ICIS Blogs : interest rates

Asian stockmarkets fall on stagflation risk

Chemicals & The Economy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:41:56 GMT

I noted earlier this year that China was now exporting inflation, rather than the deflation of the past decade. Working in Asia again this week, one can see a major change in attitudes is now underway. Rising food and energy prices are having an enormous...(read more)

Interest rates to rise by the end of May

Chemicals & The Economy — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:43:37 GMT

Headline interest rates are set by central banks. But the ones that we actually pay, as consumers or companies, are set by the banks themselves. And most of these are based on LIBOR - the London Inter-Bank Offer Rate - which is the main benchmark for...(read more)

A tale of two outlooks – part 2

Chemicals & The Economy — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:19:02 GMT

In an early blog last July , I marvelled at the contrast between the then upbeat nature of financial markets, and the gloom apparent elsewhere. I suggested that these two views of life couldn’t ‘continue to exist alongside each other for ever’, and suggested...(read more)