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ECB Preview: Cut in June, Debate on July, Move in September
European Central Bank has indicated a rate cut this month
June 06, 2024
Global Economy
ECB holds interest rates and points to first cut in June
President Christine Lagarde again signalled the prospect of a move in two months’ time.
April 11, 2024
Banking & finance
The case for digital currencies and CBDCs
CBDCs have been piloted by 80% of global central banks. The PBOC has piloted E-CNY in Shenzhen, Shanghai and other cities.
October 10, 2021
Goldman Sachs Asset Management: Investment themes 2020
Low growth, low inflation and low return a trigger to rethink fixed income investments
(Jan 31): There was a period of time during the late summer when a reality seemed to dawn on many of our European clients — that the world of negative rates was not just a fleeting blip. It now appears likely that we could remain in a negative yielding
January 31, 2020
Global Economy
Bond traders watch central-bank decisions to confirm 2018 rout
NEW YORK (Jan 22): The world’s biggest bond market probably needs a little push from central banks to prop up yields at the highest in more than three years.
January 22, 2018
2018 look ahead by UBS
Take advantage of monetary tightening and higher volatility in 2018
SINGAPORE (Dec 5): Central banks will be tightening monetary policies in 2018, but this is no cause for alarm, as higher rates could usher in opportunities, according to financial firm UBS in its The Year Ahead 2018.
December 05, 2017
Investing strategies
Do rising interest rates reduce returns on income investment?
(Oct 9): Our research, which looks at episodes of rising rates since 1970, suggests income-producing assets do not perform as investors might expect.
October 12, 2017
Global trade rebounds despite Trump's protectionist threats
(July 6): Donald Trump’s election as US president sparked warnings of damaging trade wars and an end to globalisation as we know it.
July 06, 2017
Markets start to ponder the US$13 trillion gorilla in the room
(April 19): After heading into the uncharted territory of quantitative easing, the world’s central banks are starting to plan their course through the uncharted waters of quantitative tightening.
April 19, 2017
Brexit
4 bumps the UK will have to face now that May has triggered Article 50
SINGAPORE (March 29): Even with the official commencement of the Brexit process – as finalised by Prime Minister Theresa May’s signature on the letter to trigger Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty today – Bank of Singapore’s (BoS) chief econom
March 29, 2017