Archive for March, 2006
US loans rates- an uneasy calm
The calm is eerie. After a few years of strong economic growth, tame inflation, predictable monetary policy moves and continued overseas demand for US assets, volatility in the bond market has fallen dramatically. The Merrill Lynch Option Volatility Estimate index, which tracks the implied volatility of one month options on different Treasury bonds, has fallen [...]
March 6, 2006
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Euro loans rate rises 0.25 to 2.5 per cent with more to come
European shares and government bonds fell and the euro rose after Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank, followed up an expected rise in interest rates with a strong hint of more to come. The prospect of further rises in interest rates in the eurozone unnerved both equity and bond markets yesterday. The [...]
March 3, 2006
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