Interest Rates

  • Consumer cyclicals can bridge earnings gap – JPMAM

    Consumer cyclicals can bridge earnings gap – JPMAM

    UK company earnings continue to lag share price valuations, but investors in consumer discretionary can bridge the discrepancy, says JP Morgan Asset Management’s Guy Anderson.

  • QE, zero rates driving deflation – Terry Smith

    QE, zero rates driving deflation – Terry Smith

    Quantitative easing and its sister, zero interest rates are having a deflationary impact on the global economy says Fundsmith CEO, Terry Smith.

  • Fed split revelation threatens US equities

    Fed split revelation threatens US equities

    US equities are expected to be hit by news that a significant split has emerged within the Federal Reserve on raising interest rates.

  • Fed readying rate hike- Hermes

    Fed readying rate hike- Hermes

    The Federal Reserve is getting ready to raise the interest rate in the United States during the summer, according to Hermes Investment Managements chief economist Neil Williams.

  • UK rate cut not on cards despite Haldane

    UK rate cut not on cards despite Haldane

    Axa Investment Managers has played down the prospect of a Bank of England interest rate cut in the wake of comments from the central banks chief economist Andy Haldane.

  • US retail numbers cool rate rise expectations

    US retail numbers cool rate rise expectations

    United States retail sales numbers released today have served to take some heat out of the mounting expectation of an imminent Federal Reserve interest rate rise

  • Where to look when lowrisk isnt

    Where to look when lowrisk isnt

    According to a survey by the Bank of England, inflation expectations for the next 12 months among the general public fell to the lowest since November 2001.

  • Goldman Sachs launches alternative fund

    Goldman Sachs launches alternative fund

    The fund aims to give clients exposure to streams of income free of market direction, taking account of interest rates, currencies and emerging market debt

  • UK rate likeliest to go up in November- Investec

    UK rate likeliest to go up in November- Investec

    Investec said today its central case is for a first UK interest rate rise since the credit crisis to be implemented in November.

  • US sends another signal of strength

    US sends another signal of strength

    The United States economy sent out another signal of strength today as GDP was confirmed to be

  • Carney confident but strikes dovish tone

    Carney confident but strikes dovish tone

    Bank of England governor Mark Carney struck a notably more dovish tone in his public remarks today despite

  • Bo e and ecb offer no summer surprises

    Bo e and ecb offer no summer surprises

    The Bank of England and European Central Bank both kept rates on hold in line with market expectations.