| 12 Feb 2008 |  |  |
European Corporate Strategy - February 2008 |
|  | The Federal Reserve Bank cut US interest rates by 125bps in 9 days as it started to head-off the second stage of the credit crunch. |
| 15 Jan 2008 |  |  |
European Corporate Strategy - January 2008 |
|  | Central banks announced a coordinated set of actions in December, aimed at boosting liquidity over the turn of the year and providing the markets with confidence that the monetary policy authorities were ... |
| 12 Dec 2007 |  |  |
European Corporate Strategy |
|  | The Bank of England chose to join both the Fed and the Bank of Canada in cutting interest rates in December. |
| 13 Nov 2007 |  |  |
European Corporate Strategy - November 2007 |
|  | Central banks kept rates on hold last week, but we believe that a divergence in policy will occur during the second quarter of 2008. |
| 9 Oct 2007 |  |  |
European Corporate Strategy, October 2007 |
|  | Having revised down our forecasts for growth next year, we now look for monetary policy settings to be a little easier next year. |
| 13 Sep 2007 |  |  |
Corporate Corporate Strategy - September 2007 |
|  | The credit crunch has seen central banks halt in their plans for tightening interest rates. |
| 7 Aug 2007 |  |  |
European Corporate Strategy, August 2007 |
|  | Global interest rate markets have been driven by a flight to quality in recent weeks as financial markets have witnessed turmoil. |
| 10 Jul 2007 |  |  |
European Corporate Strategy - July 2007 |
|  | UK interest rates rose to 5.75% in June, a level last seen in March 2001. |
| 25 May 2007 |  |  |
UK Forecast Update |
|  | The risks of a hard landing in the UK economy are rising. While we believe that UK economic activity is slowing, inflationary pressures are not easing as quickly as anticipated, largely due to ongoing ... |
| 17 May 2007 |  |  |
Policy Watch - May 2007 Inflation Report |
|  | The May Inflation Report hinted that the peak of the UK interest rate cycle has already been reached, but only if inflation continues to ease in the months ahead and inflation expectations remain firmly ... |
| 11 Apr 2007 |  |  |
European Corporate Strategy - April 2007 |
|  | The outlook for the dollar has worsened over the month as markets have become increasingly concerned that problems in the US subprime mortgage market will cause the Fed to cut rates promptly. |
| 9 Mar 2007 |  |  |
Corporate Strategy, March 2007 |
|  | As broadly anticipated by financial markets, the MPC kept rates unchanged in March. |
| 17 Mar 2005 |  |  |
UK Budget Report |
|  | There were few surprises in the 2005 Budget, which involved a modest fiscal tightening. The Chancellor claimed that he was 'locking in stability' after the longest period of continuous economic expansion ... |
| 21 Feb 2005 |  |  |
What to Watch |
|  | The week begins quietly in the US with the President's Day public holiday on Monday. |
| 17 Feb 2005 |  |  |
Monthly Review |
|  | The February Inflation Report and its associated press conference proved initially rather perplexing. It seemed that Governor King had decided to follow the more Delphic utterances of Fed Chairman Greenspan, ... |