Going for a hike!

About this episode

Cathal Kennedy and Peter Schaffrik discuss the ECB's recent rate hike and compare it with the BoE's upcoming meeting.

Straight after the ECB’s first rate increase in quite a few years, Cathal Kennedy and Peter Schaffrik discuss the ECB’s rate hike, the set of new forecast and the likely path going forward. Peter and Cathal also discuss next week’s BoE meeting and compare and contrast the two central banks’ approach to monetary policy at present. Participants: Peter Schaffrik (Desk Strategy), Head of UK/European Rates & Economics Cathal Kennedy (Desk Strategy), Senior UK Economist * Research Analyst opinions are their published views, independent of those expressed by Desk Analysts

People in this episode

Guests: Cathal Kennedy, Peter Schaffrik

Topics covered

• ECB rate hike
• BoE meeting
• monetary policy
• economic forecasts
• central banks

Keywords

• ECB
• BoE
• rate hike
• monetary policy
• economic forecasts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ECB, BoE, RBC Capital Markets

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