S&P
Global Ratings Tuesday said the economic risks facing financial institutions operating in New Zealand have heightened, partly due to continued strong growth in residential property prices.
Not exact matches
We forget that if interest
rates were more normal, banks would be doing better,» he said during an interview with CNBC on
Tuesday from the Milken Institute's
global conference.
«If impending old age is the issue, it can be very difficult to convince households via lower
rates to shift desired consumption from the future into the present,» Steven Englander,
global head of G - 10 foreign - exchange strategy at Citigroup, said in a note
Tuesday.
«Interest
rates aren't anticipated to pose a problem for the economy or equity markets this year,» Mike Bell,
global market strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, said in the quarterly report out
Tuesday.
In a conference held on
Tuesday, Lee said:» «We kept the base
rate unchanged today as there is a need to closely examine growing protectionist measures and uncertainties abroad, although the local economy is expected to keep firm growth on the back of improvements in the
global economy.»
The interest
rate on the U.S. government's 10 - year Treasury fell below 2 percent on
Tuesday morning for the first time since mid-October, as fears over
global growth led a flight to safety.
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As the Federal Reserve lays the ground to raise U.S. interest
rates for the first time in nearly a decade, it should weigh the effects of its decisions on
global economies and expect some bouts of volatility in financial markets, a top Fed official said on
Tuesday.
Tuesday's statement was vague about the timing, saying only that a potential
rate increase would depend on «domestic and
global economic developments.»