Markets will continue to rally even if the Fed chooses not to cut interest rates this year, according to Steven Blitz, TS Lombard's chief U.S. economist.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/28/dont-sweat-the-prospect-of-no-fed-rate-cuts-economist-says.html
Steven Blitz, chief U.S. economist at TS Lombard, reviews ecothe outlook for interest rate cuts and financial markets this year.
U.S. stocks have "limited upside" from here and investors should be looking for better opportunities elsewhere, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/27/us-stocks-have-limited-upside-from-here-gsam.html
James Ashley, head of international market strategy at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, says the U.S. equity market rally is running out of headroom, and recommends two other countries investors s...
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday hiked its key interest rate by 200 basis points, as Africa's largest economy looks to recover from a historic currency crisis and soaring inflation.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield slipped on Tuesday as investors weighed the previous day's data points and looked ahead to key inflation figures.
As the Federal Reserve prepares to lower interest rates, the central bank is being particularly careful about not repeating past mistakes, experts say.
Markets are trying to assess when most of the world's most influential central banks will begin to unwind their tight monetary policy stances.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/22/central-banks-had-a-big-week-heres-what-happened-and-whats-next.html
Norges Bank Governor Ida Wolden Bache discusses the decision to hold interest rates in March and the outlook for rates and the economy.
The Bank of England on Thursday held interest rates steady at 5.25%, but hinted at cuts on the horizon as inflation falls faster than expected.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/21/bank-of-england-holds-interest-rates-at-5point25percent.html
Top U.S. asset manager Vanguard doesn't expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year.
Turkish annual consumer price inflation soared to 67% in February, fueling concerns that Turkey's central bank might have to return to tightening.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/21/turkey-central-bank-raises-interest-rate-to-50percent-.html
Shaan Raithatha, senior economist at Vanguard, discusses the U.S. interest rate outlook for 2024.
Rory McPherson, chief investment officer at Wren Sterling Group, says mid-cap stocks are likely to perform well as central banks move to cut interest rates later this year.
The Swiss National Bank surprised the market with a decision to lower its main policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.5%.
The Federal Open Market Committee's March projections for rate cuts shows a median Federal funds rate of 4.6% in 2024, versus 5.25%-5.50% today.
This is a comparison of Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed's previous policymaking meeting in January.
As the Federal Reserve postpones rate cutting, here's what that means for your credit card, mortgage rate, auto loan and savings account.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released its decision on interest rates following its two-day policy meeting.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/20/fed-meeting-march-2024-.html
Luigi Speranza, global head of Markets 360 and chief economist at BNP Paribas, discusses the latest U.K. inflation data and the challenges facing the Bank of England, as it prepares to cut intere...
The Bank of England is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged at 5.25% on Thursday, but economists are divided on when the first cut will come.
"By June we will have a new set of projections that will confirm whether the inflation path we foresaw in our March forecast remains valid," the ECB chief said.
Eisuke Sakakibara, known as "Mr Yen" for his previous influence on the Japanese currency. He is a former Japan vice-minister for finance and international affairs.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/20/mr-yen-eisuke-sakakibara-japan-intervention.html
Eisuke Sakakibara, president of the Institute for Indian Economic Studies and former vice minister of finance and international affairs, says Japan may intervene if the currency sinks to 155 to 1...
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/03/20/mr-yen-shares-outlook-for-japanese-yen.html
Takeo Hoshi, dean of the economics department at the University of Tokyo, says some in the market were expecting the Bank of Japan to announce more interest rate hikes, adding that they were "dis...
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/03/20/professor-discusses-whats-behind-japanese-yens-weakness.html
The Fed has a lot to do at its meeting this week, but ultimately may not end up doing a whole lot.
Seijiro Takeshita, dean of the Graduate School of Management at the University of Shizuoka, says weakness in the Japanese economy means that the Bank of Japan's historic interest rate will not us...
The decision Tuesday sparked a sharp selloff in the Japanese yen, sinking to more than 150 yen to the dollar.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/19/boj-bank-of-japan-historic-pivot-interest-rate-hike.html
These changes are the sharpest pull back in one of the most aggressive monetary easing exercises globally, as BOJ sought to reflate its economy.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/19/bank-of-japan-boj-march-2024-policy-decision-mpm-meeting.html
Will the Bank of Japan end negative interest rate policy and tweak rates higher at its March meeting? CNBC's Kaori Enjoji talks about the two conditions that BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said must be ...