September 21, 2023
“The Bank of England on Thursday ended a run of 14 straight interest rate hikes after new data showed inflation is now running below expectations. The Bank had been hiking rates consistently since December 2021 in a bid to rein in inflation,… Continue Reading…
September 21, 2023
“Turkey’s central bank hiked its key interest rate to 30% on Thursday, a 500-basis point jump from 25%, as Ankara continues to battle double-digit inflation. The Turkish lira weakened slightly to 27.06 against the dollar on the news, with the greenback up 0.3% against… Continue Reading…
July 5, 2023
“JP Morgan Chase has said there is a risk that the Bank of England will have to push interest rates as high as 7pc and trigger a “hard landing” in the economy to quell inflation….” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bank-england-considers-clampdown-foreign-063037616.html Guess what? If inflation… Continue Reading…
June 27, 2023
“Online money transfer firm Wise’s shares soared nearly 18% Tuesday as the company reported a spike in profits thanks to rising interest income. The company said in a statement to the stock market that its profit before tax tripled to £146.5 million… Continue Reading…
June 5, 2023
“Bed Bath & Beyond is expected to be dissolved after the failed retailer declared bankruptcy, but the company’s crown jewel — Buy Buy Baby — may live to see another day… The interested parties include an unknown bidder, who would purchase… Continue Reading…
May 15, 2023
“…The average age of a light-duty vehicle on U.S. roads rose by more than three months — the highest year-over-year increase since the Great Recession in 2008-2009 — to 12.5 years as of Jan. 1, according to a new report… Continue Reading…
May 2, 2023
“The Federal Reserve will kick off its latest two-day policy meeting on Tuesday with officials expected to announce a 0.25% increase in its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, a move many believe could be the final rate hike of the… Continue Reading…
March 7, 2023
“Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday cautioned that interest rates are likely to head higher than central bank policymakers had expected. Citing data earlier this year showing that inflation has reversed the deceleration it showed in late 2022, the… Continue Reading…
January 13, 2023
“…“The Fed raised rates in 1929 to squelch financial speculation and then, in 1930, Congress passed Smoot-Hawley, putting 50%+ tariffs on more than 20,000 goods and pushing the global economy into the Great Depression,” Wood said. “If the Fed does… Continue Reading…
January 4, 2023
“…Mortgage application volume was down 13.2% at the end of last week from two weeks earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The MBA was closed last week due to the holidays. The average contract interest rate… Continue Reading…
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