European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said the central bank will continue to raise interest rates and may even need to restrict economic activity to control inflation. The European Central Bank raised interest rates by an unprecedented 200 basis points since July to tackle inflation, and said further policy tightening …
Read More »SNB Maechler: Will continue to raise rates if inflation above target
The Swiss National Bank will continue to raise rates if inflation projections are seen above target according to SNB’s governing board member Andrea Maechler.On Thursday, Maechler also noted that the battle against inflation has not been won despite a dip in Swiss inflation to 3.0% in October from 3.3% in …
Read More »Russia confirms the extension of the grain export agreement across the Black Sea
On Thursday, a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that the agreement to export grain through the Black Sea will be extended for 120 days, starting from November 18, without any amendments to the current agreement. The statement added that Moscow assumes that Russian concerns related to easier conditions …
Read More »Could US retail sales continue to rise despite fundamentals?
Retail Sales rose in October by 1.3% above the 1% of market consensus. Analysts point out that despite the apparent endurance, consumers are struggling to keep up the pace. They warn that the last time credit card borrowing was growing like it is now, the US was heading into the …
Read More »ECB’s Vice President: Will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to get inflation to 2%,
On Wednesday, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos said the central bank needed to keep inflation expectations anchored. In a report published Wednesday, the ECB said households and businesses were under pressure from high rates, a poor economic outlook and monetary tightening; but government support needed to be “targeted.”De Guindos …
Read More »US Industrial Production Preview
US October Industrial Production will be reported on Wednesday, November 16 at 14:15 GMT and is expected at 0.2% month-on-month vs. 0.4% in September. Here you can find the expectations as forecast by the economists and researchers of three major banks regarding the upcoming data. Citibank “Industrial Production should rise …
Read More »Fed’s Bostic: Full impact of policy on inflation won’t be seen for months
On Tuesday, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said that he wasn’t expecting to see the full impact of monetary policy on inflation for months. US Dollar Index showed no immediate reaction to these comments and was last seen losing 0.6% on the day at 106.30.On Tuesday also, A key …
Read More »Fed’s Harker: Not worried about inflation expectations
On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said “My best guess is we will remove about $2.5 trillion from the balance sheet overall but data will guide us,”.“We want to reduce the balance sheet methodically until we start to see where we need to stop,” Parker added …
Read More »Yellen urges markets to read CPI data with caution
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she is not reading too much into October’s inflation report, which showed price pressures narrowing faster than expected and sent markets soaring.While the consumer price index report, which showed annual inflation slowed to 7.7%, was good news, it might not mean that inflation is …
Read More »After cheering CPI, Fed’s Mester reiterates: big risks remain on inflation
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Thursday that while there are some new hopeful signs of moderating inflation, the main risk still facing the US central bank is that it doesn’t act aggressively enough to tame very high price pressures.Given the current level of inflation, its broad-based …
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