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 a second straight day of data suggested…
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 Federal Reserve would keep interest rates higher…
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…
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 monetary tightening as inflation worries subsided. Foreigners…
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 bets that interest rates would remain higher…
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 could soften its aggressive rate hike stance.…
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 when borrowing costs could fall was premature.…
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 amid reports of a potential debate amongst…
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 rate hikes by the Bank of England,…
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 measured on concerns over soaring inflation and…
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 the monetary tightening cycle had increased. Last…
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 a dovish outlier as many other central…
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 tamp down inflation, while short positions on…
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 it gives its latest monetary policy update…
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 aggressively the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary…
Analysis-Baptism by fire awaits today’s rate-hike rookies
By Balazs Koranyi, Leika Kihara and Howard Schneider FRANKFURT/TOKYO/WASHINGTON – Today’s central bankers have the unenviable task of weaning a pandemic-hit global economy off cheap money amid unprecedented sovereign debt levels and…
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