The Fed continues to do the job
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 bps to the highest level since 2001. The unanimous decision by the FOMC raised the target range...
The Fed or the False Suspense
During its latest committee meeting, the FOMC suspended its interest rate hikes after ten consecutive moves over 15 months. At the same time, policymakers projected...
Interest Rates: A New Paradigm
7 July 2023 The two-year Treasury yield exceeded 5% last March, reaching a level not seen since June 2007, before the global financial crisis. In...
The European banking sector under pressure?
The European Central Bank is set to test the resilience of the continent’s banking sector by requiring lenders to repay around 500 billion euros of...
The ECB follows in the footsteps of the Fed
The euro gained over 1%, and government bonds collapsed following the ECB’s interest rate hike and the message that the trend would continue. On Wednesday,...
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...
New regulation for the US Banks
Banks with at least $100 billion in assets may have to comply with the new requirement. Large US banks could face a 20% increase in...
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 liquidity crisis in India sends interbank funding rates skyrocketing
The weighted average call rate, a day-to-day funding rate set by the central bank, rose to 6.78%, above the upper band of interest rates of...