The US dollar has fallen by as much as 6% this quarter against other developed currencies (on the DXY index).
As tariffs are thought to produce a one-time lift to US inflation, so the lift to the dollar may prove temporary and not permanent.
It may be necessary to accept a certain level of higher inflation because injecting more money into business requires this trade-off.
The higher-than-expected US CPI data for January may cause FED to slow its rate cuts in 2025.
The FED could see plenty more evidence of rising inflation expectations before considering action amid Trump’s tariffs.
In 2024, the Vietnamese banking industry faced continuing headwinds with flexible policies on sectoral administration and inflation control and strong restructuring...
There’s pretty widespread agreement that US tariffs will lead to lower growth than would have otherwise been the case, and higher inflation.
Economists have identified a range of factors that may exert inflationary pressure in 2025, including geopolitical risks, global trade disruptions and domestic...
It seems to have been inflation expectations that have accounted for a bigger proportion of the rise in bond yields recently.
Economists Brian Lee Shun Rong and Chua Hak Bin of the Maybank Group propose that the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) should maintain policy interest rates in 2025 as long...
The forecasts were presented by experts at the scientific conference titled ’Market and Price Developments in Việt Nam in 2024 and Forecasts for 2025’ organised by the...
In many respects, the US seems to be in a perfect place: growth is robust, the economy is at full employment, and inflation is easing down to the Fed’s target.
According to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), monetary policy in the coming time will face many pressures, including the impacts of the international context and the...
According to the report of the Ministry of Finance, there are still some factors that put pressure on price levels in the remaining months of 2024, so the Ministry has...
Vietnam exports are expected to maintain further growth thanks to exports to the US; declining inflation; bright prospects of the global semiconductor industry;…
KB Securities Vietnam maintains its forecast for Vietnam’s average inflation in 2024 at 3.8% YoY – well below the government’s limit of 4-4.5%.
FED's rate cut does not have too much impact on the Vietnamese economy in the short term, said SBS.
We have spoken many times about how central banks, and particularly the Fed, seem to be basing policy on a more reactive response to the course of data than a proactive...
Timely and effective price management helps control the consumer price index (CPI) and inflation in accordance with the set target.
If you said 2%, we’d argue that you are wrong. It seems to us that it is above 2% although, just how far above is hard to say.
The Fed has cut rates and, in doing so, joins the ranks of those who can claim that policy tightening has tamed the inflation beast.
With price pressures relatively contained, HSBC expected the SBV to remain accommodative and keep its policy rate steady through its forecast horizon, at 4.50%.
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