Bank of Japan raises policy rate to 0.5% and signals further increases
In a well-trailed move, the Bank of Japan on Friday raised the policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, taking it to 0.5 per ...
The ECB needs a rethink of its policy approach
Experience suggests that abundant and cheap money is not a harbinger of price or financial stability, much less of sustained ...
Will US inflation ever go below 3%?
Reports of the demise of US inflation have been greatly exaggerated. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Aiden Reiter ...
UK consumer confidence falls sharply in January
UK consumer confidence fell sharply in January to the lowest level in more than a year as a spike in government borrowing ...
Is US inflation set to rise further?
Economists polled by Reuters expect Wednesday’s US consumer price index to show inflation of 2.8 per cent in December, up from 2.7 per cent a month earlier. They anticipate that core inflation, which ...
Inflation: still quite annoying
Unhedged feels only a little reassurance. We thought inflation was all but beaten four months ago, and were wrong; once burnt, and all that. Despite this good report, however you look at it, core ...
UK interest rates have a long way yet to fall, says Goldman Sachs
Goldman’s forecast is for just 0.9 per cent UK GDP growth this year, which is a lot lower than consensus (1.3 per cent), the ...
Bank of Japan expected to raise rates on Friday with inflation and wages ‘on path’
The Bank of Japan is likely to raise rates at its January 24 meeting following recent supportive comments from BoJ governor Kazuo Ueda and deputy Ryozo Himino.
Fed to keep rates on hold for ‘foreseeable future’, Pimco says
US central bank will wait for more details of Trump’s policies before resuming cuts, says bond manager’s investment chief ...
On hawks, doves and pigeons
Then there are the doves — those who fixate more on maximising employment and output growth while tolerating greater inflation risk. Hawks prefer to keep interest rates high while doves prefer them ...
Employment, not prices, will shape Bank of England rates as tax rises bite
The good news is not expected to last as inflation creeps up in the coming months as the rise in employer’s national ...
The Magnificent Seven in Trumpland
The Mag Seven are such a huge part of the US stock market that a change in their fortunes amounts to a change in the character of the whole market. So what is going on here? It would be most welcome ...