The Latest Breaking News from Monetary Policy

Daniel Moss: Jay Powell took Ben Bernanke's advice a bit too far

Ben Bernanke, who led the Federal Reserve during the global financial crisis, observed that the art of setting monetary policy was 98% talk and 2% action. A significant rebalancing of that equation would be welcome after communications upheavals this week roiled markets and seemed to reveal a high degree of…

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2022

Interest rates rise to 1.25% as Bank of England battles rising inflation

The rise is the fifth consecutive hike by the Bank’s monetary policy committee

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022

How far should interest rate hikes go?

No doubt remains as to whether the Bank of Thailand will raise interest rates. The bank's governor has made it clear they must be raised to deter rising inflation, and that this must be done in a timely manner. Analysts have taken his speech as indicating a 25bp hike will…

Bangkok Post · Jun 15, 2022

3 Red-Hot Tech Stocks to Buy and Watch

The acceleration in digital transformation across industries has been a significant tailwind for tech companies amid the pandemic. Although the Fed tightening monetary policy has kept the tech sector under pressure, analysts are bullish on its long-term prospects. Thus, we think fundamentally strong tech stocks Fair Isaac (FICO), ON Semiconductor…

StockNews.com · Jun 14, 2022

Will RBI's rate hike really tame inflation?

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the policy rates by 50 basis points (bps) on June 8, following the inter-meeting hike of 40bps in May. This has brought the repo rate to 4.90%. The back-to-back hikes signal that inflation has been reinstated as…

The Times of India · Jun 9, 2022

Goldman, Nomura see Thailand embarking on rate-hike cycle

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is set to raise rates from August to quell persistently high inflation, according to analysts, ending a three-year long easy monetary policy stance to shield the Covid-19 pandemic-hit economy.

Bangkok Post · Jun 9, 2022

War led to globalisation of inflation, says RBI governor raising FY23 inflation projection to 6.7%

MUMBAI: RBI governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said the Ukraine-Russia war has led to globalisation of inflation and is posing new challenges, as the central bank upped the inflation projection to 6.7 per cent for current fiscal year.

The Times of India · Jun 8, 2022

RBI's rate hike is just a matter of how much: Report

NEW DELHI: As monetary policy makers huddle to find ways to tame inflation, the question for them is not whether to raise borrowing costs, but by how much.

The Times of India · Jun 7, 2022

ASX falls ahead of RBA meeting, global stock markets slide, Rio Tinto sued over Queensland refinery

Australian shares fall ahead of the RBA meeting on Tuesday, pulled down by a slide in global equities as US jobs data signals the Federal Reserve will likely continue raising interest rates to ease inflation.

ABC News · Jun 6, 2022

4 Buy-Rated Stocks with Massive Dividends

As the better than expected jobs report is unlikely to give the Federal Reserve reason to pause its aggressive monetary policy tightening, and thus the economy could witness a slowdown, we think it could be wise to scoop up shares of high-dividend companies ZIM Integrated (ZIM), Western Midstream (WES), Stellantis…

StockNews.com · Jun 3, 2022