Deeper Analysis
September 2021 and Third Quarter in Figures
September 30, 2021
The summer quarter of 2021 was a volatile one, as it became increasingly apparent to central bankers, economists and investors alike that because of relentless and deepening supply bottlenecks inflation was rising faster and likely to remain very elevated for considerably longer than had been assumed in the first half of the year. Meanwhile, uncertainties […] More
Central Bank Watch
Central Banks in Mexico and Colombia Lift Interest Rates by 25 Basis points
September 30, 2021
The Bank of Mexico’s overnight interest rate, which had been cut by 25 basis points in February to culminate a cumulative reduction of 325 basis points over a one-year period, has been subsequently raised by 25 basis points three subsequent times to 4.75% to counter rising inflation and ensure that inflation will settle back to […] More
Central Bank Watch
Big Rate Hike by the Czech National Bank
September 30, 2021
The Czech National Bank two-week repo rate was hiked by 75 basis points to 1.50%. Instead of implementing a third 25-bp increase since June, this surprisingly large tightening reverses all but 50 basis points of last year’s net reduction of the policy interest rate. In early February of 2020, the rate had been raised from […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
End of Third Quarter 2021
September 30, 2021
The DXY weighted dollar dipped 0.1% overnight but experienced a quarterly advance of around 2.5%. In the Pacific Rim, share prices on the final trading day of the quarter rose 1.9% in Australia, 1.4% in New Zealand, 2.0% in Indonesia, and 0.9% in China but fell by 0.4% in Hong Kong and 0.3% in Japan. […] More
