Investments: Polycrisis, interest rates and markets – 2024-03-29 07:51:13

Investments: Polycrisis, interest rates and markets
 – 2024-03-29 07:51:13

Before completing the first quarter of its life, the 21st century has already hosted some of the greatest crises in history. Crises that can only be compared to the Great Depression of 1929 and the “oil shock” of 1973-74. The bursting of the “dot com bubble” of 2000, followed by the Great Deleverage/Recession of 2007-2008, … Read more

12 Financial Moves to Make This Spring: From Resolutions to Retirement Plans

12 Financial Moves to Make This Spring: From Resolutions to Retirement Plans

12 Financial Moves You Should Make This Spring 12 Financial Moves You Should Make This Spring 1. Revisit your resolutions Many of us set New Year’s resolutions around spending and saving, but fewer of us followed through on them. Spring is the perfect time to see if you’re making any progress. Consider your financial goals, … Read more

European Central Bank Board Member Olli Rehn Predicts Multiple Interest Rate Cuts in 2024

European Central Bank Board Member Olli Rehn Predicts Multiple Interest Rate Cuts in 2024

European Central Bank Board Member Olli Rehn believes that emerging conditions will allow borrowing costs to be reduced more than once during the current year, expecting the first such step to be “near summer.” “I see the approaching summer as the right time to start easing the tight approach to monetary policy,” Ren said in … Read more

Stournara’s intervention on interest rates – “To be reduced twice before August” – 2024-03-16 14:22:15

Stournara’s intervention on interest rates – “To be reduced twice before August”
 – 2024-03-16 14:22:15

THE European Central Bank it must cut borrowing costs twice before its summer vacation in August and twice more before the end of the year without being swayed by the Fed. This is what the governor of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, said in an interview with Bloomberg, pointing out: “We need to start … Read more

China’s Central Bank Holds Steady Amid Fed Rate Cut Uncertainty

China’s Central Bank Holds Steady Amid Fed Rate Cut Uncertainty

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE, March 15 (Reuters) – China’s central bank left the policy rate unchanged and withdrew cash from a medium-term lending operation, as authorities continued to prioritize currency stability amid of uncertainty over the timing of interest rate cuts planned by the US Federal Reserve. The Fed’s historic monetary tightening has strengthened the dollar and pressured … Read more

Pablo González Mosqueira: From Computer Hobbyist to Leading Corporate Lawyer at Pérez Llorca

Pablo González Mosqueira: From Computer Hobbyist to Leading Corporate Lawyer at Pérez Llorca

Pablo González Mosqueira (Madrid, 1980) confesses that he has not had a great vocation as a lawyer. He remembers that in his youth his greatest hobby was computing. A hobby that, although he admits that he no longer cultivates, he does point out that understanding programming has helped him in his day-to-day life as a … Read more

ECB: Kept interest rates unchanged – 2024-03-12 11:51:41

ECB: Kept interest rates unchanged
 – 2024-03-12 11:51:41

As expected, the European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at today’s board meeting in Ghent, as reported by ot.gr. Interest rates were last raised in September 2023 in the upward cycle that began in July 2022, with the deposit rate reaching 4%. In the next three meetings, the ECB consistently reiterated that interest rates … Read more

Yields and Prices Move in Opposite Directions: Key Inflation Data Awaits

Yields and Prices Move in Opposite Directions: Key Inflation Data Awaits

Treasurys Yield and Price Movements Yields and prices move in opposite directions. One basis point equals 0.01%. Treasurys – Latest Yield and Price Data TICKER COMPANY YIELD CHANGE US1M U.S. 1 Month Treasury 5.364% -0.004 US3M U.S. 3 Month Treasury 5.389% -0.001 US6M U.S. 6 Month Treasury 5.316% +0.008 US1Y U.S. 1 Year Treasury 4.987% … Read more

The FED suggests that interest rates could fall – 2024-03-11 23:20:52

The FED suggests that interest rates could fall
 – 2024-03-11 23:20:52

Jerome Powell. The Federal Reserve predicted this Wednesday in his Beige book economic outlook that in the coming months there will be “less restrictive financial conditions”, an indication that interest rates could fall before the end of the year. “The outlook for future economic growth remained generally positive” and “expectations of stronger demand and less … Read more

Delayed Inflation and Rebound in Retail Sales Ease Pressure on Fed to Lower Interest Rates

Delayed Inflation and Rebound in Retail Sales Ease Pressure on Fed to Lower Interest Rates

Inflation Likely to Moderate as US Retail Sales Show Resurgence Inflation Likely to Moderate as US Retail Sales Show Resurgence Inflation dip supports Fed’s cautious stance Inflation in the US is predicted to have shown gradual signs of abatement in the past month, signaling a glimmer of stability in the nation’s economy and reducing the … Read more