Tag: rates
Inflation: should the ECB continue to raise its interest rates? Two experts debate
NO / “The major risk is that the ECB will do too much” By Veronique Riches-Flores, independent economist at RichesFlores Research There is no imperative urgency to raise interest rates.…
Ica rates Gevalia’s coffee – too expensive
At many Ica stores, Gevalia’s shelves echo empty. The reason is that the coffee giant has chosen to raise its prices to the extent that Ica no longer buys several…
Investments: how best to invest when interest rates rise?
For more than thirty years, savers have been fed lower interest rates, with the appearance of an extraordinary phenomenon: negative rates. This period is closed. “What led to a paradigm…
Inflation, rising interest rates… Investments: adapt to the new situation
Inflation, rising interest rates… Investments: adapt to the new situation – L’Expressdefault-output-block.skip-main After several decades of declining interest rates, the trend has reversed. The economic boom that accompanied the end…
Insurance, Fitch: Allianz, AXA and Zurich successfully manage inflation and rates
(Finance) – I leading insurance groups in Europe they managed to protect profits and capital from the challenges related to high inflation and rising interest rates in 2022. This is…
ECB, Villeroy: we still have “a little way to go” on rates
(Finance) – “The ECB will bring inflation back towards 2% between the end of 2024 and the end of 2025: this is a commitment, not just a forecast. So it’s…
Non-performing loans: in 2022 trend of default rates over 2% for corporations
(Finance) – In December 2022, the NPE market is facing a situation of general expectation and ready to face potential changes in the face of: the amount of bank stocks…
Finansinspektionen: Interest rates are putting pressure on households | SVT News
The rising interest rates meant that new mortgage borrowers had to spend an average of 10 per cent of their income on paying interest in 2022, which is more than…
ECB, de Guindos: the era of negative rates is over, now a period of high uncertainty
(Ticker) – “The period of negative interest rates is overat least in the medium term. We are going through a period of high uncertainty“. He stated this Louis de GuindosVice-President…
Toughest decision in a long time for the Federal Reserve – raises interest rates by 25 basis points
The Federal Reserve is facing its toughest decision in recent years, writes The Wall Street Journal ahead of the decision. In one of the scales lies another interest rate increase…