Oil Near US$100 Puts Fed and Peers in Spotlight
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As the Bank of Japan (BOJ) sets its benchmark interest rate on the 31st (local time), expectations are growing that it will proceed with an additional rate hike earlier than anticipated, driven by the combined effects of a weak yen and rising international oil prices. The BOJ will hold its monetary policy meeting on the 30th and 31st. Last month, it raised the benchmark rate to 1% per annum, the highest level in over 30 years. According to local…
Oil near US$100 puts Fed and peers in spotlight
From Washington to London to Tokyo, central bankers are set to reveal just how worried they are about a return of oil to about US$100 a barrel.Three days of G7 rate decisions, starting with the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday, followed by peers at the Bank of England on Thursday and the Bank of Japa
The escalation of oil to $100, caused by the conflict between Iran, the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, threatens to rekindle world inflation. As a result, that situation could force the Fed, the ECB, the Bank of England and other central banks to slow down rates or even re-up them... Continue reading "The oil close to $100 puts the Fed and the rest of the central banks in the spotlight for interest rates"
Within a week, the central banks of Ukraine, Chile, Colombia, Mozambique and Malawi will also take decisions on monetary policy.
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