Search Results for: Monetary Policy Committee
Currency market overview: BoE and FED interest rate decisions ahead
October 31st, 2017
Plenty of factors could influence the AUD, GBP, EUR, USD, CAD and ZAR exchange rates this week, such as economic data and the Bank of England (BoE) and Federal Reserve interest rate decisions, say currency experts FC Exchange. GBP ...
Aussie dollar tumbled, Kiwi extended a slide, Gold fell 0.3 percent, Japan’s Topix index rose
October 25th, 2017
Gains in Asian equities stalled at recent highs, while optimism in the world economy and encouraging earnings reports buoyed the dollar and bond yields. The Australian dollar sunk to its lowest since July after inflation data damped the outlook ...
European shares brush off Catalan crisis with another weekly gain
October 9th, 2017
European shares rose for the fourth consecutive week on Friday as confidence over the region’s economic recovery outweighed worries over the Catalonia crisis, whose impact remained confined to Spanish equities. While Spain’s IBEX .IBEX ended a tumultuous week down 1.9 percent ...
The forthcoming global crisis
September 22nd, 2017
The global economy is now in an expansionary phase, with bank credit being increasingly available for non-financial borrowers. This is always the prelude to the crisis phase of the credit cycle. Most national economies are directly boosted by China, ...
FED expects inflation on a 12-month basis to remain somewhat below 2 percent
July 27th, 2017
The Federal Reserve , the central bank of the United States, has issued a FOMC statement. According the FOMC statement: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that the labor market has continued to ...
Yen advanced, Euro and Australian dollar rose
July 25th, 2017
Asian equities were mixed ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy decision and as investors sifted through earnings from companies including Alphabet Inc. Oil rose while the dollar resumed declines. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fluctuated near a 10-year ...
How can the Fed possibly unwind QE?
July 21st, 2017
There are currently two important items on the Fed’s wish list. The first is to restore interest rates to more normal levels, and the second is to unwind the Fed’s balance sheet, which has expanded since the great financial ...
Asia shares rise; the Dow and S&P 500 hit record highs
July 17th, 2017
Asia shares rise on strong China GDP, accommodative Fed view Asian stocks set a fresh two-year high on Monday, boosted by stronger-than-expected economic growth in China and bets that lacklustre U.S. data will keep the Federal Reserve cautious about ...
Euro Jumps on French Result; China Selloff Resumes: Markets Wrap
April 24th, 2017
Investors bet on Macron victory after first round of voting Yen slides, U.S. futures advance while Shanghai shares slump A relief rally amid speculation that pro-growth centrist Emmanuel Macron will become France’s next president was offset by a selloff in ...
The decline and fall of the EU
April 11th, 2017
This article identifies the headwinds faced by the EU in the wake of Brexit. Without the UK, not only does the EU lose much of its importance on the world stage, but the Commission’s budget is left with an ...
