Steve Barrow
Steve Barrow
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half inflation neck percentage raise rates
We feel that the ECB should take inflation by the scruff of the neck and raise rates by a half percentage point,
closest fed official peak perhaps rates suggesting
This is perhaps the closest any Fed official has come to suggesting the peak on rates for now.
bank canadian currency face hike meeting next performing rate retail slightly week
The Canadian currency is still performing very well especially in the face of a slightly disappointing retail number. The Bank of Canada's meeting next week will be the focus. A rate hike next week is most likely.
bit brought comments happens hopeful perhaps pushing slightly trade
Dollar/yen is slightly higher, perhaps as a consequence of that, with some of the comments sounding a little bit more hopeful in the sense of them not pushing on the anti-China trade legislation that they've brought to Congress. But we'll have to see what happens when they get back (to the U.S.).
again expect fed focus funds higher levels next per year
The focus next year will again be on the Fed -- we expect Fed funds to go up to 5 per cent, higher than levels priced into the markets.
deliver euro fact hike hikes pull rate skeptical whether year
I'm still skeptical whether we will see a hike from the ECB this year. The fact the ECB won't deliver on rate hikes this year will probably pull the euro back.
chance entry euro markets nervous next outlook pricing remote
Markets are nervous about the outlook for euro entry. The market is pricing in the possibility of a remote chance of entry into the euro in the next parliament.
chance entry euro markets nervous next outlook pricing remote
Markets are nervous about the outlook for euro entry, ... The market is pricing in the possibility of a remote chance of entry into the euro in the next parliament.
care data hardly market meeting tomorrow
With the FOMC meeting tomorrow the market is hardly going to care too much for the US data today.
against believe cents danish euro joining referendum slide
We believe the euro could slide to 85 cents and things could get a lot worse, with the Danish referendum going against joining the euro.
economy happens higher hike inflation meeting moving next pushed rate underlying weeks
We'd like to see it at the next meeting on Nov. 30. Underlying inflation is moving higher and Europe's economy is still strong. We will have to see what happens in the next two weeks ? it may be the next rate hike is pushed into next year.
belief euro fall firm hold level likely
We still hold firm to the belief that the euro will fall to 80 cents. At that level the ECB is most likely to intervene.
belief euro fall firm hold level likely
We still hold firm to the belief that the euro will fall to 80 cents, ... At that level the ECB is most likely to intervene.
cautious corporate decide ditch far happening investors maybe rally recovery stocks takes throw trust
I don't trust this rally as far as I could throw it. It maybe takes a while for investors to decide to ditch even more stocks and become even more cautious about corporate debt. I don't see what's happening here as a harbinger of recovery for the market.