PA ANALYSIS: The Fed has snookered itself
With the most anticipated interest rate decision of recent times imminent, it seems the Federal Reserve is firmly stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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To raise or not to raise – Experts predict Fed decision
All eyes are on Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve this week as investors brace themselves for one of the most anticipated interest rate decisions ever.
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Hermes’ Williams gives four reasons to be cheerful ahead of Fed decision
Hermes chief economist Neil Williams has outlined four reasons to be optimistic about the prospects for growth assets ahead of next week’s decision on rates by the Federal Reserve.
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PA ANALYSIS: Brazil, China weigh heavily on next week’s Fed decision
S&P’s surprise downgrade of Brazil’s credit rating yesterday has added another layer of complexity to the decision facing the members of the Federal Open Market Committee next week.
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Bank of England has missed a trick – M&G’s Woolnough
The Bank of England has missed a trick by holding the interest rate, says M&G’s Richard Woolnough, and there could be significant ramifications.
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Worry about growth not just rate rises – Flanders
As interest rate hikes loom, Stephanie Flanders, JP Morgan Asset Management’s chief market strategist for Europe, scouts the road ahead for global growth.
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UK interest rate sceptics are just wrong – GLG
Doubters of UK economic robustness are wrong, says GLG’s Henry Dixon, and the Bank of England are at risk of falling too far behind the curve.
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BAML still expects September rate hike
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has said it is retaining a ‘baseline forecast’ for the Federal Reserve to raise rates in September despite the recent stock market turmoil.
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Why China’s interest rate cut will not work
Ed Smith, asset allocation strategist at Rathbones, examines why China’s 0.25% interest rate cut will not work.
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Decent data needed to seal approaching Fed hike deal
The Federal Reserve is edging towards its first interest rate rise in almost 10 years, says Royal London’s Ian Kernohan, but another round of decent economic data is needed to seal the deal.
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Interest rate threat to sovereign bonds is overblown
Rising interest rates are generally accepted as a poor environment for sovereign bonds, says Rathbones’ head multi-asset investments David Coombs, but has the danger been oversold?
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PA ANALYSIS: Should investors worry as interest rate inertia creeps?
Conjecture over the timing of the first UK rate rise is becoming almost as routine as the industry’s misplaced adaptation to the ‘abnormal’ 0.5% rate presently in place.