One day after the Fed hiked rates by 25 bps as part of Janet Yellen's final news conference, it is central bank bonanza day, with rate decisions coming from the rest of the world's most important central banks, including the ECB, BOE, SNB, Norges Bank, HKMA, Turkey and others.
Just in case you are not sick of reading about record low volatility yet (yes, the WSJ had another piece on it this morning "Market Volatility Has Vanished Around the World"), here is Goldman's Ian Wright pointing out that "central bank meetings didn't jolt rate vol" (in case anyone didn't notice), and is the latest to warn that "the potential for rate shocks has increased over longer-term horizons as more pressure builds for rates to rise."
Written by David Haggith - The Great Recession Blog
Just about every major banker and finance minister in the world is meeting in Washington, D.C., this week, following two rushed, secretive meetings of the Federal Reserve and another instantaneous and rare meeting between the Fed Chair and the president of the United States. These and other emergency bank meetings around the world cause one to wonder what is going down. Let’s start with a bullet list of the week’s big-bank events: