Banking Will the Pain from the Higher-for-Longer Policy Continue to Be Felt into 2024? by internationalbanker December 4, 2023 After a few trying months of incremental interest-rate hikes in response to inflation, many wonder if the end is near … Continue Reading December 4, 2023 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking Is the US Economy Headed for a Soft Landing? by internationalbanker April 5, 2023 US monetary policymakers are facing a quartet of troubling economic issues: high inflation, a looming recession, bank collapses and a … Continue Reading April 5, 2023 2 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Brokerage Market Sentiment Suggests Tech Investors Should Continue to Proceed with Caution by internationalbanker March 28, 2023 The tech sector’s growth sprint, aided by the pandemic, hit a brick wall in 2022, with 2023 being hailed as … Continue Reading March 28, 2023 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance The US Construction Outlook: Retreat or Rotation? by internationalbanker March 6, 2023 The US construction industry is bracing for a challenging year, with high financing costs, labor shortages and supply-chain bottlenecks squeezing … Continue Reading March 6, 2023 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Central Banks’ Overshooting Won’t Make Up for Lost Time by internationalbanker October 7, 2022 Central Banks (CBs) are at a crossroads. Most of the major monetary authorities have engaged, belatedly, in compressed cycle of … Continue Reading October 7, 2022 2 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance The Fed’s 0.75-Percent Rate Hike Is the Biggest Since 1994 by internationalbanker June 20, 2022 With the US inflation rate hitting 8.6 percent in May, the Fed chose to step up its fight against inflation, … Continue Reading June 20, 2022 2 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
History of Financial Crises The Subprime Mortgage Crisis (2007-08) by internationalbanker September 29, 2021 The model looks sound on the surface: offer mortgages to borrowers with poorer credit ratings at higher rates. But as … Continue Reading September 29, 2021 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Is the US Dollar’s Role as the World’s Reserve Currency Under Threat? by internationalbanker September 30, 2020 The last decade or so has seen concerns grow significantly over the long-term health of the dollar. Those concerns have … Continue Reading September 30, 2020 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking The Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged and Signals That They Will Remain the Same Until at Least 2023 by internationalbanker September 30, 2020 The Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors (the Fed) in the United States concluded its two-day monetary-policy meeting on Wednesday, … Continue Reading September 30, 2020 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking Is the Fed Making Full Use of Its Monetary-Policy Tools? by internationalbanker September 18, 2020 At its most recent monetary-policy meeting in late July, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) discussed implementing a number of … Continue Reading September 18, 2020 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail