Tag: interest rates

U.S. Debt Crisis: One Step Closer

The cold, hard truth embedded in all these numbers is this: going forward, the U.S. Treasury will have to continue to raise interest rates just to keep investors from selling American government debt.

More Central Banks Raise Interest Rates

The European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde expects the bank “to raise interest rates further over the next several meetings” across the euro zone.

U.S. Interest Rates Rise Again

The Federal Reserve announced its intention to continue to reduce its holdings of U.S. sovereign debt and has no plans to return to buying Treasury securities.

ECB Raises Interest Rates

When the ECB raises interest rates, all other things equal it increases demand for euros on the global foreign-exchange market.

No Rate Hike from ECB Despite Market Pressure

Despite higher inflation and upward pressure on treasury yields, the European Central Bank (ECB) maintains that this is not the time to raise interest rates. In an April 14th press release, the ECB reaffirmed its commitment to both unchanged rates and its tapering of the Asset Purchasing Program. The Bank explained that APP-related purchases of […]