It comes on the heels of similar statements
from other central banks regarding the legal ramifications of such offerings.
Since then, we have reflected on our experience and have seen
how other central banks have conducted their own unconventional policies.
An additional factor which has, at the margin, increased the demand for Australian - dollar assets is demand
from other central banks to hold Australian dollars as part of their international reserves.
The dollar should be supported just by the fact the U.S. is ahead
of other central banks in normalizing interest rates.
«We have been working closely with the Nigerian Central Bank and have a great dialogue
with other Central Banks in East, Central and West Africa, but we have still made little progress in Kenya, which remains the strictest jurisdiction in Africa, having gone out of its way to ban any bank from banking or partnering with companies using this technology,» Rossiello said.
Two analogies are often used to describe the actions of the Federal Reserve in the United States as well
as other central banks around the world: the punch bowl, and the drug addict.
Entering 2017, few strategists» calls were as unanimous as the view that the U.S. dollar, already at a 14 - year high, would strengthen because the Federal Reserve was hiking interest rates
while other central banks remained accommodative.
Like other central banks in advanced countries, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) adopted an unconventional monetary policy after the 2007 — 2009 global financial crisis (GFC).
The dollar strengthened initially but later slid to a three - year low against major currencies amid expectations that unlike
other central banks such as the ECB, the Federal Reserve is in no rush to raise interest rates.
He said world economic growth is looking lower at a time when the Fed appears to be ready to raise interest rates while
most other central banks are easing.
During tough economic times, the Federal Reserve and
other central banks reduce short - term interest rates in the hopes of encouraging lending that can kick - start growth.
But the biggest driver may be the Federal Reserve, which raised U.S. interest rates on Wednesday, at a time when
few other central banks are.
The interest rate policy of the Federal Reserve (and
other central banks for markets outside of the U.S.) must also be considered.
The ultra-low-interest-rate policies of the Fed and
other central banks means there is a lot of money sloshing around, bidding up financial assets.
However, Hatzius believes that we are now in a «fairly synchronized global upswing»
where other central banks are also looking to push benchmark rates higher, diminishing the appeal of the U.S.
The US Federal Reserve and a number of
other central banks across the developed world maintained an ultra-loose monetary policy to support the economy following «The Great Recession».
Other central banks also hit the ZLB, but the Bank of Canada was the first to implement unconventional instruments, in the form of a «conditional commitment» to hold interest rates at the ZLB for another year.
This is an important reason why the Federal Reserve is treading cautiously in raising rates and
other central banks appear slow to follow that path.
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:
Historically this role had important synergies with
other central banking functions, and with other aspects of what we now call financial stability policy.
When the stock market crashed 10 years ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and
other central bank officials understood that a huge wave of fear and uncertainty had been set loose that, if not quickly countered, could bring the U.S. financial system to its knees.
Earlier this year, Kuroda speculated that blockchain could reshape some financial processes, and in May called
on other central banks to pursue research efforts like the ones currently being undertaken by the Bank of Japan.
Market participants were wondering how the mostly stronger data could influence the Federal Reserve's interest rate trajectory this year, at a time
when other central banks are not really in a hurry to tighten their policies.
The Fed and
other central banks now are similarly trying to convince market participants that their policy decisions will be «data dependent.»
Stocks will experience a correction this quarter as the Fed
leads other central banks in tightening global monetary policy, Stifel predicts.
Because of the United Kingdom's decision to leave the EU, we believe it is less likely the Fed and
other central banks globally will look to hike interest rates in the near term.
If, on the margin, liquidity begins to decline in 2018 resulting from QT, fed rate hikes and
other central banks ending their QE programs, there is a reasonably high probability that risk assets will suffer.
While there have been fewer indications to date of a sea change
among other central banks, sentiments appear to be on the rise that hawkish actions lie ahead.
The relatively hawkish policies of the Fed compared with
other central banks pushed the U.S. Dollar Index to a peak of just under 104 on the first trading days of 2017, the highest level for the index since 2002.
Accordingly, there have been signs that the U.S. Federal Reserve,
amongst other central banks, is close to reversing policy and letting rates go higher.
Market attention was focused on forecasting the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) path for raising interest rates while
expecting other central banks to continue to be accommodative, specifically the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan.
One is that, to have money, you have to have the precious metal; you can't simply «create money», as the Fed and
other central banks currently do, to stimulate spending by making money cheaper than what it will buy.
Phrases with «other central banks»