monetary policy

Ukraine president Zelensky with the Dutch and Luxembourg prime ministers on Thursday in Brussels. Photo by EU.
Asset Allocation
March 7, 2025

Bund yields spike after Merz vows ‘whatever it takes’ on defence

World financial markets remained in a radical readjustment phase on Thursday as the implications of…
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As president, Donald Trump appointed Jay Powell as Fed chairman in 2017. Photo: White House Archive.
Investing
August 16, 2024

Trump seeks more control over interest rates if re-elected

If Donald Trump is re-elected as President, he plans to have more control over U.S. monetary policy…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
August 5, 2024

Time to question the central bank herd mentality

Central bank analysis rarely goes beyond predicting the timing of the next interest rate step and…
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Edin Mujagic
Investing
July 30, 2024

Pray and hope is now the ECB strategy

The ECB decision to cut interest rates in June was not only perplexing but also premature, writes…
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Edin Mujagic, OHV
Opinion
January 27, 2023

The ECB should learn from the Fed

Forget about all those bars of gold that are heavily guarded because they are incredibly valuable…
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What our experts expect? Uncertainty, perhaps greater than ever
Sector
January 2, 2023

IO experts expect uncertainty, perhaps greater than ever

Uncertainty regarding monetary policy, inflation, and the pace at which the climate crisis is…
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ECB hike seen as ‘dovish pivot’, markets fear its too accommodative
News
October 28, 2022

ECB raises rates by 75 basis points in ‘dovish pivot’

The European Central Bank as expected announced a 75-basis-point interest rate hike on Thursday. It…
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‘Make no mistake: the next six months won’t be pretty’
Asset Allocation
September 8, 2022

‘Make no mistake: the next six months won’t be pretty’

The era of negative interest rates on government bonds is over, but the moment when government bonds…
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‘Cheap money at ECB makes fighting inflation difficult’
News
August 30, 2022

‘Cheap money at ECB makes fighting inflation difficult’

The European Central Bank needs to review its special programmes that make available cheap money to…
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Jerome Powell, President of the Federal Reserve.
Opinion
August 24, 2022

Han Dieperink: interest rates must rise further

The US equity market has rebounded some 15 percent from its low in June, helped by hopes of a Fed…
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Edin Mujagić, chief economist at OHV Asset Managemnt.
Opinion
July 22, 2022

ECB Watch: Not good, not bad but dangerous!

Time and again I look for it. And every time I do not find it. What is it about? I look for the word…
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The eurosign next to the ECB tower in Frankfurt. Photo: Getty Images.
Investing
June 22, 2022

As Eurozone spreads shrink, ECB gets the benefit of doubt

Increasing variations in interest rates on government bonds the Eurozone have reawakened fears of…
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The Federal Reserve building in Washington. Photo by Rafael Sandana, CC via Flickr.
News
June 16, 2022

Federal Reserve attacks inflation with 75bp rate hike

The US central bank on Wednesday evening announced t that it would raise the benchmark interest rate…
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Euro sign at the ECB tower in Frankfurt.
Sector
June 10, 2022

ECB prepares rate hike for July, ends asset purchases

The ECB has decided to raise interest rates for the first time in eleven years in an attempt to…
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