Robert Farago, head of strategic asset allocation, Hargreaves Lansdown: “1) Stronger central banks. In 1979, Paul Volker became head of the Fed. US rates were raised significantly, sending the economy into…
Market Report – US rates rise again, are we nearly there yet? Centrica turnaround continues and Shell misses expectations Steve Clayton, head of equity funds at Hargreaves Lansdown: “The US…
Fresh volatility erupts on markets after Fed rate hike and warns higher rates will linger The U.S. central bank raised rates by 0.75 percentage points for the fourth consecutive time…
The U.S. central bank raises rates by 0.75 percentage points for the fourth consecutive time They continue to battle the worst outbreak of inflation in 40 years There are signals…
HIGHLIGHTS September 20 2022 Global Markets With the Fed widely expected to deliver a further 75bps rate hike at this week’s policy meeting and signal that additional rate tightening is…
Fed will maintain tightening – but soft landing still possible By OMFIF The US Federal Reserve is likely to carry on with active monetary tightening to break 8%-plus inflation even…
Tech-heavy NASDAQ is down over 1% after Netflix’s disappointing subscriber losses, but Tesla results put the worst of tech fears to bed FTSE100 up 0.4%, following mixed trading from Wall…
Claustrophobia on Fed balance sheet, The future of regulation Thursday 31 October 2019 – Vol.110 Ed.44.3 Commentary: Claustrophobia on Fed balance sheet By Pierre Ortlieb in London The US Federal…
China must rethink growth model, Monetary policy implementation and reserves management Commentary: China must rethink growth model By Mark Sobel in Washington The global press treats readers to a daily…
Commentary: Powell pivots to patience By Darrell Delamaide in Washington US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell wanted to make sure everyone understood that the Fed has changed its stance and…
Commentary: Powell should ease US monetary policy By Desmond Lachman in Washington In 2017, a key monetary policy mistake of the US Federal Reserve under Janet Yellen was to keep…