The FED suggested that, after two rate hikes this year, it would continue to raise rates in the coming months to keep inflation under control.
Most central banks want workers to keep wage demands down so that their economies do not enter a dangerous wage/price spiral. But there are already plenty of signs that...
The dollar looks set to stay at the front of the G10 currency pack as other countries, particularly in Europe, struggle with stagflation risks and the Fed pushes on with...
The Bloomberg investment-grade bond index and the MSCI global stock index are both down significantly. Will it slow the tightening of policy?
After two years of ultra-easy policy to sustain the economy hit severely by COVID-19, the FED became more hawkish. This had a significant impact on the Vietnamese and...
The Federal Reserve (FED) is massively behind the curve given the surge in inflation, and now it is in the process of catching up. This is, however, unlikely to go as...
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...
Fed Chair Powell has promised to be
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...
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