Eco Week Ahead
World Braces for Fed Easing Amid 36-Hour Rate Rollercoaster
- US move expected, along with first BOJ decision since July
- Investors await BOE gilt plans, Brazil hike, South Africa cut
The Federal Reserve will take center stage this week, with a probable decision to cut interest rates on Wednesday.
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The world economy’s tectonic plates will shift this week when a US easing cycle begins, just as officials from Europe to Asia set policy against a backdrop of brittle markets.
A 36-hour monetary rollercoaster will start with the Federal Reserve’s probable decision to cut interest rates on Wednesday, and finish on Friday with the outcome of the Bank of Japan’s first meeting since it raised borrowing costs and helped sow the seeds of a global selloff.