BOJ seen keeping policy ultra-easy, focus on rate-hike hints
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is likely to maintain its ultra-loose monetary settings next week, putting the focus on any …
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Morgan Stanley, Deutsche and others raise UK rate-hike forecasts
LONDON (Reuters) – A number of banks including Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank on Wednesday revised upward expectations for further UK interest rate hikes as …
Factbox-Wall St banks expect one more Fed rate-hike as recession looms
(Reuters) – Most major U.S. banks expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by another 25 basis points next month, following evidence of sticky …
Australia’s CBA, Westpac expect rate-hike pause in April; other top banks vary
(Reuters) – Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) expects the country’s central bank to pull brakes next week on one of the most aggressive tightening cycles …
Most Asian equities see outflows in Feb as rate-hike jitters weigh
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Most emerging Asia ex-China equity markets witnessed foreign outflows in February as strong U.S. economic data stirred worries that the …
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 …
Most Asian bonds see foreign inflows in Jan on hopes of rate-hike pause
(Reuters) – Most Asian bonds witnessed foreign inflows in January, driven by hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve would slow down the pace of its …
Bullish bets on Asian FX ease as Fed rate-hike concerns weigh: Reuters poll
By Himanshi Akhand (Reuters) – Bullish bets on most Asian currencies eased as strong U.S. economic data recently gave the dollar a fillip and raised …
Wall St jumps at open as CPI data calms rate-hike jitters
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened sharply higher on Tuesday after a smaller-than-expected rise in U.S. consumer prices raised hopes that the Federal Reserve …
Polish MPC should return to rate-hike debate, says Kotecki
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s Monetary Policy Council (MPC) should start discussing rate hikes again, central banker Ludwik Kotecki said on Friday, adding that talk of …
Gold jumps as dollar weakens on Fed rate-hike uncertainty
By Seher Dareen (Reuters) – Gold prices were on track to gain for the week, rising more than 1% on Friday as the dollar weakened …
UK housing index at 11-year low on rate-hike fears
By Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) -Britain’s homebuilders index hit a more than 11-year low on Monday on concerns that a weaker pound could lead to more …
Asian bonds see meagre inflows as U.S. rate-hike bets weigh
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Foreigners were net purchasers of emerging Asia ex-China bonds for a second successive month in August, although the buying was …
Rate-hike cycle in Poland may be ending, central banker Kochalski says
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish central banker Cezary Kochalski said there was significantly reduced room for further interest rate hikes and that the probability of ending …
Tame inflation to keep BOJ a dovish outlier in global rate-hike rush
By Leika Kihara TOKYO – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to reiterate its resolve next week to keep monetary policy ultra-loose and remain …
Philippine cenbank’s modest rate-hike stance lifts bearish bets on peso- Reuters poll
By Savyata Mishra (Reuters) – Bearish bets on the Philippine peso grew as the central bank adopted a more modest approach than its peers to …
Swiss National Bank expected to resist global rate-hike trend: Reuters poll
(Corrects currency in 5th graf, no other changes.) ZURICH – The Swiss National Bank will likely hold fast to the world’s lowest interest rate when …
Rate-hike fears abate but Ukraine muddies stock market outlook
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK – Geopolitical worries are clouding the outlook for U.S. stocks, even as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine moderates expectations for how …