Here's what 8 banks are saying about the US Fed rate hike
The US finally raised interest rates on Wednesday, after seven years of monetary policy designed to stimulate the economy and counter the 2008 global financial crisis.In a unanimous vote, the Federal...
View ArticleJanet Yellen just wrote the textbook on raising interest rates — Mark Carney...
Since the 2008 financial crisis, central banks have been rewriting the global economics textbook.They've grown more powerful than ever, taking on responsibility for boosting the economy as governments...
View Article'WORSE THAN 2007': Top banker warns of looming wave of worldwide bankruptcies
The world's financial system has become dangerously unstable and faces an avalanche of bankruptcies that will test social and political stability, according to a leading global banker.William White,...
View ArticleGold is in the middle of its biggest rally in 30 years — and it's not ending...
Gold has rallied more in the first quarter of 2016 than it has at any point in the last 30 years, and that rally isn't going to end any time soon.The Financial Times reports that gold's current rally,...
View ArticleThe Fed is about take action against Goldman Sachs
The U.S. Federal Reserve is preparing an enforcement action against Goldman Sachs Group Inc related to a leak of confidential government information to one of its employees, the New York Times reported...
View ArticleTime is running out for Japan's economy
Recently, Japan’s second quarter GDP growth was revised upwards, to 0.7 per cent, after four consecutive quarters of stagnation. But don’t set your hopes too high.More than three years ago, the...
View ArticleEuropean stocks rocketed
European stocks are bouncing for a second consecutive day on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold on Wednesday, giving stocks a leg up.In tandem with the Bank of Japan's...
View Article4 reasons China is nervous about US Fed's interest rate hike
Chinese authorities are putting on a brave face about possible interest rate increase by the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday, but it is probably the worst-kept secret in Beijing that the nation’s...
View ArticleHow Sino-US relations will affect Asia's emerging bond market
It’s fair to say that, at the start of 2016, few would have predicted we would end the year with US President-elect Donald Trump readying himself to move into the White House, and the British...
View ArticleGold and silver are charging
LONDON — Gold and silver prices are popping on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates on Wednesday evening.Gold futures are up 2% at just after 8.30 a.m. GMT (4.30 a.m. ET):Silver...
View ArticleRabobank says the US Fed is making a historic mistake about the bond yield...
The US Federal Reserve is a repeating a historic mistake that will invert the bond yield "curve" in 2019, a Rabobank analyst believes.An "inversion" of the yield curve into negative territory has...
View ArticleGlobal markets are reassessing the path of Federal Reserve interest rates in...
Global financial markets are changing their view on the path of likely interest rate increases from the US Federal Reserve — one of the most important.Pricing in the overnight index swap market implies...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs sees the Fed aggressively cutting interest rates to boost the...
Goldman Sachs economists Jan Hatzius and Daan Struyven predicted in a Sunday note that the Fed will cut interest rates aggressively to help the US economy combat downside risks of the coronavirus...
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