Rate hike

Expect one more US rate hike this year even if Ivanka Trump is leading the Fed, UBS economist says

3 Jul 2017 11:58 AM |

By CNBC : The Federal Reserve has locked itself into a strategy to raise rates one more time this year despite whoever is leading the central bank, a global economist at UBS Wealth Management said.

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  Here's why the Bank of England's hawks are getting it wrong over calls for a rate hike

  23 Jun 2017 02:26 PM |

  By CNBC: Bank of England (BOE) policymakers that are pushing for an interest rate hike have been wrong for the past eight years and there's no sign of them getting it right now, HSBC's global head of foreign exchange strategy told CNBC on Friday.

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  Asia shares race to two-year high as Fed signals no rush to tighten

  25 May 2017 10:01 AM |

  By Reuters : Asian shares scaled two-year highs on Thursday while the dollar and U.S. bond yields slipped after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled a cautious approach to future rate hikes and the reduction of its $4.5 trillion of bond holdings.

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