Caption Maybank IBG economists Brian Lee Shun Rong and Chua Hak Bin forecast that inflation would remain below the State Bank of Vietnam's target range of 4%-4.5%...
Central banks have come in for a lot of criticism for missing the surge in inflation.
At the moment, it seems that the Fed is expected to start the easing cycle, at least in terms of rate cuts, before major European central banks such as the ECB and BoE.
FED Chairman Powell seems to be suggesting that a high terminal fed funds rate will be anything but transitory.
It is rare to see an upcoming central bank gathering that sees the market as divided as Thursday’s ECB meeting.
UK wage data was pretty shocking. It has raised speculation that the Bank of England could have to go further than previously expected when it comes to base rate hikes.
The Bank of England has faced a particular problem when it hiked base rates.
There has been much made of the fact that sharp rate hikes from just about all G10 central banks have not led to the depth of economic slowdown that was feared.
The Fed has suggested that it has paused its rate hikes. It is not the first developed-country central bank to do so and others could be joining soon, such as ECB, BoE.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) never said never to restarting rate hikes but its recent decision to lift rates 25-bps could be a warning to others, notably the Fed,...
A few developed-country central banks have already paused their policy tightening and others, notably the Federal Reserve and Bank of England, are expected to do so...
We are talking about the day when the Federal Reserve clearly indicates that it thinks it has reached the peak, or the pause point, on policy rates. For at this time,...
The question now is not just whether central banks like the ECB and Fed may pause rate hikes on the basis that they don’t want to inflame banking strains.
Lending interest rates have surpassed the 10 per cent mark, piling pressure on many businesses in dire need of funding, a conference has heard.
A Federal Reserve meeting is approaching and, once again, the market is looking for guidance.
The 50-bps rate increase from the Bank of Canada reflected the second time it has reduced the size of its rate hikes. The Reserve Bank of Australia has also moved to a...
This week, the FED has continued to raise interest rates, causing gold prices to decline even further.
The FED raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to a range of 3.00%-3.25% and signaled more large increases to come. When FED will pause...
We’re hearing the argument more and more now that the recent easing of US financial conditions will make the Fed go harder with its rate hikes.
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...
Statistics about U.S inflation and the labor market are the two drivers for the Fed's actions in the coming time.
As some G10 central banks start to lift policy rates, or seemingly get close to rate hikes, so others that appear further behind in the rate-hike cycle are being dragged...
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