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  • Article: 2015 Preview: Dangers of underestimating deflation

    by Ashraf Laidi | Dec 23, 2014 18:12
    2015 Preview: Dangers of underestimating deflation Chart Deflation = Low wages + negative interest rates...prices of production factors (wages and interest rates) fall to the extent of limiting labour....capital to the extent that wages and interest rates weaken substantially until they draw.... of excess supply takes over wages and interest rates remain weak, and even negative...the dangerous revelation that inflation rates in the US, Eurozone, China and the UK.... the contrast between global inflation rates and equities is unprecedented...ultimately force central banks to raise interest rates in order to rein inflation.
  • Intraday Market Thought: Fed must avoid Bank of Japan Errors

    by Ashraf Laidi | Sep 17, 2015 12:56
    first Fed rate after 7 years of zero interest rate policy in the US, there's no.... spiral, the BoJ's easing policy took interest rates from 6..., forcing the BoJ to further slash rates, dragging the overnight rate to 0... against the cabinet) decided to raise rates by 25 bps... was forced to ease again, slashing rates until they returned to 0...its 2nd year, Fed had been raising rates for two years and even the European.... the reduction of QE turned into higher rates... join all other central banks, dragging rates back to 0...bank not only quickly returned to zero rates, but also remained stuck in that phase...., long  dependent on low discount rates...Raising rates now would be a grave error and the..
  • Intraday Market Thought: Questioning QE Physics

    by Adam Button | Aug 9, 2016 23:50
    banking boils down to a simple idea: If interest rates are lower, people will borrow and spend....With rates at zero, or below zero, maybe consumers....Meanwhile, companies can use low rates to issue debt and buyback shares...With Gilt rates hitting 0.
  • Intraday Market Thought: Why GBP?

    by Ashraf Laidi | Nov 8, 2013 17:17
    0% threshold -- suggested for raising rates -- earlier than the 2016 currently....With the ECB dragging interest rates to new lows and the Fed unlikely to..
  • Intraday Market Thought: Gold Erases 50% of 12-year Cycle

    by Ashraf Laidi | Jul 20, 2015 18:56
    Gold Erases 50% of 12-year Cycle Chart The Fed's signalling of higher interest rates as early as this year plays up yielding....nbsp;But can the Fed still raise rates if returning disinflation becomes..
  • Article: Gold/SPX Ratio's Boom-Bust Pattern

    by Ashraf Laidi | Jul 20, 2015 13:08
    The Fed's signalling of higher interest rates as early as this year plays up yielding....nbsp; But can the Fed still raise rates if returning disinflation becomes..
  • Intraday Market Thought: Lessons From the RBNZ

    by Adam Button | Aug 11, 2016 23:56
    Lessons From the RBNZ Chart banks was binary in developed markets: rates went higher or lower...Ultimately, interest rates remain an incredibly powerful tool but..
  • Intraday Market Thought: BoE Hawks Touch Down, Japan Next?

    by Adam Button | Jun 15, 2017 23:34
    The MPC held rates unchanged as anticipated but the vote.... the chance with today's decision on interest rates.
  • Intraday Market Thought: Tariffs and Terminal Rates

    by Adam Button | Sep 17, 2018 11:39
    Tariffs and Terminal Rates Chart at the terminal rate – how high interest rates will rise before the Fed or any other....Extrapolating from that, rates could rise well-above 3.
  • Article: ECB Action Sheds Doubts on Yield Differentials

    by Adam Button | Sep 13, 2019 14:02
    ECB Action Sheds Doubts on Yield Differentials Chart in there, which begs the question: Do interest rate differentials matter?....with particular reserves from negative rates) will be a crucially positive step,.... and some accomodation on negative rates from the ECB.