10 February 2022 ECB 'Dove' Lane Pushes Back on Eager Rate Hike Expectations

ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane has pushed back against market expectations for a number of interest rate rises in 2022, saying the ECB could accommodate a temporary rise in inflation.

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10 February 2022 House Price Growth Forecast to Slump to 0.2% Month-on-month

Pantheon Macroeconomics is forecasting only modest rises in house prices in 2022 as real incomes take a hit from rising inflation and tax increases.

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09 February 2022 Bank of England's Pill: Bank Rate Headed to 1.0%

The Bank of England looks all but set on a path to raise Bank Rate to just above 1.0% in 2022, according to its Chief Economist.

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09 February 2022 Bank of England's Base Interest Rate Tipped for 1.50% by Jan. 2023

The Bank of England's basic lending rate could sit close to 1.50% by the time 2023 gets underway.

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09 February 2022 Beware the ECB's "False Start" on Interest Rate Normalisation: ABN AMRO

Euro bulls have misread the European Central Bank's intentions on policy normalisation warns a major European bank which sees the Deposit Rate remaining below 0% even once hikes have been delivered…

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08 February 2022 "The ECB Needs to Act" say Economists, but Debate on Timing Rages

Nordea sees 25bp hike due in December, Berenberg says March lift-off as more likely.  Timing matters greatly for EUR exchange rates.

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08 February 2022 "Fast and Furious" Bank of England to Hike Bank Rate to 2.0% says Credit Suisse

A strong labour market and rising wages will mean the Bank of England will have to keep pushing interest rates higher says Credit Suisse, even as UK inflation rates begin to fall later in 2022.

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