Full text of the ecb rate decision

Monetary policy decisions

The Governing Council today decided to raise the three key ECB int...

December 15, 2022, 1:19 pm

What to make of december’s fomc meeting?

The big takeaway from today’s FOMC meeting is that the Fed really hasn’t changed its view very much from October. Powell has indicated in the past...

December 15, 2022, 4:57 am

Fed hikes 50bps, rate to hit 5.1% in 2023

Fed raises interest rate by 50bps to 4.25-4.50% as widely expected. The decision was unanimous. Tightening bias is maintained as “the Committee anti...

December 14, 2022, 7:11 pm

Newsquawk preview: fomc expected to hike 50bps with all eyes on the peak forecast

Summary: The FOMC is widely expected to hike rates by 50bps, as predicted by all 84 analysts surveyed by Reuters. Money market pricing is also lean...

December 14, 2022, 2:11 pm

Edog outperforms global equities markets last week

The ALPS Emerging Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (EDOG) outperformed broader global equities markets last week. The U.S. dollar's weakening amid optimism ar...

December 13, 2022, 2:12 pm

Vnq: investors anticipate a less hawkish fed (rating downgrade)

VNQ has recovered remarkably from its October lows, as investors picked its bottom, anticipating the worst of the Fed's rate hikes is likely over. How...

December 13, 2022, 9:00 am

Ecb makhlouf: premature to be talking about end-point for policy rates

ECB Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said, “To continue on our path to bring inflation back to our 2% target, I see a 50 basis-point increa...

December 5, 2022, 10:29 am

Goldman sachs on china easing covid restrictions: "preparations may last a few months"

I posted this on the weekend, just the latest in a string of signs from China that COVID-19 restrictions are now more targetted and less restrictiv...

December 5, 2022, 1:38 am

Fed's evans: we are on a path to get financial conditions appropriately restrictive

• We're on a path to get financial conditions appropriately restrictive to bring inflation down t...

  December 2, 2022, 4:01 pm

Fed's bowman: it is appropriate for us to slow the pace of increases

• Expect policy will remain restrictive for some time to get inflation down
• My views on t...

  December 1, 2022, 2:39 pm

Fed powell: makes sense to moderate pace of interest rate hikes

• makes sense to moderate pace of interest rate hikes
• time to moderate pace of rate hikes may come as soon as December
• have made...

  November 30, 2022, 6:32 pm

Why shares of bilibili, kanzhun, and full truck alliance are rising today

Chinese stocks rebounded today due to earnings reports and hopes of less restrictive COVID-19 policies ...

November 29, 2022, 11:48 am

Solvency ii is 'far too restrictive,' schroders ceo says

Peter Harrison of the asset management company discusses the U.K.'s economy, and says it's "proving a little bit more resilient than people thought."...

November 29, 2022, 4:50 am

Fed barkin supportive of slower, but probably longer and potentially high tightening

Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin said in an interview yesterday, “I’m very supportive of a (tightening) path that is slower, probably longer a...

November 29, 2022, 4:19 am

Fed williams: restrictive policy to continue through at least next year

New York Fed President John Williams said yesterday, “Inflation is far too high, and persistently high inflation undermines the ability of our econo...

November 29, 2022, 4:13 am

Fed bullard: strong labor market gives us license to pursue disinflationary strategy

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard reiterated yesterday that interest rate has to be raised to at least 5.00-5.25%, from the current 3.75-4.00%, to...

November 29, 2022, 4:08 am

Crude oil plunges as china's covid scenario spooks investors

Crude oil prices plunged more than 2 percent overnight amidst widespread protests in China against the restric...

November 28, 2022, 5:59 pm

Lagarde q&a: the risks to the inflation outlook are on the rise

• Inflation will eventually slow
• I would not go so far as saying inflation has peaked
• Might need to move rates into...

  November 28, 2022, 2:41 pm

Gold consolidates after advance pauses

Gold has been losing ground since early March, generating a profound structure of lower highs and lower lows within a descending channel. Even though ...

November 28, 2022, 10:51 am

Fomc minutes show fed hiking rates at a slower pace

At the November 2nd FOMC meeting, members unanimously agreed to hike the Fed Funds rate by 75bps to bring the key rate to 3.75%-4.0%. The statement fr...

November 24, 2022, 3:17 am