Showing posts with label infaltion. Show all posts
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Saturday, 19 November 2016

Mario Draghi hinted at upcoming additional stimulus measures

Eurozone economic recovery remains heavily dependent on stimulus measures taken by the European Central Bank, said on Friday the ECB President Mario Draghi, hinting that the bank is likely to extend the program of "quantitative easing" for a total of 1.7 bln euro at its next meeting, which will take place on 8 December.
"We still can not cancel our vigilance", - said Draghi on a banking conference in Frankfurt, adding that the ECB will continue to act as justified by using all the tools that are available, while inflation did not grow sustainably.
He warned that central bankers do not yet see consistent strengthening of basic dynamics of prices and said that the ECB is committed to comply substantially the policy of monetary stimulus.
Central bankers from the ECB are preparing for quite a crucial meeting on December 8, which is expected to decide whether to extend the program of "quantitative easing." At this stage, the program should be completed at the end of March 2017.
By purchasing bonds, the ECB hopes to reduce real interest rates in the euro area, thereby encouraging lending, economic growth and inflation, analysts say. Despite these efforts, inflation in the region last month rose by 0.5% and remained still too far below the target of the ECB from just under 2%.


Sunday, 6 November 2016

The chances for Fed rates hike rise after the labor market and wages

The pace of hiring of workers in the United States in October remained strong, pushing wage growth and increasing the likelihood of Fed rate increase at its meeting in December.
The number of jobs outside agriculture rose by 161.000 due to demand in the construction industry, health, professional and business services industries, announced on Friday the Ministry of Labour.
Earnings in yearly base in the past month rose by an average of 2.8 percent, which was the most significant rise in seven and a half years.
On Wednesday, at the last meeting before the presidential election, the Fed left rates unchanged, as markets had expected, but made it clear that they can raise them in December, as the economy is gaining momentum, and inflation accelerated.
Last week, the statistics pointed to the acceleration of GDP growth in the third quarter. Since 2010, the business has created 15.5 million new jobs, nearly half of them - highly paid.