Impacts from the prospect of Fed rate cuts
At Jackson Hole, Fed Chair Powell signaled a possible interest rate cut at the U.S. central bank's meeting next month.
At Jackson Hole, Fed Chair Powell signaled a possible interest rate cut at the U.S. central bank's meeting next month.
According to many analysts, the gold price is unlikely to rise sharply next week after the Jackson Hole Symposium because investors remain cautious.
Many analysts are pretty sure that Fed Chair Powell won’t say this at Friday’s Jackson Hole symposium that the Fed has been put in an impossible position by politics....
The US tariffs’ impact on eurozone growth could be bigger than the models might suggest that inflation will be lower, and that the ECB will be pushed into at least one...
G10 currency volatility remains at very low levels but many analysts expect volatility to pick up as we go through the rest of the year.
Many analysts expect the Bank of England (BoE) to cut the base rate by 25 bps today. They would like to see more. But more should come in time as they see the Bank...
Short-term deposit interest rates, with a slight upward trend, may be reined in to remain stable in the near future, amid continued capital flows pushing liquidity into...
As Vietnam’s tourism and hospitality industry rebounds and diversifies, RMIT experts warned that a growing skills gap may stall progress if workforce development does...
Even if some of the uncertainty related to the US’s erratic tariff policy starts to ease off, there are still the economic impacts of tariffs to consider and, these are...
The tariff-related vulnerability of the US dollar switches to a vulnerability borne of Federal Reserve policy. As a result, the US dollar could fall with euro/US dollar...
If interest rates have any bearing at all on currencies, it is in real (inflation-adjusted) terms, not nominal terms. So, the fact that the Fed looks as if it will cut...
Federal Reserve Chair Powell continues to come under attack from President Trump and it does seem to have started unnerving the markets a bit. But what can the...
The pound remains under modest pressure on a trade-weighted basis after marking out a recent high back in late May. The Standard Bank lowered its expectations for...
According to economists Brian Lee Shun Rong and Chua Hak Bin from Maybank Group, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has maintained accommodative policy through the first...
The Trump Administration has moved at breakneck speed this year with tariffs, tax cuts, deportations and more. Are there any brakes on the pace of and extent of US...
Short-term gold prices lack significant support. As a result, gold prices may struggle to break through in the coming week unless there are new, strong "catalysts."
A bold milestone for the region, Rixos Phu Quoc marks the debut of the brand’s award-winning “All-Inclusive, All-Exclusive” concept in Southeast Asia ushering in a new...
The pound (GBP) has been on a good run since the debacle of the infamous mini-budget of September 2022 which saw the pound fall close to parity against the dollar. It...
The factors driving the US dollar seem to be pushing the greenback in the direction of an even bigger slide. The US dollar has already fallen by more than 10% this year...
The US dollar’s seemingly inexorable slide looks set to continue. The key in the shortterm is whether important psychological levels can be broken, such as 1.15...
The ECB cut rates again last week; its eight such reduction in a row. In all, the deposit rate has been halved from 4% to 2% through this cycle. It is now at a level...
Many analysts are expecting the ECB to cut the key policy rate another 25-bps this Thursday. How will this action impact the euro?