Mexico’s central bank hiked interest rates to their highest in over seven years on Thursday and warned that the election of Donald Trump had cast doubt on the direction of Latin America’s second-largest economy. The […]
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi left investors disappointed Thursday by providing little clarity on future monetary policy. “There are no signs yet of a convincing upward trend in underlying inflation,” Draghi said, noting that […]
Brazil’s central bank voted unanimously to reduce its benchmark interest rate from 14.25% to 14%, the first drop in four years. “The committee considers that the convergence of inflation toward the target in 2017 and […]
A 3.1% decrease in the value of negative-yielding bonds globally puts the metric on track this month to reach last December’s 14% decline, Bloomberg data show. Friday’s jump in 30-year Treasury yields, which followed Federal […]
A 100-basis-point increase in interest rates could result in a $1.1 trillion loss for bondholders, according to a Goldman Sachs Group analysis. “We see potential for the rates market to continue to sell off, and […]
The Bank of Japan left its key interest rate at -0.1% but moved to target the yield curve to ease unwanted side effects of its policies. The central bank established an interest-rate target for 10-year […]
Stocks rose, the yen retreated and long-dated government bond yields rallied around the world Wednesday after Japan’s central bank affirmed its commitment to aggressive easing as it introduced a new monetary policy framework. At the conclusion of […]
Inflation data that might encourage an interest-rate increase this year from the Federal Reserve pushed stocks lower in early trading today, with financial and energy stocks leading the drop. All three major indexes were lower […]
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England voted unanimously Thursday to hold rates at 0.25% as August economic data were better than expected with consumer price inflation holding steady. Rates are expected to […]
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