There’s a bone of contention at the moment between the profile of FED policy priced by the market, and the sort of message that Fed members want to put across.
The Bank of England delivered an absolutely dire set of forecasts; probably worse than it would have ever thought possible.
With inflation rising dramatically, the critics are out and, not surprisingly, central banks are in the firing line.
The euro might actually prove more vulnerable against currencies that have not already rallied against the single currency – like the yen.
The FED will likely stop raising rates earlier than expected, according to many analysts. This will raise gold prices.
To combat inflation, the Fed raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage point for the second time in a row.
The ECB surprised markets by pushing its benchmark rate up by 50 basis points, bringing its deposit rate to zero.
The gold market is stumbling into this weekend once more after suffering an almost 4% decline as a result of the sell-off in gold. Will gold prices drop next week?
Large banks are starting to join the deposit interest rate hike race along with small- and medium-sized banks due to rising capital demand pressure after a long time...
The slump in the US stock market, as well as the expiration of futures contracts in June and the reorganization of international ETFs, will have a negative influence on...
Major central banks have two main avenues to tighten financial conditions: higher rates and quantitative tightening.
Major central banks are pushing on with rate hikes and, from what we’ve already been told, the likes of the Fed, BoE and ECB will be unveiling new or further hikes in...
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 euro received a welcome boost over the past days after Dutch ECB member Knot became the first to hint that the ECB could lift rates 50-bps rather than 25-bps when...
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...
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 USD/VND exchange rate would countinue to rise slightly thanks to stable USD supplies.
The BoJ could adjust policy as soon as possible, so it seems more likely that this concern over the yen is not that pressing at all.
Thanks to increases in savings interest rates, deposits at banks increased strongly in the first two months of this year after declining last year.
The ECB is in an invidious position. It, probably more than any other G10 central bank, faces the greatest risk of stagflation.
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.
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