Tag: Central banks
16 central banks decide on key interest rates
According to the Bloomberg news agency, 16 central banks will announce their decisions at short intervals this week, including the USA, Great Britain, Brazil, Turkey, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan,…
Bundesbank boss Nagel for another strong increase
Joachim Nagel The President of the German Federal Bank is in favor of further significant increases in interest rates. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt From the point of view of Bundesbank President…
World’s largest wealth manager underweight equities
Black Rock Inc. in New York According to Blackrock strategists, a stock market recovery is still a long way off. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt. Despite the recent price losses, Blackrock’s strategists…
Inflation in Germany will probably continue to rise
Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank The central banker does not see the risk of inflation as yet banned. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt The prospects…
Inflation in Germany will probably continue to rise
Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank The central banker does not see the risk of inflation as yet banned. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt The prospects…
It will depress prices even further
European Central Bank The ECB has just raised interest rates from zero to 0.5 percent. This is what the markets rule. (Photo: dpa) Just under a year ago it was…
According to the Bundesbank, private households expect higher inflation
Shopping venture Weekly shopping is becoming more and more expensive for private households. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The inflation expectations of private households in Germany have risen further. Expected inflation for…
Discussion about stronger interest rate hike in July
Frankfurt At its meeting in June, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) discussed whether the fight against inflation requires higher interest rate hikes than previously announced. “A…
Discussion about stronger interest rate hike in July
Inflation in the Eurozone At the interest rate meeting in June, the euro central bank announced that it would be abandoning years of ultra-loose monetary policy due to the ongoing…
Monetary policy facing a conflict of goals as in the 1970s
ECB The European Central Bank will again decide on the key interest rate on Thursday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Frankfort Soaring energy prices as a result of the Russian invasion of…
Central banks are losing the fight against inflation
Bert Flossbach The well-known asset manager controls the €38 billion mixed fund “FvS Multiple Opportunities”. (Photo: Dominik Asbach/laif) Frankfurt How is one of the best-known fund managers in Germany adapting…
Biden is encountering resistance in his own ranks with a Fed candidate
Washington One of US President Joe Biden’s high-ranking appointments for the Federal Reserve has met with resistance. Biden’s party colleague, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, announced Monday that he could not…
Increased interest rates: Bond owners face enormous losses
Frankfurt Even the war in Ukraine will probably not avert the forthcoming turnaround in interest rates: For the first time in decades, the major central banks are planning an abrupt…
EU tightens sanctions against Russia’s financial system – but not completely
Demonstration in London Broad wave of solidarity. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) Düsseldorf, New York, Brussels, Berlin, Frankfurt The EU, US and other Western allies further isolated Russia’s financial system over…
Why Japan is hoping for a return to rising prices
Tokyo In Japan, the word inflation is not associated with fear, as it is in Europe and the USA, but rather with hope. Actually, the Japanese central bank hardly feels…
What the turning point in interest rates means
Federal eagle in front of the plenary hall of the Bundestag Investors will get interest again if they lend money to the federal government over the long term. (Photo: dpa)…
How fear drives up inflation
Economics is 50 percent psychology. Ludwig Erhard’s old wisdom has probably never been as valuable as it is today, as economists and central bankers are puzzling over how to get…
Yields on Bunds could rise significantly
ECB President Christine Lagarde and her US counterpart Jerome Powell (archive photo) The two most important central banks in the world are taking different courses. (Photo: AP) Frankfurt Like the…
Are the prices continuing to rise? What does this mean for investors?
The inflation rate in Germany was 5.2 percent in November 2021, which means it has risen for the sixth time in a row and in November it reached its highest…
ECB director Schnabel: upside risk for inflation
Isabel Schnabel “We should take a risk management approach so that we can react quickly if there are signs that inflation is consistently above our two percent target.” (Photo: dpa)…