Deflation is the scariest word! The FOMC statement last night managed somehow to avoid saying what surely should be what is on every member of the FOMCs’ lips- DEFLATION. The recent Federal Reserve Bank regional surveys have shown that inflation is falling and quickly, and the recent Business surveys from ISM in the US have […]
Dramatic moves in commodities — FIU
Taking stock of what has happened. The last week has seen dramatic moves in commodities and none more so than in Gold. There is lots of speculation as to what has caused this selling of commodities but the simple matter of fact is that there were more sellers than buyers at the levels of last […]
European Central Banks offer no new support to the economies — FIU
European Central Banks offer no new support to the economies.- they leave it to the Governments to find a solution. The BoE and ECB left interest rates unchanged and both, against some investors’ expectations, did not increase QE (BoE) or allow lower quality collateral to be used in Repo operations (ECB). In the ECB’s President’s […]
Making sense of all that is driving the financial markets is certainly not easy at the moment — FIU
The equity markets “Christmas” rally has been fuelled by the expectation of a deal to avert the US fiscal cliff and the imminent release of the next tranche of financial loans to Greece. Both of which to me seem little to cheer about. There should be a deal between the Republicans and the Democrats to […]
Well I have to admit I got that one wrong! — FIU
Well I have to admit I got that one wrong! Whilst I always knew that further QE would come, I didn’t think it was justified today. The Fed Chairman must be taking an even more negative view on the US economy that even me. The justification for additional monetary easing was never there from a […]