Tag: Monetary policy
The risk of a global recession is increasing
The author Kenneth Rogoff teaches international economics at Harvard University. From 2001 to 2003 he was chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. (Photo: Getty Images) Is the global economy…
British central banker enrages Johnson’s Tories
Bank of England BoE chief Andrew Bailey faces the House of Commons Finance Committee in London. (Photo: Bloomberg) London In December of last year, the Bank of England (BoE) raised…
The Council splits along these lines
ECB headquarters in Frankfurt The next meeting of the Council is scheduled for June 9th. (Photo: AP) Frankfurt The European Central Bank is targeting the first rate hike in the…
Euro weakness deepens the European Central Bank’s dilemma
At the end of the last century, hopes for the new common currency were high: the euro was to become the second world currency alongside the US dollar as soon…
The Fed should have acted sooner
Jerome Powell In the US, politicians are already suggesting that the only way to keep inflation under control is to intervene in the economy. (Photo: Reuters) If a recession is…
Inflation in the US at 8.3 percent
Federal Reserve in Washington The US Federal Reserve wants to fight inflation with rising interest rates while ensuring that the country does not slide into a recession. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf…
Lagarde drafts a scenario for an imminent turnaround in interest rates
ECB President Christine Lagarde The deposit rate in the euro area is currently minus 0.5 percent. (Photo: Reuters) Ljubljana ECB President Christine Lagarde is preparing the financial markets for the…
Bundesbank President Nagel for first rate hike in July
Joachim Nagel The President of the Bundesbank wants to vote for a rate hike at the ECB meeting. (Photo: dpa) Eltville Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel considers an initial rate hike…
These five consumer stocks are still cheap
Dusseldorf The US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates by 0.5 percentage points last Wednesday. In the future, this will now be between 0.75 and 1 percent. The European Central…
US labor market continues to build strong jobs
Shopping spree in Pennsylvania Washington Despite high inflation and the war in Ukraine, the US job engine is still running at full speed. 428,000 new jobs were created in April,…
US labor market continues to build strong jobs
Shopping spree in Pennsylvania Washington More jobs were created on the US labor market in April than expected. Last month, 428,000 new jobs were created, as the government announced in…
Wall Street starts again with significant losses
Frankfurt After the zigzag course in the past two days, the most important indices on Wall Street start trading on Friday with significant losses. The Dow Jones of standard values…
Bundesbank boss for rapid steps against the high inflation
Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel “If the numbers remain as they are now, then they will speak a clear language.” (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel is urging the ECB…
The European Central Bank deserves no pity
ECB The line that central banks are walking is getting narrower and narrower. (Photo: dpa) No matter how the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve wind up:…
The experts expect this increase by the end of 2022
Construction of a single-family house in Lower Saxony Frankfurt Real estate buyers in Germany have to be prepared for even higher interest rates on loans. After the interest rate decision…
Ifo boss Fuest demands rapid rate hike from the ECB
Clemens Fuest The head of the Institute for Economics calls on the ECB to act. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt After the interest rate increases in the USA and the high inflation…
Fed causes panic selling on Wall Street – Nasdaq loses a good five percent
new York Dramatic change of mood on Wall Street. On Wednesday, after the US Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting, the stock markets celebrated their best day since 2020. Panic sales then…
Dramatic day on US stock exchanges – indices collapse
new York On the US stock exchanges, the relief rally fizzled out again one day after the interest rate decision by the US Federal Reserve (Fed). The Dow Jones index…
Federal government rejects proposal for new euro rescue fund
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner The parliamentary state secretary to the finance minister rejects the new protective shield. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The federal government rejects the proposal by the European…
What investors need to know after the US interest rate hike
Dusseldorf The US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates by 0.5 percentage points in response to the continued rise in inflation in the US. The last time interest rates were…