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Bloomberg路 2025-07-25 06:04
India鈥檚 central bank will continue to prioritize stability in prices while boosting growth in Asia鈥檚 third largest economy, Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday https://t.co/loupxugCLu ...
ECB's Rehn on Inflation, Euro Exchange Rate, US Tariffs
Bloomberg Television路 2025-07-02 11:15
Inflation & Monetary Policy - The ECB believes it is currently in a good place regarding inflation, but there is no room for complacency as risks are two-sided [1] - The ECB's projection indicates that inflation is likely to be below target for 18 months, requiring vigilance to prevent it from becoming persistent [1][2][5] - The ECB is not committed to any particular rate buffer and will make decisions based on data dependency and meeting-by-meeting analysis [3] - The ECB is closely monitoring exchange rate developments, but the exchange rate is not a positive target; the mandate is price stability [5] - The appreciation of the euro has helped in reaching the 2% inflation target, but its persistence could affect the competitiveness of European export industries [6][8] Economic Outlook & Risks - Geopolitical tensions, the trade war, and artificial intelligence are significant factors influencing economic decisions [4] - The trade war's overall result is likely to increase inflation pressures in the US while dampening inflation in Europe due to a more subdued growth outlook [11][12] - The outcome of trade negotiations will impact the trajectory for the eurozone economy [9] Euro as a Reserve Currency - The Eurozone has stronger confidence in Europe and aims to turn this into concrete policy measures to support European industrial competitiveness and productivity growth [13][14] - The euro is already the number two reserve currency in the world and has real chances to become more important, potentially leading to structurally lower interest rates [15][16] - The Eurozone is willing to share some of the "exorbitant burden" of the international reserve currency currently held by the US dollar [16][17]
ECB's Guindos on Inflation, Euro Rate, Fiscal Policy
Bloomberg Television路 2025-07-01 07:37
When you look at trade negotiations right now, could they actually change the outcome of the European economy. Well, I think that there's going to be a very relevant factor. And if you see, for instance, if you watch our our predictions, they are different alternatives, different different scenarios according to the different outcomes that we might have.I hope that, you know, the negotiations will be finalized. So at least this, you know, will deliver a little bit of predictability because now, you know, th ...
Powell: Absolute best thing we can do for housing is to restore price stability
CNBC Television路 2025-06-24 20:15
We see the same thing you do in the in the housing market. It's it's tough. There's not uh people are locked in.They can't afford to get out of their house because the cost of getting to a higher mortgage higher higher price mortgage would be would be a lot. So, um the best thing we can do though is to get inflation sustainably down to 2% and have it stay there over a long period of time. A long period of time.And that that is really what we can offer to them. Um, and I think, you know, to so if you go back ...
Fed Chair Powell: I see significant change in tone around digital assets
CNBC Television路 2025-06-24 15:22
The gentleman from Wisconsin, Mr. . Style, who's also the chair of our subcommittee on digital assets, financial technology, and artificial intelligence. You're recognized for five minutes.Thank you, Chairman Hill. Thank you, Chairman Powell, for being with us today. I want to dive into two actions the Fed's recently taken uh to get a little additional color on.Yesterday, uh the Fed announced uh that reputational risk would no longer be a component in bank exams. Uh I viewed that positively. I viewed u the ...
Fed Chair Powell: 'We are well positioned to wait' before considering policy adjustments
CNBC Television路 2025-06-18 20:30
Our obligation is to keep longerterm inflation expectations well anchored and to prevent a one-time increase in the price level from becoming an ongoing inflation problem. As we act to meet that obligation, we will balance our maximum employment and price stability mandates, keeping in mind that without price stability, we cannot achieve the long periods of strong labor market conditions that benefit all Americans. We may find ourselves in the challenging scenario in which our dual mandate goals are intenti ...
Fed Chair Powell: We are in a good place to respond to significant economic developments
CNBC Television路 2025-06-18 19:22
Um, your friend down at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue continues to lob insults in your direction. And I'm wondering given now that the Supreme Court has maybe carved out the Fed from uh some of the legal implications of that whether this is just noise that the markets and everybody should ignore until your term is up or whether you worry that it could lead to more pressure on confidence on Wall Street on consumers about the uh outlook for the economy. Look I from my standpoint it's it's not complicated.What ever ...