The Bank of Japan (BoJ) held its key interest rate at -0.1 percent last week, continuing to defy the trend set by most other developed economies to raise rates to combat inflation.
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
As we had long forecast, the higher central banks raise interest rates, the lower the Merger and Acquisition trend... which hit record highs during the COVID war when interest rates sank and governments pumped in countless trillions to artificially prop up sinking economies. Now M&A activity has slowed to a trickle as we have continued to detail.
BANK OF CANADA SETS INTEREST RATE AT 22-YEAR HIGH
After a five-month pause in rate increases, the Bank of Canada (BoC) lifted its key rate on 7 June from 4.50 percent to 4.75 percent, its highest since 2001.
BANK REGULATORS MUST “SIGNIFICANTLY” BOOST THEIR BUDGETS, BIS SAYS
Nations’ bank overseers must increase their budgets dramatically to step up supervision in the wake of March’s twin collapse of Signature and Silicon Valley banks in the U.S. and Credit Suisse’s failure in Switzerland, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in a statement last week.
SPOTLIGHT: BIG BANKSTER BUST
First Republic Bank, which has teetered on the edge of failure since Signature and Silicon Valley banks collapsed in mid-March, was seized by regulators on 1 May.
CENTRAL BANKS MUST NOW HYPERINFLATE, AND YOU WILL PAY FOR IT
For those of you who may not know, I am going to let you in on a nasty secret. THE POWER OF ANY GIVEN CENTRAL BANK RESIDES IN ONLY ONE THING, AND ONE THING ONLY… ITS ABILITY TO INFLATE.
SPECIAL REPORT: THE BIG BANKSTER BUST CONTINUES
As the banking crisis continues, each week we will provide Trends Journal subscribers with an overview of the current events forming the future banking crisis trends.
SYSTEMIC BREAKDOWN IS ACCELERATING AND DELIBERATE
Let’s cut right to it. The breaking down of the world financial system is continuing to pick up speed and energy, and it is by no means an accident.
BANK OF CANADA ANNOUNCES PAUSE IN RATE HIKES
On 25 January, the Bank of Canada (BoC) added a quarter-point to its key interest rate, lifting it to 4.50 percent, its highest in more than 15 years.
SPOTLIGHT: INFLATION
Europe’s banks should set aside greater reserves to cover bad loans, regulators should require investment funds to hold more cash to cover a surge in withdrawals, and the European Central Bank (ECB) should not delay in beginning to sell its €5-trillion bond hoard next year, bank vice-president Luis de Guindos said in a statement accompanying the ECB’s semi-annual review of the region’s financial stability.