by Peak Dev | Jul 1, 2015 | News, Perspectives
July 2015 As global growth has slowed, many countries have sought to accelerate their growth by lowering interest rates. Australia, China, India, South Korea and Sweden central banks are just a few to take such measures. The United States (US) Federal Reserve...
by Peak Dev | Apr 1, 2015 | News, Perspectives
April 2015 Central banks are attempting to accelerate their countries’ economic growth rates by lowering interest rates and expanding money supply (printing money or easing bank restrictions). In the last quarter, China, India and Russia lowered interest rates....
by Peak Dev | Jan 1, 2015 | News, Perspectives
January 2015 Central banks try to control monetary policy with the printing of money and movement of short-term interest rates. Switzerland recently joined Japan and the European Union (EU) in creating negative interest rates. In these regions, banks now charge...
by Peak Dev | Jan 1, 2014 | News, Perspectives
January 2014 Last month, the US Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) celebrated its 100-year birthday with a $4 trillion balance sheet. The Fed had less than $1 trillion in assets in 2006 before the financial crisis. Janet Yellen is expected to replace Ben Bernanke as the...
