Trichet – “risks to the outlook for price developments are on the upside”
Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), sees inflation and appears ready to…
Monetary Policy
Dr. Duru Dudley remains focused on the U.S. output gap
Gavyn Davies at the Financial Times writes a good review and critique of William Dudley’s…
Fidelity notes stocks are benefiting from an inflationary boom
Great piece from Fidelity considering the implications of the inflationary boom that seems to be…
Inflationary concerns rising amongst ECB members
In “Mersch Says ECB May Warn of Upside Inflation Risks Next Week”, Bloomberg reports that…
Will corporate margins be the next victims of inflationary pressures?
Corporate profit margins have hit record levels, but it seems inflationary pressures are waiting in…
France joins a growing group of nations concerned about inflation
In “G-20 Stung by Faster Inflation as Imbalance Dispute Rages“, Bloomberg reports that French Finance…
China tightening cycle hits its third rate hike
China raised interest rates for the third time in four months as the scramble against…
Inflation scare growing in Indonesia
2010 brought many happy returns to the Indonesian stock market with gains of 46%. So,…
Hong Kong braces itself for Fed-induced money flows
Bloomberg reports that Norman Chan, the head of Hong Kong’s central bank, is preparing to…
Reserve Bank of Australia tightens proactively to fight unwanted inflation
The economy in Australia continues to perform extremely well…so well, that the Reserve Bank of…