The era of extraordinary monetary policy continues
Few investors anticipated that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell could sound even more dovish than he has in recent months. But, at the last FOMC meeting, he managed to do […]
Tag Archives: central banks
The far-reaching effects of central bank policy
The impact of central banks should not be underestimated. And I don’t just mean their impact on economic growth and interest rates. Central banks are also a driving force of […]
Have we seen peak EUR?
The euro is up 12% against the USD this year. We haven’t seen this kind of euro appreciation for quite some time, as the ECB was the last central bank […]
Calm before the Storm?
Markets are unnervingly calm these days. During the last six months, the realized volatility of the S&P 500 Index fell to the lowest level in more than half a century. […]
Negative Yields – A Flight to Safes!
Here’s a quick blog devoted to everything that is going on in the bond markets right now. As you must have noticed, bond yields are collapsing around the globe. Again! […]
Week End Blog – Central Bank Credibility Issues
After years of rate cutting and bond-buying central bank policies are now being questioned by financial markets. The euro and yen, targeted casualties of these policies, shot up with a […]
Six years of Central Bank Dominance in Six Charts.
Six years ago, on March 09, we hit the low in stock markets. After five quarters of falling stock prices, the S&P 500 index hit 666 (yes 666), the bottom […]
Has the euro depreciation commenced?
For some years now, a big part of the movement of the euro against the US dollar is explained by two factors; the ratio of the size of the balance […]
Week End Blog – US inflation, the low volatility saga and Chinese house prices
Ms. Yellen took center stage this week as the Fed again trimmed its bond buying program. The Fed cut its estimate for this year’s US economic growth, after a dismal […]
