Tag: “Central Banks”

Την έκκλησή της προς τα κράτη μέλη της Ευρωζώνης να σταματήσουν άμεσα, αλλά συντονισμένα, τα μέτρα στήριξης σε νοικοκυριά και επιχειρήσεις, ώστε η Ευρωπαϊκή Κεντρική Τράπεζα να καταφέρει να μειώσει τον πληθωρισμό, επανέλαβε για νιοστή φορά η πρόεδρος της ΕΚΤ Κριστίν Λαγκάρντ.

Υπό την πίεση του επίμονου πληθωρισμού, η Φρανκφούρτη προχώρησε σε νέα αύξηση των επιτοκίων, θέτοντας σε δεύτερη μοίρα τις ανησυχίες για την ανάπτυξη – Στο ιστορικό υψηλό του 4% το επιτόκιο καταθέσεων, στο 4,50% το βασικό επιτόκιο

The European Central Bank on Thursday announced a 10th consecutive hike in its main interest rate, as the fight against inflation took precedence over a weakening economy.

Japan’s core machinery orders fell more than expected in July, as manufacturers balk at new investments in the face of sluggish global growth and weakness in major market China, pointing to a difficult period ahead for the world’s third-largest economy.

China’s central bank said on Thursday it would cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves for the second time this year to help keep liquidity ample and support a nascent economic recovery.

The European Central Bank is set to keep rates steady Thursday as economic activity in the euro area decelerates at a faster pace than previously expected. 

Inflation has come down quite a lot, but the battle is far from over, and the path ahead for the Federal Reserve is getting increasingly delicate.

The Bank of England’s losses on bonds bought to shore up the U.K. economy will be “materially higher than projected,” according to Deutsche Bank.

Gathering for their annual meeting in the foothills of the Teton Range in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, leading officials and economists traded last year’s angst about inflation and central banks’ credibility for fears that the upheaval caused by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have ushered in a new era for the global economy.

Στο 2,3% του ΑΕΠ τοποθετεί ο διοικητής της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος Γιάννης Στουρνάρας τον πήχυ για το απαιτούμενο πρωτογενές πλεόνασμα του 2024, προκειμένου να σφραγισθεί η επιστροφή της χώρας στο ενάρετο δημοσιονομικό μονοπάτι, με συνέχιση της καθοδικής πορείας του χρέους.

The debate among top economists and Federal Reserve officials in recent weeks has subtly begun to shift from how high the central bank will be raising interest rates to how long it will be keeping them in restrictive territory.

U.S. Treasury yields climbed on Monday as investors braced themselves for comments from Federal Reserve officials and economic reports expected throughout the week.

China’s one-year loan prime rate — the peg for most household and corporate loans in China — was cut by 10 basis points from 3.55% to 3.45%, just shy of the 15 basis points that a majority of economists expected in a Reuters poll.

Federal Reserve officials expressed concern at their most recent meeting about the pace of inflation and said more rate hikes could be necessary in the future unless conditions change, minutes released Wednesday from the session indicated.

Federal Reserve officials expressed concern at their most recent meeting about the pace of inflation and said more rate hikes could be necessary in the future unless conditions change, minutes released Wednesday from the session indicated.

Wall Street is betting that the Federal Reserve will pause its interest-rate increases in September, and traders will be scouring the minutes from the Fed’s July 25-26 meeting for clues on the central bank’s next move.

Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari on Tuesday said that while the U.S. central bank has made some progress in its inflation fight, interest rates may still need to go higher to finish the job.

The yen has been steadily weakening after Japan’s central bank had adjusted its stance on its yield curve control policy on July 28, sending 10 year Japanese government bonds to its highest levels in nine years.

The Federal Reserve won’t meet to discuss interest rates until September, but officials have been talking about what their next move could be.

Brazil’s central bank kicked off its rate-cutting cycle more aggressively than expected on Wednesday, reducing its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points and signaling more of the same in the months ahead due to an improving inflation outlook.