Tag: “Central Banks”

The Swiss National Bank opted for a smaller rate hike at its quarterly monetary policy meeting Thursday, but said further rises may be needed to bring inflation to target.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday told Congress that, with U.S. inflation well above target, more interest rates are likely this year, although he did not shed any new light on the timing of the moves.

Καθησυχαστικός αναφορικά με την πιθανότητα να επαναληφθεί μία νέα παγκόσμια χρηματοπιστωτική κρίση όπως αυτή του 2007 – 2008 εμφανίζεται ο διοικητής της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος, Γιάννης Στουρνάρας.

The European Central Bank is likely to raise interest rates again next month but it is too early to predict the decision of the September meeting, which will be shaped by incoming data, the ECB’s chief economist Philip Lane said on Monday.

Major global investment banks lifted their terminal rate forecast for the European Central Bank to 4% in September, after the ECB raised borrowing costs and indicated further hikes.

Japan’s central bank maintained its ultra loose monetary policy on Friday, electing to support fragile economic growth at a time of swirling global uncertainty.

Στο υψηλότερο επίπεδο των τελευταίων 22 ετών, από τον Μάιο του 2001, αύξησε τα επιτόκια η Ευρωπαϊκή Κεντρική Τράπεζα, με την Κριστίν Λαγκάρντ να διαμηνύει ξεκάθαρα πως δεν τίθεται προς το παρόν ζήτημα παύσης της νομισματικής σύσφιγξης.

The People’s Bank of China indicated that it’s serious about getting the world’s second-biggest economy back on track.

The European Central Bank on Thursday announced it is taking its main rate up by 25 basis points to 3.5%, diverging from a U.S. Federal Reserve decision to pause its own hikes on Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided against what would have been an 11th consecutive interest rate increase as it measures what the impacts have been from the previous 10.

The European Central Bank is set to increase its benchmark policy rate by another 25 basis points this week, insisting that all future rate decisions will be strictly data dependent as uncertainty weighs over the inflation and growth outlook.

On the heels of a 10-meeting streak of raising interest rates, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to take a break and let the U.S. economy catch its breath.

China’s central bank surprised most economists and market participants by cutting a short-term policy interest rate, a sign that officials are increasingly concerned about faltering growth and are stepping up stimulus to boost the recovery.

Ο διοικητής της ΤτΕ, στη συνέντευξη που παραχώρησε στο in, εμφανίζεται εξαιρετικά αισιόδοξος για την ελληνική οικονομία, επιβεβαιώνει ότι σύντομα θα έρθει η επενδυτική βαθμίδα και ότι η Ελλάδα έχει μια μεγάλη ευκαιρία με το Ταμείο Ανάκαμψης και τα χρήματα από το ΕΣΠΑ.

Συνέντευξη του διοικητή της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος φιλοξενεί η Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

The International Monetary Fund has yet to see enough banks pulling back on lending that would cause the U.S. Federal Reserve to change course with its rate-hiking cycle.

Financial markets could face a sharp downturn in the event of any further shocks to the global economy, European Central Bank Vice-President Luis de Guindos told CNBC on Wednesday.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said changing the central bank’s policy target to the five-year bond yield, from the current 10-year zone, would be among options if it were to modify its yield curve control (YCC) policy in the future.

Federal Reserve officials were divided at their last meeting over where to go with interest rates, with some members seeing the need for more increases while others expected a slowdown in growth to remove the need to tighten further, minutes released Wednesday showed.

Federal Reserve officials moved unanimously to raise interest rates at the central bank’s policy meeting earlier this month despite significant debate at the time over whether pausing tightening efforts would instead be the more prudent move.