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Turkey central bank lifts year-end inflation forecast to 9.8 percent

Bloomberg Turkey’s central bank Governor Murat Cetinkaya said on Wednesday that he expects inflation to accelerate in October and November, driven by a weaker currency and rising oil prices, before the rate starts to ease a month later. The lira declined on the comments. The central bank revised its year-end inflation forecast to 9.8 percent from 8.7 percent three months ...

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Allianz, Aberdeen on collision course over pound after BOE

Bloomberg Some of Europe’s biggest fund managers are set for a face-off on how best to trade the UK’s first potential interest-rate increase in a decade. Allianz Global Investors GmBH is looking to sell the pound into a rally, betting the Bank of England won’t signal further policy tightening given lingering economic and political risks. Fidelity International has a similar ...

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‘RBNZ reform could potentially lower rates’

Bloomberg Reforming the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s monetary policy mandate could potentially result in lower interest rates, the new finance minister said. Requiring the central bank to target full employment as well as price stability when making rate decisions will ensure its objectives are more aligned with the well-being of New Zealanders, Grant Robertson said in a television interview ...

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