ECB rate hike Archives - Page 2 of 4

Ending week on a positive note, more central banks next week

By Craig Erlam Markets ended the week on a positive note, but there remains enormous uncertainty around inflation and interest rates that look set to continue throughout the summer. Expectations are changing

16th June 2023

Markets/World

ECB hikes rates, warns another is coming

By Craig Erlam The ECB raised interest rates by another 25 basis points on Thursday and signaled there’s more to come as it significantly revised up its core inflation forecasts for this

16th June 2023

Markets/World

Stock futures seek next catalyst, bitcoin continues slide

By Naeem Aslam US and European stock futures are trading a bit flat, while traders focus on the next big catalyst that is going to drive the price action. The past few

8th June 2023

Markets/World

New housing loans drop by a third

Demand for housing loans dropped by almost 40% in the first quarter of the year, as Cypriot households are put off by rising interest rates, according to the Central Bank of Cyprus.

10th May 2023

Cyprus/Property

Markets lower on central bank decisions

By Jameel Ahmad, Chief Analyst at CompareBroker.io Following a lack of information from the Federal Reserve regarding the US interest rate outlook moving forward, attention once again turned towards resumed selling in

5th May 2023

Markets/World

Markets eager for Fed hike pause

By Han Tan, Chief Market Analyst at Exinity Group Markets are widely expecting a 25-basis point hike by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday; anything else would be a shocker. What’s less certain

3rd May 2023

Markets/World

Investors cautious ahead of Fed, ECB

By Craig Erlam Investors appear to be treading carefully ahead of some key interest rate announcements this week, most notably the Fed on Wednesday and the ECB a day later. Eurozone inflation

2nd May 2023

Markets/World

Businesses crushed under hiking rates

Businesses in Cyprus say they are being pushed to the brink as rising interest rates are adding to their other problems of increased costs of raw materials. Cypriot banks’ practice of keeping

21st March 2023

Cyprus/Economy

Another hugely important weekend

By Craig Erlam It’s been another lively start to the week following a busy weekend in which Swiss authorities had been working tirelessly to complete the sale of Credit Suisse and avoid

20th March 2023

Markets/World

Banks prepping to push up deposit interest rates

As the European Central Bank decides to push up interest rates by another 50 basis point Cypriot banks are prepping to push up interest rates on deposits, acknowledging the increase in interest

20th March 2023

Cyprus/Economy