Central banking
Bank of Japan to begin initial research to include wage trends in ‘tankan’ business survey
Pedestrians walk past the northern entrance to the Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said on Tuesday it would start preliminary research on including wage-related items in its quarterly “tankan” business survey to more accurately reflect wage trends in the country’s monetary policy. The central bank plans […]
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Bank of England’s Bailey: ‘More restrictive policy’ could still be needed due to labor market shocks
Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, waits to deliver a lecture at the London School of Economics in London, UK, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey will hail the progress made in dampening inflation in the U.K. in a Friday speech, but […]
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Fed Chair Powell indicates interest rate cuts ahead: ‘The time has come for policy to adjust’
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell laid the groundwork Friday for interest rate cuts ahead, though he declined to provide exact indications on timing or extent. “The time has come for policy to adjust,” the central bank leader said in his much-awaited keynote address at the Fed’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “The direction of […]
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Here’s everything to expect from Fed Chair Powell’s speech Friday in Jackson Hole
Key Points Fed Chair Jerome Powell will deliver his policy speech at 10 a.m. ET from the central bank’s annual conclave in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. For all the attention being paid to the presentation, the chances of it containing any startling news seem remote. In previous years, Powell has used Jackson Hole speech to outline […]
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Philadelphia Fed President Harker advocates for interest rate cut in September
Key Points Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker provided a strong endorsement to an interest rate cut on the way. “I think it means this September we need to start a process of moving rates down,” Harker told CNBC. Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid also spoke to CNBC, offering a less direct take on […]
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Fed minutes point to ‘likely’ rate cut coming in September
Federal Reserve officials at their July meeting moved closer to a long-awaited interest rate reduction, stopping short while indicating that a September cut had grown increasingly probable, minutes released Wednesday showed. “The vast majority” of participants at the July 30-31 meeting “observed that, if the data continued to come in about as expected, it would […]
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Taylor Swift London Eras Tour unlikely to move the needle on the Bank of England’s rate policy, analyst says
Taylor Swift performs onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Wembley Stadium on August 15, 2024 in London, England. Gareth Cattermole/tas24 | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images LONDON — Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour may have led to a surge in restaurant and hotel bookings in the U.K. — but it’s unlikely […]
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Brits snap up lower mortgage deals as Bank of England rate cut boosts property market
Richard Newstead | Moment | Getty Images LONDON — Britain’s biggest high street lenders are continuing to slash borrowing costs after the Bank of England’s first interest rate cut in four years sparked a boom in homebuyer activity. Barclays, Halifax, HSBC and NatWest are among the lenders now offering five-year fixed rate mortgages of under 4%, below […]
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China leaves key lending benchmarks unchanged, as expected
BEIJING, CHINA – JUNE 13: A woman walks past the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) building on June 13, 2023 in Beijing, China. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images China left benchmark lending rates unchanged at a monthly fixing on Tuesday, in line with market expectations. The one-year loan prime rate was […]
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New Zealand promises banking shake-up after watchdog finds the sector lacks competition
Pedestrian walking past the Reserve Bank of New Zealand building on Saturday, June 22, 2019. Birgit Krippner | Bloomberg | Getty Images New Zealand’s government on Tuesday promised a shake-up of consumer banking after the country’s watchdog said the sector lacked competition and suggested improvements including looking at ways to increase state-owned Kiwibank’s capital. The New Zealand Commerce Commission report released earlier found the country’s four largest lenders, all owned […]
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