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Without a doubt, buying treasury bills has become popular in recent months due to the widespread increases in interest rates and, therefore, the returns offered by them. Have you tried buying treasury bills? Or do you prefer to queue in front of the Bank of Spain? Buying bonds directly can be a headache, with complicated…
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At its September 2023 meeting, the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to raise interest rates again by another 0.25%. The official interest rate (deposit facility or interest rate at which banks can make demand deposits with the central bank) was increased to 4%. The increase is due to the fact that although inflation has decreased,…
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During the years that followed the great financial crisis of 2008, investors faced increasing challenges in understanding the economic cycle and, even more, in deciphering the trend of stock markets and inflation.
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The Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.25%. Yesterday, the FED decided to increase interest rates by 0.25%. This takes the official target range of FED FUNDS to 4.75% to 5.00%.
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The inbestMe Savings Portfolio is designed to automatically take advantage of interest rate hikes by central banks.
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As expected, this week, central banks executed another round of interest rates hikes. This is the last one of a series of very quick hikes that they decided in order to regain the control of inflation. The Federal Reserve raised official rates of a total of 4.50% since last year, and the ECB increased interest…
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After a period of low interest rates, Central Banks around the would raised interest rates aggressively to contain inflation. The Federal Reserve led the way higher. In this post, we will examine the mechanics of how the central bank fixes interest rates and what are the main interest rates for short term investing.
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The fastest rises in history During the last few months, we have witnessed one of the quickest increase in official interest rates ever (in particular, we refer to the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve (FED)).
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Since the beginning of March, a few incidents happened in the banking sector. This came quite unexpectedly at a time when everybody was saying that the banking sector is nowadays much more resilient than in the past. What went on and could this mean a new crisis like 2008?
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During the last few days, one important US bank was closed. It was all stunningly quick. Silicon Valley bank was considered one of the best US banks. In just a couple of days it failed, and it was the biggest banking failure of the last 15 years and the second ever.
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