How to read the FED decision?
As expected, the FOMC announced on Wednesday that it would keep interest rates unchanged, a first since the beginning of 2022. However, the updated projections...
Category: Monetary policy
The FED will pause
Disappointing news on inflation could persuade the Fed to raise interest rates again, giving ammunition to hawks who argue that there is still work to...
A shift in the Central Banks’ position?
It was a week of meetings for the ECB and the FED, and the mood was for a change in both cases. The European Central...
The Fed standing firm
Less than two weeks after the second-largest bank failure in US history, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made it clear that inflation remains the top...
BCE: The End Of The Rate Hike?
The European Central Bank has gone ahead with a planned half-point rate hike but has stayed silent on what could follow amidst market turbulence that...
The market is wrong, the FED will continue raising interest rates
Exactly one year after launching its tight monetary policy campaign, the Federal Reserve faces a dilemma: continue its fight against inflation or reassure and stabilize...
The FED did not finish the job
On Wednesday, Governor Powell and his colleagues raised the Fed’s target for its benchmark rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range...
FED will continue raising interest rates
The minutes of the last FOMC meeting published this week did not bring any hope to the investors. Fed officials have indicated that interest rates...
A hawkish and arrogant ECB is frightening the European economy
Every increase in borrowing costs, including Thursday’s half-point move, advances Frankfurt officials’ fight against runaway inflation but also risks having a heavier economic impact. The...