Tag: rate
Goldman Sachs moves the Fed’s first rate cut to September
(Finance) – Goldman Sachs has moved the forecast for the Fed’s first rate cut of a meeting, from July to September. Earlier this week, analysts noted that comments from Fed…
S&P: European speculative corporate default rate will stabilize at 3.75% by March 2025
(Finance) – We expect a 12-month default rate for European corporate issuers speculative grade equal to 3.75% by March 2025, only slightly lower than the default rate of 4.1% over…
Fed, Waller: natural interest rate could rise
(Finance) – “In the last year there has been much discussion whether r* has increased or not“. He stated it Christopher Waller, member of the Board of Governors of the…
Wall Street positive, first Fed rate cut further away
(Finance) – Wall Street is moving higherafter yesterday’s losses, triggered by expectations that the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate cut will be postponed compared to previous expectations. Today too Goldman…
The unemployment rate in France stabilizes in the first quarter – L’Express
The unemployment rate in France as defined by the International Labor Office (ILO) stabilized at 7.5% of the active population in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the previous…
London-area jobless rate holds steady, mirroring Ontario, Canada trends
The London-area unemployment rate held steady last month as the jobless level across Ontario rose slightly, newly released figures show. The figures published Friday by Statistics Canada show the London…
Several are forced to “downsize” due to the high interest rate
Several have been forced to sell their homes because they could not afford the high mortgage interest, according to the Swedish Real Estate Agency. Ellinor Mure’s interest rate was about…
The interest rate discount is growing – a better time to negotiate the mortgage
Economic feelings of spring have taken hold of mortgage borrowers. Hope is now alive that interest rates will fall, many hope that the Riksbank will lower the key interest rate…
Wall Street toned. US Job Report reignites expectations for a rate cut
(Finance) – The Wall Street stock market crossed the mid-session mark in positive territory, with investors interpreting the slowdown in the US labor market as an indication that the Federal…
Therefore, the Fed leaves the policy rate unchanged
As expected, the US central bank Federal Reserve (Fed) leaves the key interest rate unchanged in the range of 5.25–5.50 percent. Nordnet’s savings economist Frida Bratt about when the first…