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Credit Suisse is pushing interest rates towards 10 per cent
The interest rate on credit Suisse's latest bond issue hit 10% as the bank seeks to pay out billions of dollars in compensation to...
German finance Minister disapproves of ECB, ‘where’s the bond market risk’
In Europe, caught up in a financial shock, a familiar drama is unfolding. At a closed-door meeting Thursday local time, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner...
The ECB could hedge under the new facility
To avoid stoking inflation, the ECB may opt to neutralise bond purchases under its new crisis-fighting facility. Bond purchases by the ECB through any new...
What is the international reserve currency?
International reserve currency refers to the international common currency funds held by national governments that can be directly used for international payments.It is the...
Treasuries tumbled, with two-year yields jumping 12 basis points
Us Treasury bonds, which had rebounded strongly overnight, tumbled in early Asian trading on Thursday. Two-year yields rose 12bp to 3.31%, five-year yields rose 10bp...
First rate hike in seven years!The Swiss National Bank unexpectedly raised interest rates by 50 basis points
The Swiss National Bank raised interest rates for the first time in seven years and said it could not rule out further increases in...
What about a 75 basis point rate hike?
The overshooting of inflation has been followed by an overshooting of interest rates, the largest in nearly three decades since 1994, by a single...
Biggest push since 1994!The Fed raised interest rates by 75 basis points on schedule with a strong commitment to lower inflation
As markets expected, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates the most aggressively in nearly three decades to curb high inflation. On Wednesday June 15th the...
Us stocks and us bonds rebounded strongly after the Fed raised interest rates by a large margin
In June, the Federal Reserve's FOMC raised interest rates by 75 basis points, the largest increase in nearly three decades since 1994, to levels...
Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates raised interest rates by 75 basis points and Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia by 50 basis points
Central banks in the Middle East also moved quickly after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced its biggest interest rate hike in nearly three decades. Bahrain's...
Powell: 75 basis point rate hike won’t be normal The next 50 or 75 basis points may not show signs of a broad-based slowdown
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the Fed's rate-setting meeting on June 15. Powell said inflation led the Fed to raise...
Warren Buffett: How does inflation fool stock investors
Summary of Warren Buffett's Views in Fortune (May 1977) : 1. Bond investors stand to lose a lot in inflation, and equity investors are not...