Tag: Monetary policy
We don’t need a new rescue package for the euro zone
euro coin Ironically, in times of war, Europe’s means of combating the economic crisis are largely exhausted. (Photo: dpa) It’s been ten years since the euro crisis reached its peak.…
US Federal Reserve sends the markets on a lurching course
Traders on Wall Street Savers and investors around the world are hoping that inflation will soon peak. (Photo: Reuters) New York, Frankfurt The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has triggered a…
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…
Bank of England continues to raise interest rates
Bank of England The bank is raising interest rates again. (Photo: AP) London The Bank of England (BoE) has raised the key interest rate in Great Britain to 1.0 percent…
Bank of England continues to raise interest rates
Bank of England The bank is raising interest rates again. (Photo: AP) London The Bank of England (BoE) has raised the key interest rate in Great Britain to 1.0 percent…
Jerome Powell is sending the wrong signals – one comment
There he is again, the Jerome “Jay” Powell that Wall Street has come to appreciate so much over the past few years. At the press conference on Wednesday, the head…
Bank of England continues to raise interest rates
Bank of England The bank is raising interest rates again. (Photo: AP) London The Bank of England (BoE) has raised the key interest rate in Great Britain to 1.0 percent…
Bank of England continues to raise interest rates
Bank of England The bank is raising interest rates again. (Photo: AP) London The central bank in London is bracing itself against high inflation with the fourth rate hike within…
Powell is sending the wrong signals
There he is again, the Jerome “Jay” Powell that Wall Street has come to appreciate so much over the past few years. At the press conference on Wednesday, the head…
Powell is sending the wrong signals
There he is again, the Jay Powell that Wall Street has come to appreciate so much over the past few years. At the press conference on Wednesday, the head of…
Fed raises interest rates by 0.5 percentage points
new York The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is speeding up its fight against inflation. It raised the key interest rate by 0.5 percentage points on Wednesday, to a range of…
Fed raises interest rates by 0.5 percentage points
Federal Reserve in Washington A number of further rate hikes on the horizon. (Photo: dpa) new York The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is speeding up its fight against inflation. It…
The Fed’s three big mistakes and their consequences
Federal Reserve Headquarters in Washington DC The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is under enormous pressure to rein in inflation from the last 8.5 percent. For months, economists have accused her…
ECB Director Isabel Schnabel announces interest rate turnaround
Isabel Schnabel “We have to prevent high inflation from becoming fixed in expectations.” (Photo: Getty Images; Per-Anders Pettersson) Frankfurt The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to initiate the turnaround…
ECB Director Isabel Schnabel announces interest rate turnaround
Isabel Schnabel “We have to prevent high inflation from becoming fixed in expectations.” (Photo: Getty Images; Per-Anders Pettersson) Frankfurt The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to initiate the turnaround…
Fed & Inflation: Jerome Powell must act
Frankfurt On Saturday, the famous US investor Warren Buffett found remarkable words at the annual general meeting of his holding company Berkshire Hathaway: “In my opinion, Jay Powell is a…
Italy adopts billion-euro package to fight inflation
Mario Draghi The Prime Minister of Italy wants to fight inflation in his country. (Photo: dpa) Rome The Italian government on Monday passed a multi-billion dollar package of measures to…
The euro needs fiscal unbundling
When the corona pandemic hit the euro zone in early 2020, many politicians and voters were appalled to find that they lacked fiscal or monetary policy leverage to counter the…
Russia cuts interest rates more than expected
Moscow The Russian central bank has eased its monetary policy more than expected despite the sanctions imposed as a result of the Ukraine war. The central bank announced on Friday…
Inflation in the euro area rises to 7.5 percent
Weekly market in Hanover Prices in the euro area have recently risen sharply. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf/Frankfurt The inflation rate in the euro area continued to rise in April: Consumer prices…