25-bps rate hike at each...
This week is likely to see rate hikes from the Fed and BoE, and a possible default on external debt by Russia. But as big as these events are, it will still be the...
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has created the possibility of the US Federal Reserve (FED) to raise interest rates and for the US dollar to rise in the global...
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A large number of central banks have lifted policy rates already and many more are waiting in the wings to kick off their own rate-hike cycles. However, a balancing act...
We often talk of central banks being behind the curve because they are seemingly too slow to recognise an inflation threat and end up hiking policy rates too late.
If you read around the financial press, it seems that there’s lots of talk that rising US rates will lift the dollar. But Mr. Steve Barrow, Head of Standard Bank G10...
CPI inflation in the United States is 7.5% while it is 5% in the euro zone. Why are both the Fed and ECB still easing policy?
The crucial uncertainty most central banks face is whether the surge in inflation will stick.
The USD’s recent strength was reversed last week following hawkish policy meetings at the Bank of England and ECB, but Mr. Steve Barrow, Head of Standard Bank G10...
Perhaps the main message that the market took from Fed Chair Powell’s press conference on Wednesday is that the upcoming tightening cycle could be more volatile and...