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Thailand heads for third-straight modest rate hike as GDP recovers

The Monetary Policy Committee is set to raise its key rate by a quarter point for a third straight meeting as an accelerating economic growth aided by tourism revival risks stoking prices.

Bangkok Post

Michael Pascoe: The Pope’s a Catholic and forecasting is a mug’s game

The RBA had done all that could be done with monetary policy to fight the possibility of recession/depression from a global pandemic

The New Daily

Exports dip for first time in 20 months

Thai exports in October shrank for the first time in 20 months, as the tight monetary policy to curb inflation among major trading partners affected purchasing power and economic activity.

Bangkok Post

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Exports drop in Oct as global demand slows

Exports unexpectedly fell in October as tight monetary policy to curb inflation in major trading partners affected purchasing power and economic activity, the Commerce Ministry said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Lagged data, frequent reviews make monetary policy's task challenging: RBI deputy governor Michael Patra

MUMBAI: Reserve Bank deputy governor Michael Patra on Thursday said formulating monetary policy is a challenging task in a volatile environment like the current one, given lagged data inputs, which are also frequently reviewed.

The Times of India

Monetary curbs have long-term consequences

The Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana famously warned that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". But sometimes even those who can recall the past have a selective memory and draw the wrong conclusions. This is how the global policy response to the current bout of inflation…

Bangkok Post

Xi at G20: Drawing Ideological Lines Obstructs Advancement of Humankind

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday asked the G20 wealthy nations to contain the fallout from interest rate hikes, as the US Federal Reserve moves aggressively to fight inflation. He also cautioned that drawing ideological lines obstructs the advancement of humankind. "We must contain global inflation and resolve systematic risks…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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The Australian Greens say the Reserve Bank needs to be more democratically accountable

The Australian Greens say the federal government's review of the Reserve Bank should re-imagine how monetary policy should work for the 21st century.

ABC News

TMBThanachart Bank anticipates loan interest rate rise

TMBThanachart Bank (ttb) expects to increase its loan interest rates by at least 0.5-0.6% next year, in line with the Bank of Thailand's monetary policy normalisation.

Bangkok Post

IMF Staff Recommends Türkiye Raise Rates, Boost Central Bank Independence

Türkiye should tighten monetary policy and give its central bank more independence, a mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday. "To address (Türkiye’s) challenges, the mission recommended early policy rate hikes accompanied by moves to strengthen the central bank's independence," said the IMF in a press release.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

FTSE 100 Live: Elon Musk warns of ‘massive’ Twitter revenue drop; US jobs figures beat estimates

US jobs figures are keeping monetary policy in the spotlight after a week of outsized interest rate movements ended with more strong jobs growth, opening the way for more big hikes.

Evening Standard

Federal Reserve announces fourth straight interest rate hike to combat inflation

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warns ‘we still have some ways to go’ on curbing inflation

The Independent UK

Biggest interest rate rise in 33 years set to cost mortgage borrowers an extra £1,100

Analysts are predicting the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee will vote to up its rate by 0.75 percentage points, from 2.25% to 3% this afternoon - in what would spell more misery for homeowners

Daily Mirror

Analyst Sees S&P 500 Surging Over 10% Tomorrow If Fed Takes These 2 Actions

The market has started the week on a negative note after a strong October. The near-term direction of the market largely hinges on what the Fed’s monetary policy-setting arm — the Federal Open Market Committee — does on Wednesday.

Benzinga

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Reason

Don't Bet on Inflation Going Away Soon

"The history of developed countries since 1970 is very discouraging about the prospects of bringing down 8 percent inflation," says Larry Summers.

Nottingham Post

Mortgages set to rise £6,700 a year after mini-budget crashed the economy

Many economists are saying that the Monetary Policy Committee is likely to raise interest rates again

The Times of India

RBI to hold special MPC meet on November 3 on preparing inflation report

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank has called a special meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on November 3 to prepare a report on its failure to keep retail inflation below 6 per cent for three consecutive quarters.

Benzinga

EXCLUSIVE: What Is The Biggest Risk To The Markets Right Now? 2 Strategists Weigh In

Stocks advanced on Tuesday as weak economic data suggested that the Federal Reserve's hawkish monetary policy is having an impact and benchmark Treasury yields were falling, which fueled the surge. Tuesday’s moves add to the rallies in previous sessions that have driven the S&P 500 4% higher in the last five…

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Benzinga

Nio Surges 15%, Alibaba Up Nearly 1%: What's Pushing Hong Kong Stocks Higher Today

Hong Kong shares opened in the green on Wednesday, with the benchmark Hang Seng gaining 2.5%, as investors began considering the possibility of slowing aggression by the Federal Reserve when it announces its monetary policy next week.

ABC News

How does the RBA set interest rates each month? Why was this month's decision a close call?

The Reserve Bank reveals its recent decision to slow down interest rate increases was "finely balanced" and explains the process by which it arrives at its monthly decisions.

The Times of India

Fight against inflation will be dogged, prolonged: RBI article

MUMBAI: The fight against inflation will be dogged and prolonged, given the long and variable lags with which monetary policy operates, an RBI article said.

Benzinga

Why The Fed Needs To 'Break The Labor Market' To Avoid A 'Wage-Price Spiral'

Another hot consumer price index (CPI) reading for September means the Federal Reserve will continue to aggressively tighten monetary policy for the time being.

The Times of India

RBI policymakers divided on future path of rates, meeting minutes show

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) monetary policy committee may lean more on data in deciding the key interest rate going ahead even as policymakers appeared divided on the future path of rate hikes, minutes of its September meeting suggested on Friday.

Al Jazeera

IMF chief rebukes UK officials over ‘policy coherence’

Kristalina Georgieva told UK’s finance minister and central bank chief that their policies should not be contradictory.

The Times of India

Retail inflation jumps to 5-month high of 7.41% in September

NEW DELHI: Retail inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) surged to 5-month high of 7.41% in September, data released by the government showed on Wednesday.

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