The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its key interest rate unchanged as it waits for the Trump administration’s trade policy to take shape and sees its impact on a sputtering economy.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its key interest rate unchanged as it waits for the Trump administration’s trade policy to take shape and sees its impact on a sputtering economy.
The Bank of England cut its main interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.25% on Thursday, despite an unexpected three-way split among policymakers as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs weigh on global economic growth.
Την εκτίμηση ότι θα είναι περιορισμένες οι άμεσες επιπτώσεις στην ελληνική οικονομία από την αύξηση των δασμών από τις ΗΠΑ εξέφρασε ο διοικητής της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος, Γιάννης Στουρνάρας, προαναγγέλλοντας μία ακόμη μείωση του επιτοκίου της ΕΚΤ στο 2%.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has “no intention” of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell before his term leading the U.S. central bank ends next year.
Investors are fearful of a deep hit to asset prices if U.S. President Donald Trump attempts to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, undermining confidence in the central bank’s ability to fight inflation and act independently.
The European Central Bank could hit its 2% inflation target in the coming few months but the broader economic outlook is far too uncertain for the bank to provide any meaningful guidance about its next policy move, ECB policymaker Peter Kazimir said.
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Friday President Donald Trump and his team were studying the matter when asked if firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was an option, an indication that a matter of great consequence for the central bank’s independence and for global markets remained under active consideration by the White House.
Ανάπτυξη 2,3% περιμένει για το 2025 ο διοικητής της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδας Γιάννης Στουρνάρας, όπως ανέφερε κατά την ομιλία του στη γενική συνέλευση των μετόχων όπου παρουσίασε και την ετήσια έκθεση της ΤτΕ.
Economic projections the central bank released Wednesday indicate that while officials see inflation moving up this year more rapidly than previously expected, they also expect the trend to be short-lived. The outlook spurred talk again about “transitory” inflation that caused a major policy headache for the Fed.
The Bank of England held interest rates at 4.5% and warned against assumptions that they would be cut over its next few meetings as it grappled with deep uncertainty hanging over the British and world economies.
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Wednesday and warned of heightening global economic uncertainty, suggesting the timing of further rate hikes will depend largely on the fallout from potentially higher U.S. tariffs.
Με καθαρά κέρδη 82,9 εκατ. ευρώ, έκλεισε τη χρήση του 2024 η Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος. Το γεγονός θεωρείται αξιοσημείωτη επιτυχία αν ληφθεί υπόψη ότι τόσο η ΕΚΤ, όσο και η γερμανική Budensbank για παράδειγμα έγραψαν μεγάλες ζημιές πέρυσι.
Η Ευρωπαϊκή Κεντρική Τράπεζα θα πρέπει να συνεχίσει να χαλαρώνει την πολιτική της με σταθερό ρυθμό έως ότου το βασικό της επιτόκιο φτάσει στο 2%, δεδομένου ότι αυξάνονται οι κίνδυνοι για την ανάπτυξη και εξασθενούν οι πληθωριστικές πιέσεις, δήλωσε σε συνέντευξή του στο Politico ο Διοικητής της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος Γιάννης Στουρνάρας.
Σημαντική υποχώρηση του πληθωρισμού στην Ελλάδα τα επόμενα δύο χρόνια προβλέπει ανάλυση της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος (ΤτΕ). Ο δομικός πληθωρισμός, ωστόσο, εμφανίζεται υψηλότερος από της Ευρωζώνης.
Οι προκλήσεις που αντιμετωπίζει σήμερα η Ευρωζώνη στάθηκαν στο επίκεντρο της ομιλίας του Διοικητή της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος (ΤτΕ) Γιάννη Στουρνάρα στους πρέσβεις των κρατών μελών της Ε.Ε. στην Αθήνα.
Hawkish comments from the Bank of Japan and sticky inflation are lifting bond yields to multi-year highs and pushing forward rate hike expectations, shaking long-held views that rates would not rise much in the historically deflation-prone economy.
ECB President Christine Lagarde told the European Parliament that inflation is easing and rate cuts are taking effect but warned of trade risks. She reaffirmed a cautious, data-driven approach and stressed the need for a digital euro to strengthen Europe’s financial autonomy.
Mexico’s inflationary environment is expected to allow policymakers to keep cutting the benchmark interest rate, the head of the Bank of Mexico told Reuters, as the fight to bring down inflation has entered a new phase.
Eurozone inflation unexpectedly ticked up in January to stay above the European Central Bank’s medium-term 2 per cent target for the third month in a row, but the rise was not expected to alter policymakers’ plan to continue lowering interest rates.
The European Central Bank (ECB) cut its benchmark interest rate again by a quarter-point to 2.75% on Thursday as inflation nears 2% and growth remains weak.