As we come to the Memorial Day holiday, the markets are still focused on Greece; the Fed’s desire to raise rates (or not); the ECB and its new policy of front loading its bond purchases to deal with the low volume of the summer months; China’s slowing growth; and the regular array of global macro concerns from politics to the continued role of central bank liquidity programs and the continued impact of QE on global asset prices. Tonight, the Bank of Japan will announce its interest rate decision and it seems that Governor Kuroda will keep the present policy in place: NO RATE CHANGE AND NO INCREASE IN ASSET PURCHASES.
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Notes From Underground: It’s An Infamnia
May 21, 2015Notes From Underground: Europe Is Back to Center Stage … It’s the Crisis That Never Sleeps
April 11, 2012This week has again seen the resurrection of the European debt crisis as the world pays close attention to BOND prices in EURO BONDS. Yesterday saw the German Schatz fall to an all-time-low of 9 BASIS POINTS. Today as some calm was restored to the Spanish and Italian debt markets, the yield on the German 2-YEAR increased to 14 BASIS POINTS. Prompting the rally in the PERIPHERAL DEBT PRICES was a comment by ECB Executive Board Member Benoit Coeure.