Interest Rates Ahoy
Huge week for interest rate decisions...
The European Central Bank held their rate at 2.25% last week.
Overnight Japan raised its rate to 1%. This follows over 20 years of deflation and a negative -0.1% base rate following a crash in most asset classes such as shares and property.
Tomorrow sees the FED (America) release its decision which looks to be a nailed on hold at 3.75%.
The UK inflation number at breakfast tomorrow could sway the Bank of Englands decision on Thursday, but it's unlikely there will be a change from their 3.75%.
All eyes are now on the peace talks with Iran. Current rhetoric indicate its a done deal....time will tell over the next 72 hours.
Certainly the markets believe it's over with the price of oil normalising and stability returning to most asset markets.
This is important because inflation was expected to climb sharply if the Iran conflict continued and therefore interest rates were supposed to tick up.
Now the decline in interest rates seen pre conflict may come back to the table, and the global economy might continue to return to more stable conditions.
Watch this space.
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- Economic calendar:
UK: Wednesday 07:00 Inflation Report
US: Wednesday 18:00 FED Interest Rate Decision
UK: Thursday 12:00 BoE Interest Rate Decision
UK: Thursday 12:00 MPC Vote Count
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