Here comes the ECB: the European central bank signals higher interest rates in April
Yesterday European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet warned that the bank was exercising “strong vigilance” on inflation. That’s the central bank’s signal to the financial markets to expect an increase in interest rates in April.
Brazil moves again against inflation–but not as hard as some hoped
Brazil’s central bank, the Banco Central do Brasil, raised interest rates last night, March 2, by 0.5 percentage points to 11.75% to slow inflation. And the bank is almost certainly not done
China’s rising demand for gold puts a floor under the yellow stuff
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Just 10 days after the People’s Bank raised its benchmark interest rates, China’s central bank has boosted reserve requirements for the country’s banks. Today’s 0.5 percentage point increase comes after seven earlier reserve requirement ratio hikes since the beginning of 2010.
Core U.S. inflation accelerates to normal
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Data today showed a 4.9% annual rate of increase in China’s inflation rate. After rallying strongly on the initial release, stocks in Shanghai finished unchanged for the day. Why didn’t the initial move higher hold?
So when will interest rate hikes stop hanging over emerging market stocks?
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This week brings inflation numbers for China and the U.S.
After lots of news about inflation in India, Brazil, Indonesia, and the European Union, this week we’ll get new inflation numbers from the United States and China.
India shows why investors are afraid of emerging markets now
The Reserve Bank of India has raised interest rates seven times in the last 12 months. So far the effort hasn’t slowed inflation—but it has taken a bite out of economic growth.
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