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Egypt’s Central Bank Faces Multiple Crises, Limited Options

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will hold a periodic meeting on Thursday when options to contain successive shocks to the Egyptian economy remain limited before growing local and global crises. CBE will likely raise interest rates at today’s meeting to curb inflation, which…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Commentary: How the debt ceiling could prevent the next banking crisis

With the collapse of several banks in the last few weeks, many fear that their deposits aren’t safe and another financial crisis is looming. Worse, the fight in Washington over raising the debt ceiling threatens to strain the system still more. These two issues may seem worlds apart, but both…

Tribune News Service

How rising interest rates are exposing bank weaknesses

Recent collapses in US and Europe highlight new threats to lenders and upend conventional wisdom

Financial Times

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Lenders cut fixed rates as Reserve Bank decision looms

More than 10 lenders have cut fixed interest rates in the past 10 days, with ING moving to slash its offerings ahead of the Reserve Bank's next interest

The New Daily

No economic growth forecast until next year as outlook ‘exceedingly uncertain’

The Scottish economy is forecast to shrink by 0.7% in 2023.

The Independent UK

Stubborn inflation, tight labor market quite challenging, Miami Fed exec says

Inflation needs to be brought under better control before the Federal Reserve starts reversing its monetary policy of boosting interest rates, a Miami-based regional executive with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said Tuesday, during a regional economic summit at Key Biscayne.

Miami Herald

Calling All Quality Control: Get Rid of These 3 Biotech Stocks ASAP!

High-interest rates are expected to impact the growth of the biotech industry. Therefore, fundamentally weak biotech stocks Bionano Genomics (BNGO), VBI Vaccines (VBIV), and 180 Life Sciences (ATNF) might be best avoided now. Read on….

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The banking crisis was ‘not a systemic event,’ it only affected ‘dumb and greedy institutions,’ according to famed short seller Jim Chanos

Chanos pinned the blame for SVB's collapse on the bank's leadership, while arguing the bank's issues aren't widespread. But that doesn't mean stocks are safe, he warned.

Fortune

SVB's newfangled failure fits a century-old pattern of bank runs, with a social media twist

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10, 2023, came as a shock to most Americans. Even people like myself, a scholar of the U.S. banking system who has worked at the Federal Reserve, didn’t expect SVB’s collapse.

The Conversation

Savings ISAs: different account types explained

Rising interest rates are making savings accounts more attractive, but there is a higher risk of the taxman taking a chunk of your hard-earned returns.

The Week

Scottish economy will not return to growth until 2024, experts warn

But the EY Item Club Scotland forecast said interest rates could be cut later this year, providing a boost.

The Independent UK

Mass exodus at tech firms after boom time

The notoriously boom and bust technology sector has been bleeding workers in 2023 as rising interest rates and falling demand hit hard.

The New Daily

Housing market 'completely altered' as first quarter prices fall for the first time in decade

'The invasion of Ukraine and the associated shift in macroeconomic conditions, especially the rise in inflation and in interest rates, has completely altered conditions in the [housing] market'

Dublin Live

Inflation keeps falling, increasing chances of a Reserve Bank interest rate pause

The official measure of inflation falls for the second month in a row, easing pressure on the Reserve Bank to hike interest rates next week.

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Why These 3 High Volume Financial Stocks Are Not Worth Buying

Volumes have soared with bottom fishers expecting gains through the residual value of sunken financial stocks Credit Suisse (CS), First Republic (FRC), and Silvergate (SI). However, with deflating asset prices amid increasing interest rates, it would be wise to avoid them altogether. Continue reading….

Fortune

The best ways to invest your cash as interest rates keep climbing

High-yield savings accounts are offering big rates and low risk, but advisors say there are tradeoffs to consider.

Barchart

What US Treasury Futures are Telling Us

A look at the various US Treasury futures tells us a lot about what to expect with interest rates, the overall economy, and where the US is in a normal economic cycle.

The New Daily

50-50: RBA mulls rate hike as retail sales slow

Australians are spending less time at the shops as sky high inflation and rapidly rising interest rates eat into retail sales.

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BKI allocates B1bn to buy local shares

SET-listed Bangkok Insurance (BKI) has set aside 1 billion baht for its investment in Thai shares this year, with a focus on banking stocks that are projected to yield higher returns than last year as interest rates rise, says chairman Chai Sophonpanich.

The New Daily

Inflation-hit consumers yet to shake sour outlook

Consumer confidence is still being battered by High living costs and rising interest rates, the latest ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly survey shows.

ABC News

Have you refinanced recently or been offered deals on your mortgage? Tell us

With interest rates at its highest in over a decade, we'd like to hear your experience on refinancing your mortgage.

Fortune

A recession in 2023 is now inevitable. Layoffs in tech and finance will spread to other sectors

Don't let a seemingly strong jobs market fool you–the data today is reminiscent of the early days of past recessions, according to Murray Sabrin.

Fortune

Elon Musk says the state of the commercial real estate debt market is ‘by far the most serious looming issue’

Not only is Elon Musk worried about troubled commercial real estate loans maturing during a period of spiked interest rates. He says it's the next crisis.

The Conversation

Seven likely consequences from the banking crisis that most people haven't realised yet

With four banks down in the US and Europe and at least several more wobbling, we’re currently in the throes of the worst banking strife since 2007-08. Aggressive interest rate hikes have meant that banks are sitting on hefty losses on their portfolios of government bonds – some US$2 trillion…

The Conversation

Rising inflation will continue to cause political headaches for the government, but also for the Bank of England

The Bank of England raised its main interest rate for the eleventh time in a row to 4.25% at its March meeting. At its previous meeting in February the Bank was optimistic about the prospects for inflation in the coming year, saying: “We expect inflation to fall quickly this year.”

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