Global Economic Outlook: Why Is The Fed Raising Interest Rates?

The US Federal Reserve confirmed market expectations by raising interest rates with 25 basis points. Today's Global Economic Outlook considers an investment strategy for the new higher-rates world economy. This post is powered by the Bitcoin Trading Network xbt.social - CCN29 and get 29USD off! Economic Indicators. World Indexes and Forex Rates. Commodities. In the Calendar This Week. Wed 16 December. USD FOMC Economic Projections. USD FOMC Statement. USD Federal Funds Rate (actual: 0.35% expected:<0.50% previous:<0.25%). USD FOMC Press Conference. Making The News. The Federal Reserve....

This week's economic calendar is focused on Thursday when the Fed is expected to announce the first hike in US interest rates. Saying so and achieving it are two different things and we examine the cunning plan by which the Fed intends to realize higher interest rates in practice. Meanwhile, objective global economic conditions are creating cashflow problems and some large players, such as governments, have started selling assets. This post is powered by the Bitcoin Trading Network xbt.social - CCN29 and get 29USD off! Economic Indicators. World Indexes and Forex Rates. Commodities. In the....

Crypto prices immediately came crashing down after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced they are increasing interest rates during an economic summit on September 21. Now, in a not-so-delayed reaction, the United Nations is calling on the U.S. central bank and other large western regulators not to continue raising their interest rates, a UN agency […]

A recentarticle in Forbes caused a stir. The piece was entitle "A Guide to South Africa's Economic Bubble and Coming Crisis". The article lays out the economic case that current South African economic growth is illusory: fuelled by 'hot money' and a resulting credit bubble that is ready to pop. It is argued that a global economic environment of low interest rates has resulted in the necessary economic distortions to drive this massive credit bubble. Interest rates should represent the price of savings in an economy. People either save or spend their earnings. What isn't spent is saved.....

Is the U.S economy getting better? This appears to be the general sentiment as the Federal Reserve announced today that it would be raising interest rates by 0.25 percent (one-quarter) for the first time this year and only the second time in the last decade. Since 2008, the U.S. (much like the rest of the world) has been on pins and needles from an economic standpoint. While some argue that the country has endured certain measures of stabilization, the fact that job reports are still low and unemployment spikes have been running rampant all year makes the general public a little skeptical.....