Monetary Policy
Bitcoin as an investment tool analysis
Analysis of Bitcoin as an investment tool The global financial and economic crisis of 2008 led to the collapse of public confidence in the modern financial system. Its flaws are apparent and have repeatedly been at the heart of emerging crises in both regional and globally. Printing money controlled by central banks, the speculative nature of financial More...
Bank of Japan’s stimulus expansion announcement caught markets by surprise
On Friday, the Bank of Japan shocked investors by announcing an increase in stimulus in response to meager economic and inflation growth. The Bank of Japan spurred a monetary surprise by disclosing a fresh expansion More...
The Fed indicate dollar firmness and global economic slowdown as threats to US recovery
The Federal Reserve minutes released on Wednesday show central bankers’ anxiety about the strong US dollar and the global economic slowdown. The minutes released of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting, More...
ECB starts purchasing rebundled debt in weeks
ECB announced its plans for buying rebundled debt packets in the coming weeks, to boost the flagging euro zone economy. The European Central Bank announced on Thursday it is planning the purchases оf rebundled More...
Fed reassures it is sticking to zero rates, but projections point to steeper rate hikes
On Wednesday the Fed assured it is pursuing very low interest-rate policy for “considerable time”, but the new projections give a clue of more aggressive rate hikes to come. The Fed announced once again on More...
China’s PBOC boosts liquidity joining ECB, while US Fed is expected to reduce stimulus
The People’s Bank of China injected funds into China’s largest banks, signaling utmost concern over the economic slowdown, thus joining the ECB; the Fed is expected to announce the successive cut in its monthly More...
The ECB slashed rates to record lows in its battle against the deflation threat and the weakening euro zone economy
The European Central Bank decreased all of its three main interest rates; it added a couple of new stimulus programs, the ABS and the CBPP, to its arsenal in its epic fight against lowering inflation and the staggering More...
BOJ maintains record stimulus as Kuroda helps Japan’s PM Abe to revive the country’s economy
The BOJ record stimulus is maintained in a striving to further boost inflation and economic momentum, after the higher sales tax impact; the bank is purchasing record amounts of financial assets, including government More...
Fed minutes: the labor market has made significant improvement, but it is still early for a rate hike
The minutes from the last policy meeting of the Fed indicated most policymakers gave credit to the “greater than expected” improvement in the labor market, but thought it is yet premature to go on with policy More...
Bank of Japan Board to shrink forecasts on fiscal year
At its October meeting, the Bank of Japan may revise its growth forecast downwards, which would underscore the current weakening of the economy. For the Bank of Japan, the fourth time to cut its growth forecast More...
