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Egypt’s Central Bank Raises Key Interest Rates by 300 bps

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pause in rate hike could be costly policy error: RBI governor Shaktikanta Das in MPC meeting

MUMBAI: A premature pause in rate hike at this juncture could be a costly policy error as the battle against inflation is not over, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das opined while voting for 35 basis-point raise in the key lending rate earlier in the month, said minutes of the MPC meeting…

The Times of India

FTSE 100 Live: TSB fined over IT failure, Japan policy shift hits markets

Public sector borrowing soared to £22 billion last month, the highest November figure since monthly records began in 1993.

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Central bank upbeat on long-term growth

The Bank of Thailand expects the economy to continue to align with potential growth projections for the next two years, then strengthen in the longer term.

Bangkok Post

Powell puts US pay hikes at heart of Fed’s 2023 inflation fight

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has a new North Star to guide his fight against inflation, and it will put American paychecks at the heart of monetary policy next year.

Tribune News Service

FTSE 100 Live: Traders hope for calmer week after interest rate jitters

Investors will be hoping for a calmer week after markets fell on the back of last week’s moves by central banks to tighten monetary policy.

Evening Standard

Interest rates: why your mortgage payments are going up but your savings aren't – and how better monetary policy could help

The Bank of England, the UK’s central bank, has raised its main interest rate by 0.5% to 3.5%. This is the ninth in a series of increases over the past year that have had a ripple effect across the economy.

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Federal Reserve slows pace of rate hikes, vows to fight on against inflation

The US central bank has raised its benchmark rate to its highest level in 15 years, although at a slower clip than previously. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell argues that while inflation has dipped, it is still too high to warrant a change in monetary policy. Also on the show,…

France 24

Bank of England raises interest rates to new 14-year high

Warnings that further interest rate rises are likely in the coming months to stabilise the economy

Insider UK

The Standard View: Inflation may have peaked, but the cost of living crisis has a long way to run

Has inflation finally peaked? November’s Consumer Prices Index fell to 10.7 per cent last month, down from the 42-year high of 11.1 per cent in October and below expectations. That drop is likely to be deemed sufficient that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee can at least slow the…

Evening Standard

Rate hikes to be gradual, measured - central bank minutes

Further monetary tightening will be gradual and measured, and can be adjusted if necessary, after the monetary policy committee raised its key interest rate late last month, minutes of the meeting showed on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Westpac flags rates impact in 2023

Westpac expects tighter monetary policy and slowing economic growth to impact some of the bank's customers next year.

AAP

Bank of England expected to further increase interest rates

Interest rates could shoot to 3.5 per cent from next week following a meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee

Manchester Evening News

2 Stocks That Are Always Safe to Hold During Bear Markets

The Fed’s aggressive monetary policy stance has kept the stock market highly volatile. Although the latest inflation report showed signs of a slowdown, it is far from target results. So, the potential continuation of rate hikes is widely expected to cause a recession. We believe that fundamentally sound stocks, Walmart…

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RBI Monetary Policy Committee Hikes Policy Rate By 35 Bps To 6.25 Per Cent

The Reserve Bank of India monetary policy committee (MPC), which determines interest rates, has raised policy repo rate by 35 basis points (bps) to 6.25 per cent with immediate effect. Read on for details:

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Is Macy’s Stock a Smart Buy This Holiday Season?

Leading retailer Macy’s, Inc. (M) surpassed its EPS and revenue estimates in the last reported quarter. However, the company witnessed declining sales and earnings. Also, considering the sky-high inflation and the Fed’s aggressive monetary policy, will M be a smart buy this holiday season? Continue reading to find out.

The Times of India

Explained: Why World Bank upgraded India's economic forecast for FY23

NEW DELHI: The World Bank on Tuesday revised upwards its GDP growth forecast from 6.5% for India to 6.9% for 2022-23, saying the country was showing higher resilience to global shocks.

The Guardian - UK

Swati Dhingra of the Bank of England: ‘Are we going to end up deepening the recession?’

In her first interview since joining the monetary policy committee, Britain’s newest interest-rate setter warns inflation is not the biggest threat to the economy – because ‘the slowdown is here’

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Bangkok Post

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.

The New Daily

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

Bangkok Post

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

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.

The Times of India

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.

Bangkok Post

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

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