QE is the difference
There have been a couple of reports recently that seem to flag the possibility, maybe even the probability, that the sharp rise in policy rates will cause adverse...
There have been a couple of reports recently that seem to flag the possibility, maybe even the probability, that the sharp rise in policy rates will cause adverse...
Are policymakers and the markets looking in the wrong direction when it comes to explaining why G10 economies have performed much better than expected in spite of...
Central banks have been at pains to argue that the objectives of inflation control and financial stability do not conflict.
Many commentators have noted that monetary data shows some very steep decelerations in money supply growth for many countries, not least the US.
The Federal Reserve released a paper last year that argued quantitative tightening by the Fed over a two-year period at a monthly pace of USD95bn per month is equivalent...
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...
Although the Vietnamese economy is expected to recover strongly in 2022, it will also face some key macro risks.
The Fed is effectively spinning plates at the moment as it tries to keep the economy growing, inflation from surging, asset prices from imploding and international...
Statistics about U.S inflation and the labor market are the two drivers for the Fed's actions in the coming time.
Just how the Fed and other central banks respond to the rise in inflation is clearly going to be critical for how financial markets perform.
Global investors might be looking with some trepidation towards monetary policy normalisation by the Fed.
Stronger USD could contribute to a slight increase of 0.5-1% in USD/VND exchange rate in 4Q2021, said KB Securities.
As we get closer to the next FOMC meeting on Wednesday, the markets obsession is with the starting point. When will the Fed start to taper its bond purchases and then,...
The inflation in many countries has increasingly gone up, so many people wonder which central bank will be the first one to hike rates?
Could the Federal Reserve require just one more decent employment report before pulling the trigger on bond tapering? If that’s the case, all eyes will be on the August...
It seems pretty well accepted that asset purchases by central banks do have effects on exchange rates and, very often, they are similar effects to changes in interest...
At the recent meeting, Fed members agreed to make the repo facility permanent subject to an individual country limit of USD60bn.
In Standard Bank’s view, both the Fed and the ECB announce prospective changes to their quantitative easing programmes in the time to come.