ASAnoop Singh

1. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Anoop Singh

   Why are some central banks raising rates and others holding them? (opens the original)

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   The reasons behind their decisions reveal much about the state of the world economy IN 2025, financial markets expected the world’s major central banks to be moving towards lower interest rates. Today, a better question may be: Who is not raising them, and why? First, some major banks have tightened policy: The European Central Bank (ECB) raised rates on Sep 10; the US Federal Reserve followed on Sep 16, lifting rates for the first time in three years; and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) hiked its polic

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2. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Anoop Singh

   What America’s high bond yields and China’s low rates tell us (opens the original)

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   Neither high yields nor low ones are inherently reassuring – they reflect different economic conundrums FOR much of the past four decades, sovereign bond markets drew a relatively clear distinction. Advanced economies generally borrowed cheaply, while emerging economies paid a premium for fiscal, inflation and institutional risk. That distinction is blurring. A motley group of advanced economies – the US, the UK, France and Japan – is now among the leaders in government bond yields. But perhaps

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