interest rate hikes

Quoteworthy: "Ukrainian soldiers are doing with their blood what the UN Security Council should do by its voting."

The deposit rate was lifted to 3% on Thursday — as officials have been flagging since their last meeting six weeks ago.

Expectations by some market participants that central banks may start easing are “excessively optimistic”, says Menon.

The UK central bank lifted its benchmark lending rate a half point to 3.5%, the ninth increase in a year.

In another revelation, Fed staff told officials that their assessment of the risks of a recession had grown to almost 50-50.

SINGAPORE (Jan 10): Yields on USD emerging market debts are reaching 7% for major indices, and as emerging markets enter 2019, it is expected to recover from the negative effects of a stronger USD and outsized US growth, according to a Schroders TalkingPo

(Oct 19): Goldman Sachs economists on Thursday said the firm remained “comfortable” with its call for five more interest rate hikes — two more than priced in financial markets — through the end of 2019.

(Sept 26): For the most hawkish central banks in Asia, Thursday’s choice is less about whether to raise interest rates than by how much.

SINGAPORE (Apr 4): Schroders is raising its global growth forecasts for the next two years on the back of buoyant economic activity, but warns of uncertainty for investors amid a corresponding rise in interest rates.

SINGAPORE (March 24): The prospect of interest rate hikes by the Fed used to spark panic among investors. This was due to the widely-held view that a receding tide of liquidity would spark a selloff in Asian assets that had been pumped up by years of ultr