Why analysts think Fed's September rate hike is unlikely
Aug 27, 2015 12:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Recent turmoil in the financial market along with drop in inflation has seriously pushed back expectations of a rate hike from FED as early as September. Here is why some analysts and economists think that it is...
ECB policy stance amid renewed deflation risks
Aug 27, 2015 11:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Euro area inflation expectations are turning south again: the 5y euro HIPCx swap stands at 0.8%, and the 3y2yf euro HIPCx swap is just 1.0%, both far from the ECBs medium-term target. Even the longterm 5y5yf has dropped to...
PBoC may take additional monetary easing
Aug 27, 2015 07:07 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The PBoC has already cut interest rates and the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) twice since June as a response to the stock market turmoil. Additional monetary easing is expected but the benefit of every additional move is...
PBoC easing not enough to fix China’s growth?
Aug 27, 2015 05:26 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The recent market volatility may last as two major uncertainties loom, the Fed and China. On the Fed, given the absence of significant inflation pressure in the US and in light of the global market jitters, it is tempting...
CBR set to halt monetary easing
Aug 27, 2015 04:19 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
As Russia was the earliest of a group of commodity-oriented emerging market economies to abandon the peg, the current turmoil has not surprised Russian markets, neither has the spike in the roubles volatility, which has...
Central bank of Russia set to halt monetary easing
Aug 27, 2015 00:56 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
As Russia was the earliest of a group of commodity-oriented emerging market economies to abandon the peg, the current turmoil has not surprised Russian markets, neither has the spike in the roubles volatility, which has...
Views from Bill Dudley, New York FED President
Aug 26, 2015 15:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
New York FED President Mr. Bill Dudley, today shrugged of any possibility of further quantitative easing or QE4. After Market turmoil on Monday and inflation expectation dropping to 5 year low, several prominent names in...
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