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SCB CIO warns of rising concern on economic recession

April 24, 2023

The SCB CIO believes that recession fears, particularly in the United States, will intensify during the remainder of 2023 and the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and the Bank of Thailand will all likely stop hiking interest rates in the second quarter.

ECBs reasons to blink mount as Powell shifts on inflation

December 02, 2021

The European Central Banks insistence that surging consumer prices wont endure is being tested so repeatedly that inflation now threatens to overshadow a meeting in two weeks time to revamp pandemic stimulus.

German Inflation Surges to 6% as ECB insists spike will pass

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2021

German inflation surged more than expected in November, complicating the European Central Banks mission to convince consumers that the current spike will soon ease.

Lagarde Says ECB is very unlikely to hike rates next year

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 04, 2021

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde renewed her pushback against market bets for an interest-rate increase in 2022 after an attempt last week left investors unimpressed.

ECBs rock-bottom rate pledge is no longer convincing investors

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021

European Central Bank officials have some convincing to do about their commitment to rock-bottom interest rates, at a time when investors are growing skeptical.

ECB slows crisis stimulus for next quarter as rebound takes hold

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The European Central Bank will slow down the pace of its pandemic bond-buying program in the final three months of 2021, an acknowledgment that the euro areas recovery is strong enough to endure with less support.

ECB unveils higher inflation goal that tolerates overshoot

FRIDAY, JULY 09, 2021

The European Central Bank raised its inflation goal and said it is willing to tolerate a limited overshoot of the target, the outcome of a strategy revamp aimed at bolstering the economy after years of lackluster prices and growth.

ECB renews pledge on faster buying to ensure crisis rebound

FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2021

The European Central Bank renewed its pledge to maintain faster emergency bond-buying despite significant upgrades to its outlook for growth and inflation, as it attempts to sustain the euro area after more than a year of debilitating economic crisis.

ECB downplays yield concerns, signaling no drastic action needed

THURSDAY, MARCH 04, 2021

European Central Bank policymakers are downplaying concerns over rising bond yields, suggesting they can manage the risk to the euro-area economy with verbal interventions including a pledge to accelerate bond-buying if needed.

Thai Union scraps Bt54-bn deal

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2015

THAI UNION GROUP, the world's largest canned-tuna producer, yesterday scrapped a US$1.5-billion (Bt54 billion) attempt to acquire its US rival Bumble Bee Seafoods, after US authorities said consumers would be better off without the proposed transaction.

Increased currency volatility likely after ECB's extension of monetary easing