The central
bank said price - to - earnings ratios on a forward - looking basis for stocks have increased to a level «well above» their median for the past 30 years.
Not exact matches
«If Trump abandons the deal, he risks a spike in global oil
prices,»
said Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo
Bank, adding that re-introducing U.S. sanctions could remove 300,000 - 500,000 bpd of Iranian oil from global supplies.
Bank of America on Tuesday
said Berkshire exercised warrants to acquire its shares for roughly $ 7.14 each, well below their closing
price of $ 23.58, down 14 cents from Monday.
«We do not see an imminent turning point in commodity
prices and thus forecast further negative repercussions on the Canadian economy next year,» Sebastien Lavoie, assistant chief economist at Laurentian
Bank Securities in Montreal,
said in an analysis of the
Bank of Canada's latest policy statement.
Officials
say Goldman traders participated in chat rooms, sometimes using code names, to discreetly share confidential customer information with other global
bank traders to affect foreign exchange
prices.
«Markets are
pricing in an 80 - 85 percent chance... I think that's a done deal,» Gorman
said, referring to expectations for the central
bank's upcoming December meeting.
Investment
bank Jefferies called current
prices unsustainable and
said production declines across most of the important non-OPEC producers is likely to set the stage for an oil
price recovery in the second half of this year.
«The idea that gasoline demand is actually rising suggests that perhaps the lower
prices of crude are actually prompting a greater usage of this product (gasoline),»
said Vyanne Lai, oil analyst at National Australia
Bank.
The
Bank of Canada
said nothing in public about the possible merits of deficit spending as it twice cut its benchmark interest rate last year to offset the collapse of oil
prices.
Ian Sexsmith, portfolio manager at Parnassus Investments,
says banks»
prices don't reflect the potential impact of more consumer lending and lower default rates in a strong economy — a mismatch that's creating some enticing bargains.
In response to a question about whether a rate cut amounted to pouring gasoline on the overheated housing market, Poloz
said «We admit that these conditions are likely to cause financial imbalances,» in some cases, but that the
Bank's primary goal is to ameliorate the «financial shock» to the economy caused by the drop in oil
prices.
When asked when central
banks will take cryptocurrencies seriously, he
said: «We don't have to, in the sense that we don't have responsibility or even instruments that point to particular
prices of particular assets, that is certainly not the role of central
banks.»
«The precise parameters of the U.K.'s future relationship with the European Union remained highly uncertain and it seemed likely that asset
prices would remain sensitive to perceived developments in the outlook in the months ahead,» the
Bank of England
said through the minutes of the policy committee's meeting.
«In the U.S., products and technology are old, and not oriented to digital customers, and the
prices that
banks charge are relatively high,» he
said.
We have a different view on inflation, which we see below 2 percent even in 2018,» analysts at
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
said in a note on Wednesday, explaining that oil
prices will keep headline inflation low.
«We feel the excitement over «Abenomics» is now
priced in, and the
Bank of Japan has yet again shown it will do nothing dramatic to end deflation,» he
said.
«The rational response would be to lower the rental asking
price, but that would mean the value of the collateral would be lowered and the
bank would be forced to write down the loan,» he
says.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen
said last month that the U.S. central
bank was getting closer to raising interest rates, possibly as early as September,
saying that the Fed sees the economy as close to meeting its goals of maximum employment and stable
prices.
In its report Thursday, the
Bank of Canada
said foreign demand has contributed to
price growth in Vancouver and Toronto, which in turn has boosted overall household indebtedness.
«From the time we started till now we have seen significant changes taking place in the renewable energy space,» he
said, citing the major changes in the Indian scenario like change in
pricing of the energy, private companies taking ownership in renewable energy business and both, favourable and not - so favourable behaviour of the
banks in lending funds to the energy businesses.
Singapore Airlines is close to a 50 percent hedge on fuel
prices, helping the bottom line,
says Mohshin Aziz of Maybank Investment
Bank.
«If Trump abandons the deal, he risks a spike in global oil
prices... The re-introduction of U.S. sanctions would hurt Iran's ability to transact in dollars,»
said Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo
Bank.
«Some
say that's consequently driving the up the
price of beer and soda, while the
bank collects storage fees.
In its economic activity and
prices outlook report, the central
bank said risks were «skewed to the downside for fiscal 2019 onward.»
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley both upped their forecasts for crude
prices this week, while Goldman Sachs
said the risks of
prices overshooting its current targets are mounting.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley raised forecasts for oil
prices in 2018, while Goldman Sachs
said there is growing risk that it will have to push up its targets.
The ACCC did not
say on Friday whether the
banks succeeded in influencing the ringgit rates — which affect who profits from a trade, and by how much — but
said that rules required them to make their
pricing submissions independently.
Weak
pricing was the biggest reason that Cenovus missed on most forecasts,
said analyst Travis Wood of National
Bank Financial Markets.
«Any safe haven you pick on, you are either fighting the central
bank or else paying crazy
prices,» he
said.
«What we're seeing is a textbook implosion with regard to exploration and production capital spending domestically because the industry was leveraged to very high oil
prices,»
says Bill Herbert, a senior researcher at Houston oil and gas investment
bank Simmons & Co..
The central
bank noted in its statement that «financial vulnerabilities in the household sector continue to edge higher,» which is the Governing Council's way of
saying that ultra-low borrowing costs continue to put upward pressure on asset
prices and personal debt.
U.S.
bank JP Morgan
said it had increased its 2018 average
price forecast by $ 10 per barrel to $ 70 per barrel for Brent and by $ 10.70 per barrel for WTI to $ 65.63.
Oil
prices are higher, but not high enough to inspire new investment in the oil patch, where retrenchment has lead to «very weak» overall business investment, the
Bank of Canada
said.
Money managing giant BlackRock
said last week a no - hike scenario is possible for 2016, while
Bank of America Merrill Lynch also tore up its forecast, now calling for one hike this year — in September, for which the market is
pricing in just a 38 percent chance — and no more until March 2017.
«I think there's a lot of focus upon the top line in the
bank and over near - term we have been fairly flat on the top line, but if you look back over the last nine months, actually the top line is up about 5 percent,» Halford
said about the share
price move.
The central
bank governor
said he expects consumer inflation pressures to be mild this year, and that producer
price increases will slow.
«For a
bank like CWB, where sentiment has been fairly directly correlated to oil
prices, if someone wanted to remain bearish on it, one of the excuses will be that Alberta is actually now going to go into a recession, if it hadn't already,» Movahedi
says.
«While overall
price growth slowed, gains in core
price measures remained firm, leaving the
Bank of Canada on track to lift interest rates two more times this year,» Alicia Macdonald, the Conference Board of Canada's principal economist,
said in a statement.
Moody's
says it took the step because of concerns over the
banks» exposure to heavily indebted consumers and elevated housing
prices.
He
said the central
bank's rate rise talk could restart the negative feedback loop that took place this year, when a strong dollar leaned on emerging markets currencies, including the Chinese yuan, and commodities
prices, creating tight financial conditions and economic weakness.
«S&P 500
price - to - earnings is demanding excluding mega-caps and likely dependent on interest rates staying low versus history,»
says David Bianco, chief U.S. equity strategist at Deutsche
Bank.
The upward momentum of underlying
prices is an important piece of data because it's certain to catch the attention of the inflation - targeting
Bank of Canada, analysts
said Friday.
The central
bank said the measures, which will make it harder for first - time buyers to obtain loans big enough to buy a decent house at current
prices, might hurt the economy in the short term.
Yellen
said asset valuations including stock
prices in part reflect expectations that the Fed will normalize rates faster than other central
banks.
Core inflation, which excludes items such as fruit and vegetables as their
prices fluctuate widely, also rose to 12.37 % year - on - year in June, up from 12.23 % in May, the central
bank said on Sunday.
The
banks may be more conservative until there's more long - term visibility of where the commodity
prices go,»
said David Otte, a special adviser to Spears and Associates, a Dallas - based consultancy.
«The 2017 stress test shows the UK
banking system is resilient to deep simultaneous recessions in the UK and global economies, large falls in asset
prices and a separate stress of misconduct costs,» the BoE
said.
«The moves announced today are substantial, although the market was already
pricing in a substantial good news flow,» Rob Aspin, head of equity investment strategy, Standard Chartered
Bank said.
«If the geopolitical tension subsides or results in a smaller supply disruption than currently
priced in, we are likely to see a sharp pull - back in investor positioning and an even sharper correction in oil
prices than the $ 5 or so that might be warranted even as macro uncertainties persist,» U.S.
bank Citi
said in a note to investors.
He breaks down his $ 10,000 / oz
price target for gold,
saying that some central
banks may have to resort to the gold standard to restore confidence in the markets.