Central Reserve Bank of Peru
Central Reserve Bank of Peru
November 8, 2019
The Central Reserve Bank of Peru late yesterday announced a 25-basis point reduction of its reference interest rate to 2.25%. This follows a similar cut in August. There were also two 25-basis point cuts in the first quarter of 2018 and three such cuts in the second half of 2017. A released statement observes weakness […] More
Dollar and Sovereign Debt Yields Firm… Commodity and Share Prices Lower
November 8, 2019
The dollar appreciated overnight by 0.6% against the kiwi, 0.3% versus the Australian dollar, 0.2% relative to the loonie, yuan, and peso, and 0.1% vis-a-vis the yen, euro, sterling and Swiss franc. The 10-year gilt and U.S. Treasury yields extended their rise by another three basis points. Comparable sovereign debt yields in Italy, Greece, Portugal […] More
An Active Friday in the Market Caused by Breaking Geopolitical News
October 11, 2019
An Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea was the object of rocket attacks and is spilling oil. The missiles are believed to have been fired by Saudi Arabia. WTI crude oil rose 1.6% in response. British Prime Minister Johnson and Irish PM Varadkar after bilateral talks said they could see a pathway to a […] More
Swing Continues Away from Safe Haven Assets
September 13, 2019
Ten-year sovereign debt yields increased this Friday by six basis points in Japan, 5 bps in the U.K., and 3 basis points in the U.S. and Germany. The dollar fell overnight by 1.0% against sterling, 0.5% relative to the Swiss franc, 0.3% vis-a-vis the euro, 0.2% versus the peso and 0.1% against the yen and […] More
Central Reserve Bank of Peru
August 9, 2019
The latest central bank to cut its benchmark interest rate is the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, whose reference rate was lowered late yesterday to 2.5% from 2.75%. The statement announcing the decision cites the widely experience havoc being spread by changes in U.S. trade policies by the Trump Administration: “Global growth risks persist and […] More
Uneasy Financial Markets and Lower Dollar
January 11, 2019
Investors perceive many trouble spots, and none are getting resolved. Talks between President Trump and Congressional democrats have broken down, raising expectations that a border emergency situation will be declared. The federal government shutdown is now the longest on record. Fed Vice Chairman Clarida and Chicago Fed President Evans are the latest to signal fewer, […] More
Weak Data Intensify Investor Flight from Risky Assets
December 14, 2018
Equities fell 2.0% in Japan, 1.9% in Hong Kong, 1.5% in China, 1.3% in New Zealand and South Korea, 1.1% in Australia and Singapore, and 0.9% in Taiwan. Share prices are also down 1.0% in the U.S. and Switzerland, 0.8% in France, 0.7% in Italy, and 0.6% in Canada and Germany. The flight to safety […] More
A Shift from Fixed Income Assets Into Stocks
September 14, 2018
The second week of September came and went without the feared announcement of much higher U.S. tariffs. Even though that danger remains looking ahead, there’s been a return ot riskier assets. Share prices in the Pacific Rim rose 1.2% in Japan today, 1.0% in Hong Kong and Singapore, 1.3% in Indonesia and Taiwan, and 1.4% […] More
More Volatile Global Markets as Concern Mounts about Turkey
August 10, 2018
Turkey commands the spotlight of global financial markets this Friday. Talks broke down between the U.S. and Turkey over the latter’s continuing detention of an American evangelical pastor, which has prompted economic sanctions by the United States on an economy already gripped with upward spiraling inflation and a central bank interest rate near 18%. The […] More
Central Reserve Bank of Peru
June 8, 2018
Peru’s central bank policy rate was kept steady at 2.75%. That’s the level reached after a string of alternate odd-numbered monthly 25-basis point cuts beginning in May 2017 and ending in March 2018. A statement released by the BCRP Board asserts that whereas CPI inflation of 0.9% on year in May lay below the target […] More
