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...Bernanke also urged the Monetary Policy Committee, which sets interest rates, to end a heavy reliance on its central economic forecast as a communication tool....
...“Business urgently needs to see crystal clear communication from Defra on its plans, and if any changes are being made then they need to know now.”...
...Central banks also need to be clear and cautious with their communications. Policymakers can fund debt relief, and can progress frameworks that would allow quick responses to failing banks....
...The UK communications regulator has proposed a ban on inflation-linked price rises during the life of customer contracts for phone, broadband and pay-TV services....
...But he said the BoE would have to think hard about how it deployed alternative scenarios in its communications....
...Fed governor Chris Waller was clear last month that he would need to see “at least a couple [of] months of better inflation data before I have enough confidence that beginning to cut rates will keep the...
...Speaking to the FT after the BoE’s March rate-setting meeting, Bailey made it clear that he sees the changes that will follow the Bernanke report as a “once in a generation” opportunity for Britain’s central...
...However, good communication — that is clear and simple — is one potential way to mitigate volatility, providing financial markets with an anchor for medium-term rates....
...“The non-specific use of words like ‘volatility’ and ONS advising ‘caution’ do not provide users with enough information to support appropriate use,” the OSR said, calling for “improved, clear and open communication...
...Bank of Communications, another large bank, reported on Wednesday that its property bad loan ratio increased from 2.8 per cent to 5 per cent as of the end of 2023....
...(Beneath the communication mess, the signal here is that with somewhat fewer rate cuts, the UK can also have higher non-inflationary growth than previously expected.)...
...It is now clear that central bank interest rates have peaked in most advanced economies; the Swiss National Bank has even started the loosening cycle with a surprise cut last week....
...On Friday, Ben Bernanke published his report into forecasting and communication at the Bank of England....
...When inflation was running wild, smashing the higher-rates button with maximum vigour was the clear call. Now, more finesse is needed to secure the soft landing....
...The latter choice is pretty funny because it sort of rules out the idea that there are clear AI plays that aren’t already at least a little priced in....
...The case for cuts by mid-year is pretty clear on our forecast....
...In retrospect it is clear that the peak years when global interest rates were low, risk appetite high, and foreign capital came flooding in, were an exception to the trend....
...He suggested that M&A deal flow indicates that corporate buyers sees the value in the market: Spirent Communications and DH Smith both received multiple takeover bids last week at big premiums....
...Despite the failures at the ONS, the agency’s regulator has said the main problem has chiefly been communication....
...Several features of our demography are quite clear. One is that fertility rates — the number of children born per woman — have been falling just about everywhere....
...Sandra Horsfield of Investec said it was not clear that the UK public would celebrate the fall in inflation as much as markets....
...In other cases there might be a hard number mentioned in the press release, but subsequent communication is very much YOLO....
...Moore often breezes through the economics in favour of telling us a story — although it’s not always clear what that story is....
...“Italy’s economic sector is healthy, default rates are at their historic lows....
...So I think that the Fed has had a problematic approach to financial communications....
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