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5 world market themes for the week aheadGlobal markets are keenly watching for potential rate cuts from major economies. The Swiss National Bank is scheduled to meet. World leader...- Gold likely to fall further on sticky US inflation and lack of China's stimulus detailsGold rallied initially on expectations of strong Chinese stimulus and central bank buying. However, a lack of concrete details from the CEW...
- Global rate-cut juggernaut is struggling to startCentral banks cagey about joining the global interest-rate cutting cycle may reveal themselves this week with a quartet of decisions in adv...
- Asia shares on a roll as SNB kicks off rate cutsMSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan ran into some profit taking in early trade on Friday after jumping nearly 2% in ...
- Central bank rate bets send dollar, sterling, franc different waysInvestors' focus has moved to a slew of central bank meetings due this week after days of volatility in markets caused by worries over the ...
- Swiss National Bank lifts key interest rates as it follows US Federal Reserve’s method to tackle inflationThe Swiss bank announced that consumer prices rose by 3% in November, surpassing its objective but still being considerably lower than the ...
- Central banks walk inflation-recession tightropeJust this past week, the US Fed announced its biggest interest rate hike in almost 30 years, followed by the fifth straight increase by the...
- Inflation: High commodity prices, supply chain disruptions stoke input costsFed Chair Jerome Powell engineered the central bank’s biggest interest-rate increase since 1994 and held out the distinct possibility of an...
- World’s central banks unleash most hawkish campaign since 1980sThe week began with a sudden shift on Wall Street to price in a 75 basis point interest-rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The US centra...
- Sensex sinks below 51K, Nifty tests 15,200 on US recession fears, central bank tighteningAt 9.30 am, the BSE Sensex was trading 497.90 points or 0.97 per cent lower at 50,997.89. Nifty50 was trading at 15,197.50, down 163.10 poi...
- Europe's central banks jack up interest rates to fight inflation surgeFuelled initially by soaring oil prices in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, inflation has broadened out to everything from food to...
- How will Swiss National Bank address its trillion-dollar problem?Some of the franc weakness can be traced to recovery bets, but it comes at a time when Swiss bond yields are trading unusually above their ...
- View: Interest rates are losing their relevanceInflation has long been a key driver in setting the level of interest rates. Yet price increases, once considered a curse, have been contai...
- Central banks lagging, 2008-style coordination missingNone of the major European institutions have cut rates, nor has the Bank of Japan.
- Market Movers: FDI growth at 5-year low; rupee fall and exporters; politics of oil & moreA look at top macro triggers that may move market on Monday.
- What I read this week: A listed central bank with soaring shares! Why stocks will keep risingOne has to be very careful in allocating their hard earned money in different asset classes.
- ECB holds key interest rate at record low of 0.75%; euro risesThe European Central Bank leaves its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.75%, holding off on further stimulus for slowing eurozone econo...
- Swiss Central Bank cuts rate to curb Franc's gainsThe Swiss central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates and said it will increase the supply of francs to money markets to curb the "massive...
- Signs of US recovery cheered by investorsJobs and factory data offered hope that the US economy may be clawing its way out of recession, providing investors with upbeat news.
- Switzerland slashes interest rates on slowdown fearsSwitzerland's central bank slashed key interest rates by a full percentage point on Thursday, its biggest ever cut, and warned of tough tim...
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