The Latest Breaking News from Monetary Policy

Although headline inflation has slowed, the Fed will likely keep raising interest rates to attain its 2% target. However, a potential slowdown in monetary policy tightening is opening the path for quality stocks to recover. Therefore, investors should consider buying fundamentally sound stocks Merck & Co. (MRK), Novartis (NVS), and…

While Jacinda Ardern’s resignation is not likely to cause economic instability, new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will have to contend with significant existing problems such as the cost of living crisis and declining business confidence, argues Dr Murat Ungor.

All the important dates for increases to wages, benefits, pensions, cost of living payments and more

From energy costs to benefits changes, January 1 marks the start of a raft of moves that will affect your budget this year

Monetary policy tightening by various central banks to contain inflation, the war in Ukraine leading to price rise for crude oil and subsequent realignment in the global energy supply chain, and strengthening of the US dollar index kept the Indian currency under pressure in 2022. Read on for details:

The Fed’s aggressive monetary policy to fight the high inflation has disrupted the once well-performing Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK). Moreover, as the Fed has indicated more hikes ahead, we think fundamentally weak Cathie Wood stocks Block (SQ) and Roku (ROKU) might be best avoided now. Read on….

The spotlight in the business sector this year has been on policy rate hikes, the revival of tourism and the telecom mega-merger.

The Fed’s aggressive monetary policy to tame the persistent inflation has dragged major indexes significantly down over the past year. As the bear market is not over yet, fundamentally weak stocks Carnival Corporation (CCL), Carvana (CVNA), and Redfin (RDFN) might be best avoided. Read more.

Egypt's central bank hiked overnight interest rates by 300 basis points on Thursday, warning that inflationary pressures were building, Reuters reported. The bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the deposit rate to 16.25% and its lending rate to 17.25%, it said in a statement. "The MPC judges that demand side…