Marie Brooks

The US Federal Reserve System increased the key interest rate. Now it’s in the range from 0.75 to 1 percent. The decision made was not unexpected. Surveys of analysts, experts, market participants, which have been held recently, indicated that the probability of rate increase at the meeting in March is very close to 100 percent. […]

Li Keqiang in his speech at the 1st session of the National People’s Congress noted that China will maintain stable growth rates of the country’s economy. They’ll be around 6.5 percent a year. He also noted that China’s authorities are determined to exercise strict control over the changes in the debt burden in the economy. […]

This event, which will be held on November 2-3, will be interesting for professionals working in the financial sector. iMoney Expo 2018 program includes forums and exhibitions. The main issues for discussion will be forex trading, payments, blockchain as well as credit, personal finance, money transfers and payment security. The focus will be on fraud […]

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England decided to reduce the interest rate to 0.25 percent, which was the historic low for the UK. Purchase of government bonds was increased to £79 billion 780 million. Also, the British Central Bank plans to acquire within a year and a half corporate bonds totaling about […]

The head of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, presented to Congress a report on monetary policy in the first half of the year. In his speech, he noted the risks that may have a negative impact on the GDP dynamics of the country. The most impor…