Is it time to normalise interest rates?
There’s an idea circulating amongst the central banks or, more accurately, amongst pressure groups in the central banks. The crux of this idea is: “the central banks should normalise interest rates”.
Fed monetary normalisation
Could the central banks dampen the financial markets’ enthusiam?
Kommer van Trigt (Robeco) | The markets are discounting that in the next few months there will be more certainty surrounding the central banks’ normalisation strategy. In its quarterly outlook, Robeco’s Global Fixed Income Macro team says it makes sense for the central banks to begin to normalise their policies.
Monetary normalisation process remains on track
José Luis M. Campuzano (Spanish Banking Association) | The markets are discounting that in the next few months we will see greater certainty in monetary normalisation strategy. The start of the Fed’s balance sheet adjustment can also provide the rest of the central banks with information on the reversion of quantitative measures.
The Confused Signs Regarding The Fed’s Monetary Normalisation
Not everything is clear through a crystal ball. The Fed is in the process of “normalising” interest rates, but one has to ask whether anyone really believes this…In other words, it appears the market is not convinced that the economy is getting stronger, nor that the inflation rate is hugely threatening.
Fed set to accelerate normalisation strategy as expansive cycle peters out
The communication released after the Fed’s June meeting, along with the publication of the system it will use to potentially reduce its balance sheet, shows there is strong support for continuing with the normalisation of US monetary policy.
Why Is Productive Investment Not Growing More?
J.L.M. Campuzano (Spanish Banking Association) | According to IMF data, the pace of growth of productive investment has slown in economies which are emerging and in the process of developing from levels of 10% in 2010 to 3.6% at the moment.