Banxico holds key interest rate at 11.25%, keeps hawkish bias
By Brendan O’Boyle and Anthony Esposito MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The Bank of Mexico’s five-member board unanimously held the key interest rate at 11.25% for a sixth straight monetary policy meeting on Thursday,…
Fed’s Powell leans hawkish in IMF remarks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve officials “are not confident” that interest rates are yet high enough to finish the battle with inflation, and may be nearing the end of how…
Australia’s central bank raises rates to 12-year high, tempers hawkish stance
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s central bank raised interest rates to a 12-year high on Tuesday, ending four months of steady policy, but left it open on whether even more tightening…
India cenbank seen holding rates steady Friday but striking hawkish tone
By Swati Bhat MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s monetary policy committee is widely expected to keep key rates on hold when it announces its decision on Friday but the recent uptick in global…
Hawkish Fed unwittingly stokes Treasuries ‘basis trade’ risks: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve’s hawkish stance on interest rates, and determination to reduce its balance sheet, may inadvertently be stoking financial stability risks by encouraging hedge funds…
Analysis-Fed’s hawkish stance spooks investors, though some say peak rates near
By Davide Barbuscia and David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s plans for a prolonged period of elevated interest rates could continue pressuring stocks and bonds in coming months, though…
US two-year Treasury yield rises to 17-year high on hawkish Fed
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -The yield on two-year U.S. Treasury notes rose to a 17-year high of 5.1970% on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady but…
Bank of Canada struck intentionally hawkish tone after last rate decision – minutes
By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Sept 20 (Reuters) – The Bank of Canada wanted to send the message that interest rates would not be coming down soon when it left…
Analysis-U.S. stocks may not be ready for hawkish Powell at Jackson Hole, options data show
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Investors may be underestimating the degree of potential market turbulence stemming from the Federal Reserve’s economic symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, potentially leaving them more…
Market surveys show Wall Street expected less hawkish Fed outlook
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve forecasts released at the June monetary policy meeting laid out an outlook that was more hawkish than what Wall Street’s biggest banks…
Marketmind: Hawkish Powell keeps markets on defense
By Alden Bentley (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Alden Bentley, Breaking News Editor for Finance & Markets, Americas. The week’s main attraction, Fed Chair Jerome…
Marketmind: ECB day to follow a hawkish Fed
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. A day after the Federal Reserve took markets by surprise with a hawkish message, it’s the European Central…
Marketmind: Can risk appetite resist Fed’s hawkish skip?
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. A raft of economic data and a likely medium-term policy easing from…
Marketmind: A hawkish skip or a dovish pause?
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland There’s no escaping that it’s all about the Fed today. And the energy around the meeting has been…
Marketmind: Next up ECB: Will it be a hawkish 25 or dovish 50?
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Vidya Ranganathan. The spotlight moves swiftly from the Fed’s “possible pause or pivot” message overnight to the European Central Bank,…
Central Europe’s policymakers double down on hawkish message
By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) – Central bankers across central Europe have doubled down on their hawkish policy messages in the past two weeks in a bid to persuade investors to ditch…
India central bank set to raise rates 25 bps on elevated inflation, keep hawkish stance
By Swati Bhat MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s central bank is widely expected to raise its benchmark rate on Thursday for the seventh consecutive meeting and leave the door open for more increases…
Global banking turbulence prompts Wall Street banks to trim hawkish Fed bets
By Susan Mathew (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs is expecting a pause this week from the U.S. Federal Reserve after a year-long rate increase campaign as Wall Street banks scale back their hawkish…
As hawkish Fed pricing goes away, bullish dollar calls fade
By Karen Brettell (Reuters) – The collapse of two big U.S. regional banks has forced the U.S. bond markets into a near 180-degree turn from pricing in a more aggressive Federal Reserve…
Hawkish Powell puts 50 bp Fed rate hikes back on table
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will likely need to raise interest rates more than expected in response to recent strong data and is prepared to move in larger steps if…
Hawkish ECB comments push up rate-hike expectations
By Leigh Thomas and Francesco Canepa PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank interest rates still have some way to rise, two influential policymakers said on Friday, pushing up market pricing for the…
BlackRock cuts Japanese stocks to “underweight” on hawkish BOJ risks
(Reuters) – BlackRock Investment Institute cut Japanese stocks to “underweight” on Monday, saying that a Bank of Japan (BOJ) policy change away from its “ultra-loose” monetary strategy could push global yields higher…
Weighing up Ueda, investors cool on hawkish BOJ bets
By Tom Westbrook and Kevin Buckland SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) – As surprise gives way to scrutiny of the men set to lead Japan’s central bank for the next five years, investors are dialling…
Russia central bank to adopt hawkish tone, keep rate at 7.5% this week: Reuters poll
By Elena Fabrichnaya and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian central bank is expected to hold its key interest rate at 7.5% on Friday but may give a more hawkish signal…
Brazil currency firms, rate cut bets pushed back by central bank’s hawkish outlook
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s currency firmed and interest rate futures jumped on Thursday as a more hawkish outlook from the central bank led economists to push back forecasts for…
Investment banks ramp up peak rates forecasts after hawkish ECB
By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – A flurry of investment banks raised their forecasts for where euro zone interest rates will peak, after the European Central Bank signalled on Thursday that hikes…
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