Japan's Recent Currency Troubles Explained With interest rates below zero, banks had to pay to park their excess reserves at the central bank. It aims to stimulate economic growth, encourage lending but negative interest rates can also diminish the attractiveness of the yen
europe Inflation: This Is How Central Banks Will Fight The Beast Analysts believe that investors will be treated to a tantalising mix of important economic news (dealing with Inflation) and speeches from the monetary authorities this week. They say investors should look at the European Central Bank, which is the prime component of the Eurosystem and the European System of Central
FED The rise in global interest rates creates a new shock The FED and the United Kingdom simultaneously increased their interest rates by a whopping 0.75% yesterday and this sent shock waves across the globe. It is one of the biggest interest rate shocks in recent memory. The Institute of International Finance refers to it as a global interest rate
