Both the STOXX 50 and the STOXX 600 traded around the flatline on Monday, as investors adopted a cautious stance amid a lack of fresh catalysts. The only notable data release was the UK's final GDP growth figures, which confirmed the preliminary estimate. Trading conditions are expected to remain subdued this week, as the schedule is shortened by the Christmas holiday, with most major European stock exchanges closed on Thursday and Friday. Meanwhile, investors continue to monitor developments in the war in Ukraine, after a Kremlin aide said that European and Ukrainian revisions to US peace...
U.S. President Joe Biden pledged a $4 billion U.S. contribution to the World Bank's International Development Association fund for the world's poorest countries, two sources with knowledge of the commitment said on Monday. Biden announced the U.S. pledge during a closed session of the Group of 20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The amount is a record and substantially exceeds the $3.5 billion Washington committed in the previous IDA fund replenishment round in December 2021. A White House spokesperson in Washington declined comment...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the recent performance of the US economy has been "remarkably good," giving central bankers room to lower interest rates at a careful pace. "The economy is not sending any signals that we need to be in a hurry to lower rates," Powell said Thursday in prepared remarks in Dallas. "The strength we are currently seeing in the economy gives us the ability to approach our decisions carefully." US central bankers began lowering borrowing costs in September with an aggressive half-percentage-point cut, and then lowered the policy rate again by a...
The Federal Reserve approved its second consecutive interest rate cut Thursday, moving at a less aggressive pace than before but continuing its efforts to rightsize monetary policy. In a follow-up to September's big half percentage point reduction, the Federal Open Market Committee lowered its benchmark overnight borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point, or 25 basis points, to a target range of 4.50%-4.75%. The rate sets what banks charge each other for overnight lending but often influences consumer debt instruments such as mortgages, credit cards and auto loans. Markets had widely...
Federal reserve memangkas suku bunga acuan mereka sebesar 25 bps setelah mereka menganggap bahwa inflasi telah mendingin dan telah mendekati ke target yang di harapkan sebesar 2%. Langkah pemangkasan juga dilakukan olehThe Fed guna memperluas upaya untuk menjaga ekspansi ekonomi AS pada pijakan yang kokoh, ia juga masih adanya tekanan pada sektor tenaga kerja Amerika walaupun sudah sedikit mereda dan tingkat pengangguran telah menigkat tetapi tetap rendah. Sumber: newsmaker.id
Australia's central bank held its benchmark interest rate at 4.35% for the eighth meeting in a row, in line with expectations from economists polled by Reuters. In contrast to other central banks in advanced economies, the Reserve Bank of Australia wrote in its statement that "inflation has fallen substantially since the peak in 2022," but also added that underlying inflation is too high. The bank's forecasts also do not see inflation returning sustainably to the midpoint of its 2%-3% target until 2026. Source : CNBC