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Monetary policy drift to continue.Fed likely to keep tightening while buoyed by a solid domestic backdrop Looking at the Federal Reserve (Fed) from the other side of the Atlantic, the question is really to what extent the Fed can continue to ‘decouple’ its monetary policy from other main global central banks, including those in Europe.The three-month Treasury bill rate in the US is at c.2.2%, while a straight average of the corresponding rate in Germany (c.-0.6%) and the UK (c.0.7%) is...

Macroview Although the probability of a June/July rate hike by the Fed has increased, the minutes also highlighted downside risks still facing the US economy Read full report here The minutes of the April Federal Open Market Committee meeting published on 18 May surprised by their hawkish tone. The key phrase that unsettled observers was that should conditions continue to improve, “it likely would be appropriate for the Committee to increase the target range for the federal funds rate...