Market report: Supreme caution among central bankers amid global tariff turmoil

Susannah Streeter
  • Eyes turn to the Fed’s interest rate decision later amid tariff turmoil.
  • Bank of Japan keeps interest rates on hold as policymakers exercise caution.
  • Bank of England rate setters expected to sit on their hands, but a cut can’t be ruled out.
  • Oil prices dip back, amid small steps of progress on Ukraine ceasefire talks

Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown:

‘’Caution is set to be the name of the game today as investors assess crunch central bank...

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How Japan can escape financial socialism, Japan’s road to recovery

How Japan can escape financial socialism, Japan’s road to recovery

Tuesday 30 March 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.13.2

Commentary: How Japan can escape financial socialism

By Jesper Koll in Tokyo

The cumulative effects of the Bank of Japan’s steadfast buying of exchange-traded funds have de facto turned Japanese equity markets into an  experiment in financial socialism. Officials seem to have no idea how to restore the functioning of free markets. Ending this experiment and restoring free-market functioning...

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