The final Fed rate decision of this decade saw rates kept on hold The Fed’s final interest rate decision of 2019 did not surprise many market participants. The policy rate remains at 1.5% – 1.75% and, unlike the previous FOMC meeting, there were no dissenters. Interestingly, Powell also indicated that there was unlikely to be …
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Draghi-ng Rates Down
Mario Draghi rocks markets in his penultimate interest rate meeting as ECB President Thursday 12th September saw Mario Draghi cause a stir in the financial markets. Firstly, he announced a 10 basis points cut of the deposit rate, bringing it further into negative territory at -0.5%. Initially, the market saw this as a slightly hawkish …
Trump Trumped?
For a matter of months now, it can be strongly argued that Trump had been playing (reasonably successfully) the puppet-master, keeping the financial markets on strings, dancing to his ever-changing tune. This can be summarised by the adverse feedback loop, seen above. By Trump imposing more tariffs on Chinese goods, the economy weakens as a …
FOMC FOMO
31st July 2019 – Fed cuts rates for first time since 2008 Wednesday 31st July 2019 saw the long-awaited Fed interest rate decision, and it didn’t disappoint…unless you’re Trump of course. To gauge an understanding of some of the reasons for the market reaction of the decision, we must first look at the market sentiment …
The Fallible Fed?
Clarida and Williams stir the markets following comments on interest rate cuts Friday 19th July 2019 saw me wake up to news that two prominent Fed officials had caused a stir within the financial markets after their remarks concerning interest rate cuts. Clarida, the Fed Vice-Chairman, expressed that “you don’t need to wait until things …
Taking $tock
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Hey! Just a bit about myself… I am a student currently studying Accounting & Finance at the University of Bath with an interest in geo-politics and the financial markets. The reason I decided to create this blog is to share my analysis of major market-moving events from a collection of what I have read. Of …
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