European stocks fall as traders wait for US jobs data, dollar steady

Oil drops below $60 a barrel for first time in months. European stocks fell in early trading on Tuesday, struggling to make gains as traders
European stocks fall as traders wait for US jobs data, dollar steady

Oil drops below $60 a barrel for first time in months. European stocks fell in early trading on Tuesday, struggling to make gains as traders
Emerging market resilience to risk-off shocks: Good luck, but mostly good policies

Emerging markets used to be hit hard whenever global investors turned nervous. This column analyses how emerging markets have managed output and inflation during global
The granular origins of inflation

Textbook monetary economics views inflation as fundamentally driven by aggregate shocks, such as money supply or policy rates. This column presents empirical evidence that inflation
Monetary policy transmission through cross-selling banks

When central banks raise or lower policy rates, banks typically pass these changes through only incompletely to the interest rates they pay on customer deposits.
Gold climbs 2% on Fed rate cut as investors weigh US-China trade talks

Spot gold climbed 1.3% to $3,980.00 per ounce as of 1109 GMT. U.S. gold futures for December delivery slipped 0.2% to $3,991.50 per ounce. Gold
The impact of interest: How loan rates shape firm investment

Monetary policy moves aggregate investment, but the underlying drivers remain unclear. This column opens the black box with a German firm survey. A one percentage
Details matter: How loan pricing affects monetary policy transmission in the euro area

Classifying loans as fixed-rate or floating-rate fails to fully capture their distinct sensitivity to changes in ECB policy rates. This column analyses the maturity of
Bank specialization and the transmission of euro area monetary policy

Bank lending is a key channel through which monetary policy affects the real economy. This column explores how the effects of monetary policy on credit
U.S. China trade tensions send Aussie sliding 1%, boost safe havens

Aussie slides as investors flock to safe-havens, yen strenghtens. The Australian dollar tumbled on Tuesday, while the safe-haven Swiss franc and Japanese yen strengthened as

