The period between 1979 and 1983 was marked by significant economic turbulence in the United States. Inflation rates were high, the stock market experienced volatility, and interest rates were on…
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weekly notes
The European Central Bank surprised the markets
The European Central Bank surprised the market during the last week’s monetary announcement. The bank left the interest rate unchanged. However, the bank didn’t rule out a rate hike in…
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Federal Reserve signaled rate hike in March
In the latest FOMC Statement and during the press conference, Chairman Powell and FOMC members signaled determination for an interest rate hike in March 2022. That was something that the…
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FED Chairman Powell in the spotlight
The Federal Reserve of the US is finally ready to take the necessary actions to fight the increasing inflation in the USA. FOMC members expressed readiness to increase the interest…
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Central Banks finished the year with a bang
In their last monetary meetings of the year, the central banks exited the year with a bang. Bank of England decided to increase the interest rate from 0.10% to 0.25%….
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FED chairman Powell and FOMC members in panic mode
In testimony last week, the FED chairman Powell expressed his support for faster tapering the bond purchasing program. Chairman Powell declared that the FED should no longer refer to the…
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FED Chairman Powell expressed worry about the persistence of high inflation
After months of repeating the same message, that inflation is transitional, the FED Chairman Powell expressed worry about the persistence of high inflation. Chairman Powell even went further call it…
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FED started taper talks and moved the prediction for an interest rate increase to 2023 from 2024
Reading the latest FOMC statement from the last week, one would wonder why there was a strong reaction in the currency market. However, the surprise came from the Federal Open…
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The markets wait for the FED press conference after another inflation spike
Last week, the annual inflation rate in the US accelerated to 5% in May of 2021 from 4.2% in April and above market forecasts of 4.7%. Furthermore, the Core consumer prices…
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FED will start to unwind its portfolio of corporate bond ETFs
Another volatile week in the currency markets, caused by the strong ADP Employment report for the US, the number came at 978K vs. an expectation for 650K. That pushed the market…
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The markets balance between Central Banks policies changes, countries huge budgets deficits, and rising inflation
Last week ended with increased volatility caused by the release of a report for the US PCE Price Index YoY APR, which came at 3.6% vs. an expectation for 3.00% and…
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Members of the FOMC expressed a desire to talk about QE tapering during the Committee’s meeting in June
From the latest FOMC Meeting Minutes released last week, we learned that “a number of participants suggested that if the economy continued to make rapid progress toward the Committee’s goals,…
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