Search Results for: interest rates
Talk Is Cheap for Euro as QE’s Diminishing Returns Thwart Draghi
October 13th, 2015
ECB chief reiterates willingness to ease, yet currency gains Debatable whether more stimulus can weaken euro: Investec Traders are losing their faith in Mario Draghi’s ability to weaken the euro. The European Central Bank president has reiterated at least four ...
China’s Stocks Decline From Seven-Week High After Trade Data
October 13th, 2015
Report shows imports extend longest losing streak in 6 years Investors returning to market as margin debt rebounds China’s stocks fell from a seven-week high, dragged down by commodity producers, after imports fell by more than economists predicted. The Shanghai Composite ...
What will Happen to Bitcoin when the Economy goes Bust?
October 12th, 2015
Many people interested in Bitcoin have a less than optimistic view about the health of the global economy. This skepticism — in some cases pessimism — is fueled by a controversial business cycle theory that is fairly popular in ...
Big Banks, Serious Trouble
October 12th, 2015
It turns out that the world of ZIRP/NIRP isn’t the banking paradise that some thought it would be. See Why The Big Banks Want Higher Interest Rates. Whether the problem is with low interest rates themselves or the fact ...
Why Are The IMF, The UN, The BIS And Citibank All Warning That An Economic Crisis Could Be Imminent?
October 9th, 2015
The warnings are getting louder. Is anybody listening? For months, I have been documenting on my website how the global financial system is absolutely primed for a crisis, and now some of the most important financial institutions in the ...
Lagarde: China’s economy is not all ‘doom and gloom’
October 9th, 2015
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has said the outlook for China‘s economy is not all “doom and gloom”. “I would say that it’s a recovery that is decelerating a bit,” she told the BBC, but ...
Asia stocks shine as Fed minutes hint at patience on hike
October 9th, 2015
Asian shares rose on Friday, taking their cue from a jump in oil prices and Wall Street gains after minutes of the Federal Reserve‘s latest meeting damped down expectations of an imminent Fed rate hike. The Fed minutes revealed ...
Gold Gains on Shifting Rate Views, Central-Bank Buying
October 8th, 2015
Weaker dollar also benefits bullion prices Gold prices crept higher Wednesday, with investors continuing to bet that the U.S. Federal Reserve will delay raising interest rates as other central banks stocked up on the precious metal. Gold for December ...
IMF: Uncertainty, Complex Forces Weigh on Global Growth
October 7th, 2015
Global growth moderate and uneven, forecast at 3.1 percent this year, 3.6 percent in 2016 Disparate fortunes between the advanced and emerging market and developing economies Lower commodity prices weigh on commodity exporters The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) foresees ...
BOJ: Statement on Monetary Policy
October 7th, 2015
Bank of Japan: 1. At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The ...
