As a result of recency bias, where we assume the recent past is a permanent state of affairs, many believe near-zero interest ...

Economists expect the bank to continue a trend that started in 2024 when it initiated its interest rate cuts. It has slashed ...

The Federal Reserve will lead a pack of central banks meeting to set interest rates after weak U.S. GDP data and President ...

If we jump straight into the economic calendar we see Interest Rate decisions from the Fed and the Bank of England. Analysts are expecting a lowering of rates out of London. We see GBP weakness ...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to cut rates by a further 0.25 percentage points, taking the base rate to 4.25 per cent. The move was widely anticipated by analysts and ...

Federal tax collections and tariff policies in April 2025 drained market liquidity, signaling SPX risks and calling for ...

This article explores why the US dollar index has formed an inverse cup and handle pattern ahead of the FOMC decision.

Deposit rate cut to 2.25% from 2.50% Rates no longer seen as restrictive Lagarde stresses need for "agility" Trade turmoil to weigh on growth FRANKFURT, April 17 (Reuters) - The European Central ...

While the good news is that the ONS will start using scanner data from March next year, the bad news is that inflation has again been overestimated in the UK. For more on this read my colleague Louis ...

The base rate hasn't been this low since May 2023. The chart below shows how the base ... How does the Bank of England base rate work? When the Bank of England lends money to commercial banks, the ...

Stock markets diverged as investors awaited a US Federal Reserve interest-rate meeting for signs of the outlook for the tariffs-hit economy.

The movement in the US dollar against the major currencies has gone into something of a holding pattern over recent weeks as the currency markets await fresh developments on the US’s trade war with ...