Sentences with phrase «about central bank policy»

That said, the fundamental picture continues to argue for higher volatility on the back of a maturing global cycle and the higher uncertainty about central bank policy that comes with it.

CNBC's Kelly Evans sits down with billionaire investor Paul Singer of Elliott Management to talk about central bank policy, interest rates and gold.

Not exact matches

Central - bank «speak» is always closely followed for hints about the future course of monetary policy.

The euro, which has been knocked by weaker - than - expected economic data and growing doubts about when the European Central Bank will normalize its monetary policy, fell 0.67 percent against the greenback to $ 1.998.

In its policy statement, the central bank noted that «uncertainty about the future of NAFTA is weighing increasingly on the outlook.»

The common currency rose to a two - and - half year high against the dollar on doubts over the U.S. currency but also after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi gave two speeches last week with no indications about the bank's next steps for monetary polBank President Mario Draghi gave two speeches last week with no indications about the bank's next steps for monetary polbank's next steps for monetary policy.

Monetary policy and fiscal policy were out of sync, and there apparently was nothing the central bank governor felt he could say about it.

Growing doubts about when the European Central Bank will normalize its monetary policy has hurt the euro against the dollar in recent weeks.

It also was a rhetorical one: most central banks, including the the Bank of Canada, resort to explicit statements about their policy intentions only in the case of an emergency.

Deutsche Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann speaks about the policy focus for the European Central Bank.

HSBC European Economist Fabio Balboni speaks about the European Central Bank's potential policy moves at today's governing council meeting.

NEW YORK Swedish central bank Governor Stefan Ingves talks about economy and monetary policy - 1730 GMT.

STOCKHOLM Swedish central bank Deputy Governor Per Jansson talks about economy and monetary policy 1030 GMT.

Gold bugs like Sprott have long warned about the impact of inflation, central bank policy measures and government spending on the value of fiat national currencies.

If Yellen's Fed fails to convince Wall Street about the policy path, a rate increase could trigger financial turmoil of the sort seen in 2013, when investors were caught off guard by the central bank signaling an end to its bond - buying program.

After weakening at the start of 2018, a rise in U.S. Treasury yields have helped the dollar stage a recovery in the past fortnight at the same time as doubts grow about when the European Central Bank (ECB) will tighten monetary policy.

UBS Chairman Axel Weber speaks about sentiment in markets and monetary policy from major central banks.

His tenure as Fed vice-chair coincided with the period in which the U.S. central bank was more cautious — likely too cautious — about toying with unorthodox tools such as asset - buying policies.

Several factors about the central bank's revised monetary policy are worth noting, as their effects will play out over the year.

With the global economy «floating on an ocean of credit,» the current acceleration of credit via central bank policies will likely produce a positive rate of real economic growth this year for most developed countries, PIMCO chief Bill Gross writes in his latest monthly commentary, but «the structural distortions brought about by zero bound interest rates will limit that growth and induce serious risks in future years.»

While the government's policies have remained opaque, officials with the Russian Central Bank have talked about blocking the access of people inside the country to virtual currency websites, and Mr. Putin has pointed out the many potential illegal uses of the technology.

Asked about the move to reveal the rate cut discussion only after the rate decision was released, a spokeswoman for the central bank said Poloz's open statement to reporters is designed to fill the gap between the quarterly monetary policy report and press release announcing the rate decision.

Many investors have been surprised at the complacency in the markets given geopolitical risks (North Korea, for example), domestic political risks (tax reform, trade war, etc.) and central banks in the U.S., Europe and China either removing, or talking about removing, monetary - policy accommodation.

By conducting policy in a transparent way and communicating what is important in determining the central bank's reaction function, I think policymakers can strike the best balance between a monetary policy that fully incorporates the complexity of the world as it is, while, at the same time, retaining considerable clarity about how the FOMC is likely to respond to changing circumstances.

Hector Valdez Albizu, Governor, Central Bank of Dominican Republic, spoke with Global Finance magazine editor Andrea Fiano about the country's fiscal and monetary policies, relations with the IMF and the road ahead for Dominican Republic's economy.

He is also concerned about what happens when the Fed ends its bond - buying program, citing the need for more clarity on the central bank's exit policy.

The debate prior to this crisis can be (perhaps simplistically) characterised as between those who argued that an inflation - targeting central bank should care about asset prices to the extent that they affected the forecasts of output and inflation over the policy horizon, and those who argued that additional attention needed to be paid to asset prices and the possibility of credit imbalances.

The U.S. media are silent about the most important topic policy makers are discussing here (and I suspect in Asia too): how to protect their countries from three inter-related dynamics: (1) the surplus dollars pouring into the rest of the world for yet further financial speculation and corporate takeovers; (2) the fact that central banks are obliged to recycle these dollar inflows to buy U.S. Treasury bonds to finance the federal U.S. budget...

This allowed the European Central Bank to start talking about tapering its Quantitative Easing, and inertia in Washington dashed hopes of progrowth fiscal policy.

But investors and policymakers will comb over the Fed's policy statement for clues about whether the central bank plans to raise rates more quickly than previously telegraphed.

I merely wish to record that from about the middle of 1999, markets around the world began to recognise that the accommodative stance of monetary policy by major central banks that had been so appropriate for 1998 and early 1999 was starting to look less appropriate as 1999 progressed and strengthened.

The central bank made a concerted effort starting late last year to divorce its «forward guidance» on interest rates, what it tells markets about the expected future path of policy, from specific calendar dates.

While the United States has been embroiled in pre-presidential election drama and speculation about what might trigger the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union and multiple central banks worldwide turned to a negative interest - rate policy in an attempt to stimulate growth.

Juwai.com Vice President Byron Burley speaks to Greg Bonnel of BNN on House Money about Chinese property investor interest in Canada following tougher foreign buyer taxes, as well as policy changes by the Chinese government and central bank.

Also, with talks about Serbia being included in the European Union, the dinar's exchange rate with other major currencies will likely be affected by monetary policies from the European Central Bank.

In portraying Bill Niskanen as a monetary policy radical, I've limited myself to his views on the Fed and central banking more generally, without venturing to consider what he had to say about other financial regulatory agencies.

As far as the actual momentary policies are concerned, the central bank left everything unchanged today, while the head of the bank signaled that he is confident about growth in the Euro - zone, sparking initial buying in the common currency.

Many are now talking about whether the central banks will change their policies on quantitative easing.

Going For Gold China's central bank, which has expressed ongoing concerns about the performance of the U.S. dollar, suggested that «the need to perfect foreign - exchange policies in the gold market is clear.»

Yet this isn't the first time in the present campaign that the Conservatives themselves have trespassed on traditional Bank of Canada terrain. On July 22 Joe Oliver publicly rejected the use of quantitative easing in Canada (the unconventional credit - expanding strategy that has been used successfully in the US, the UK, and now Europe) despite dimming economic projections here. Decisions about the use of QE should, in theory, be the purview of the central bank. Several economists publicly questioned Oliver's statement, noting that it throws into question the Bank's future decisions on monetary policy.

Some would argue that by acting cautiously on balance sheet normalization (without actively countering impacts of ECB policy measures), Fed policymakers have partially ceded control of financial conditions to foreign monetary authorities, but the same can be said about other central banks as well, for long - term rates are correlated among advanced economies:

I have talked about this at length elsewhere, and I am sure that informed people are well acquainted with the current monetary policy regime in Australia, which is based on an inflation target, an independent central bank and a floating exchange rate.

Nevertheless, the apparent success of the ECB's policy in overcoming the threat of deflation increased speculation about a potential tightening of monetary policy, possibly even before the cessation of the central bank's bond purchases — scheduled to continue for at least the rest of the year — and in the wake of the ECB meeting pushed market estimates of the odds of a rise in official interest rates before the end of 2017 to more than 50 %.

And what's important there is, first, that the bubble is identified by a set of experts — a set of policy makers who are focused on this issues — and, secondly, once the recommendations are made it's a broader political decision, not just the central banking making the decision; it's a broader decision made by policy makers and legislators about what to do about the problem.

So you do talk about that the war on cash and also I would say it ties into negative interest rate policy because with the abolishing of cash it would allow central banks to more easily implement monetary policy especially if it goes into negative interest rates.

Although eurozone data have improved, we feel speculation about an impending policy shift by the European Central Bank (ECB) is overdone.

Though the US yield curve remained some way from inversion — which historically is often cited as signaling an impending recession — investors were relatively sanguine about the significance of its flattening, with many arguing that low long - term yields were more reflective of central - bank policies and the weak inflationary environment than dimmer economic prospects.

We went from «Don't fight the FEDs, don't fight Central Banks» to «who cares about Central Banks» because everything is fine in the economy and there is disbelief that we're making the transition from a reliance on monetary policy to the benefits of a fiscal policy and synchronized growth.

Last week, policy makers at the central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), tinkered with the currency without providing much indication to the market about its endgame — one factor in the China market selloff that spurred a global stock rbank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), tinkered with the currency without providing much indication to the market about its endgame — one factor in the China market selloff that spurred a global stock rBank of China (PBOC), tinkered with the currency without providing much indication to the market about its endgame — one factor in the China market selloff that spurred a global stock rout.

Global equity markets have more than doubled from 2008 - 2009 financial crisis lows, but with concerns about China, credit, central bank policies, currencies and commodities all piling up, where do we go from here?