On 26 October, the Bank of Canada (BoC) added a half-point to its benchmark policy rate, raising it to 3.75 percent and surprising analysts who had widely predicted a three-quarter-point bump.
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YEN SINKS FURTHER AS JAPAN’S GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES $197 BILLION STIMULUS
At its meeting last week, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) held its key interest rate at -0.1 percent, made no changes to its program of bond purchases, and continued to cap the yield on 10-year bonds at zero percent, as predicted by 49 economists Bloomberg had polled.
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ECB RAISES KEY INTEREST RATE 75 BASIS POINTS
The European Central Bank (ECB) raised two key interest rates three-quarters of a point last week, the second such raise in the ECB policy committee’s last two meetings.
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EXPECT THE FED TO PIVOT
In life there are a few certainties. Among these certainties are death, taxes, and central banks.
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STATE AG’S WAKE UP TO “ESG” AGENDA CRIPPLING INDUSTRIES AND SCAMMING CONSUMERS
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is leading 19 state AG’s in an investigation of some of the country’s largest banks, alleging improper and illegal practices involving radical environmental goals known as ESG (Environmental Social and Governance).
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NEW U.K. STIMULUS PLAN POUNDS DOWN POUND
To revive the British economy and snatch it from the brink of recession, newly appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss’s new government proposed the sharpest tax cuts in 50 years and pledged to cap household utility bills. In August, inflation in the U.K. ran at almost 9.9 percent. The Bank of England has raised its key...