That trend towards higher inflation expectations continued into U.S. inflation expectations, indicating that the ECB QE announcement, and coincident with tentative signs of stabilization of oil prices, may mark the low point of deflationary fears
driving global interest rates to new lows.
Not exact matches
Shirakawa's doubts kept the BOJ firmly focused on
interest rates, rather than the size of its balance sheet, even after it had
driven its policy
rate down close to zero after the
global financial crisis.
Global stocks have pushed to new highs, outdoing previous records set in 2015,
driven by strong economic data in the U.S. and comments by the Federal Reserve on the future path of
interest rates.
Following the British vote to exit the European Union,
global economic concerns, coupled with weakness in the Japanese economy,
drove interest rates in Britain, Europe and Japan to fresh lows, prompting a burst of yield - seeking speculation that has
driven the S&P 500 Index a few percent above its May 2015 peak.
Among the factors that could
drive prices higher: strong
global growth, rising
interest rates, and peak globalization.
Meanwhile, some of the external factors that helped to
drive profit growth in the past three decades, such as
global labor arbitrage and falling
interest rates, are reaching their limits.
Market volatility increased dramatically during the third quarter,
driven by
global economic softness,
interest rate uncertainty and commodity weakness.
The evidence presented in this video suggests that Creditism is in crisis globally because Credit is no longer increasing fast enough to
drive global growth, even with record low
interest rates.
A second source of risk would be a further sharp appreciation of the Australian dollar, which might be
driven by additional
interest rate reductions around the world to combat a weakening
global economy.
Stronger
global equity markets contributed to the weakness in the Dollar early in the trading session as traders once again increased demand for more risky assets after reassessing U.S. economic data and the odds of an
interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve.This morning, traders
drove equities higher after taking a look at the U.S. em...
The USD and JPY gained versus most currencies in a flight to perceived safe haven currencies
driven by rising concerns about political risk (Brexit, Italian elections, Germany coalition talks) and an aggressive pace of Fed
interest -
rate hikes combined with signs of moderation in
global economic data, albeit from high levels.
Continued low
interest rates are
driving the key
global housing markets, in spite of relatively sluggish economic growth and heightened financial market volatility.