Growth vs. Inflation – A difficult balance for Latin America and the Caribbean
Lowering interest rates to stimulate the economy is not an easy option in the region...
Tag : inflation
India’s RBI reduces repo rate by 25 bps to 6%
Reflects the slightly accommodative stance of Monetary Policy Committee...
Job losses, inflation could tip British credit card borrowers over the edge
Growth percentage of consumer credit cards is still high...
UK troubled by inflation and weak pound
How inflation and a weak pound are beginning to take hold of the UK economy...
US interest rate hike could come sooner than later?
Fed Chair Janet Yellen says the economy is almost at full employment and inflation is moving in the direction of the Fed’s goal...
Now is the time to ‘go more global’
It is likely that confirmation of a hard Brexit by UK Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger several years of uncertainty Nigel Green January 19, 2017: Theresa May’s Brexit speech and strong inflation data should prompt investors to reduce exposure to UK assets and invest more internationally. After months of keeping her cards close to...
£6.6bn per year set to disappear from UK’s cash savings pot
With inflation hitting 1.2% and savings rate struggling to exceed 0.25%, British savers’ pots are shrinking by 1% per year...
Bank of England keeps interest rate unchanged
Makes no change to its bond buying programme...
US Fed hikes interest rate
The hike is only the second since 2008 IFM Correspondent December 15, 2016: Citing an improving economy, the US Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate on December 14 for the first time in 2016 by a quarter percentage point. In a statement after a two-day meeting, the Fed said policymakers unanimously agreed to lift...
UK troubled by inflation and weak pound
How inflation and a weak pound are beginning to take hold of the UK economy...