BoE’s Pill ‘cautious’ about further rate cuts
The Bank of England needs to move cautiously with cutting interest rates because the long process of wrestling down inflation is not yet complete, BoE Chief Economist Huw Pill told…
Monetary crossroads: how far can SBP push the rate cuts?
The monetary policy is due next Monday. The committee, chaired by the SBP Governor, has already eased the policy rate by 900 bps (or 41 percent) over the last five…
Fed’s caution on rate cuts could cause friction with Trump
Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House and uncertainty about his policy proposals has begun weighing on the US Federal Reserve, raising concerns of a reckoning between the central…
As US rate cuts near, economic ‘soft-landing’ odds could dictate stock performance
With interest rate cuts virtually locked in, investors are ramping up their focus on economic data over the next few months as they game out whether the “soft landing” narrative…
Fed’s Williams welcomes inflation data, not ready to seek rate cuts
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams welcomed the arrival of softer consumer inflation data, he told Reuters, but said that positive news is not enough to call…
ECB governors stick to plan for multiple rate cuts despite global headwinds
European Central Bank officials are sticking to plans to cut interest rates multiple times this year, even as higher US inflation delays a pivot to looser policy by the US…
Fed rate cuts become question of when, not if
The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to start cutting interest rates in the coming months, as inflation edges closer to its long-run target of two percent. What is less…
Asia’s worries over currency volatility get in the way of rate cuts
A spurt in the US dollar and China’s defence of the yuan are forcing Asian central banks to step up interventions in their weakening currencies, and one clear casualty is…
China rate cuts just the start as growth slows: analysts
Factory employment has been falling for more than a year in the workshop of the world as Chinese growth slows, and analysts expect more intervention by the central bank after…
EU’s red tape cuts leave big businesses wanting more
Austrian manufacturer RHI Magnesita spends about 1 million euros of its roughly 400 million euros earnings a year ensuring it complies with EU rules on corporate sustainability. A first wave…
