Global banks raise forecast to 4% peak for key ECB rate
- Economy
- June 16, 2023
Oil prices fell Monday, consolidating after last week’s strong gains ahead of the release of demand forecasts from the OPEC and the IEA as well as a deluge of potentially influential economic data due this week. By 04:35 ET (09:35 GMT), U.S. crude futures traded 0.7% lower at $79.55 a barrel, while the Brent contract
READ MOREMost Asian stock markets surged on Monday, with Chinese indexes in the lead after the government rolled out more stimulus measures, while fears of more hawkish moves from the Bank of Japan saw local stocks tumble. China’s blue-chip Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 index was the best performer in Asia, rallying 2% to a near five-month
READ MOREUBS has no interest in buying fellow Swiss lender Credit Suisse, the bank’s Chairman Colm Kelleher said in a interview published on Saturday. The former Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) president said he was focused on organic growth rather than acquisitions and expanding its business in the United States as he ruled out any move to buy
READ MOREThe U.S. dollar edged lower in early European trade Friday, continuing the previous session’s selloff after cooling U.S. inflation opened the way for the Federal Reserve to ease the pace of its interest rate hikes. At 03:05 ET (08:05 GMT), the US Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies,
READ MOREMost Asian currencies crept higher on Friday and were headed for steep weekly gains on the prospect of an eventual shift in the Federal Reserve’s hawkish stance, which also pushed the dollar to a seven-month low. The Japanese yen rose 0.1% to an over seven-month high against the dollar of 129.14, and was among the
READ MOREPeople in China worried on Thursday about spreading COVID-19 to aged relatives as they planned returns to their home towns for holidays that the World Health Organization warns could inflame a raging outbreak. The Lunar New Year holiday, which officially starts from Jan. 21, comes after China last month abandoned a strict anti-virus regime of
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