Why bank stocks are down when lending is up
Investors are looking past the current boom in loan activity, fearing that inflation and other factors will cool demand and make it harder for borrowers to make payments.
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Investors are looking past the current boom in loan activity, fearing that inflation and other factors will cool demand and make it harder for borrowers to make payments.
The collapse in sterling will have devastating consequences. The cost of imports increases, raising the prices paid by workers at the pump, in supermarkets and on energy bills. The already high rate of inflation (12.3 percent) will be driven up further.
The Bank of Japan's intervention to prop up a freefalling yen has currency investors speculating about which central bank could move next in the face of a soaring dollar.
The precipitous slide in Japan's currency has run so far and fast it's spooking big investors, and some are cutting bets that it will decline further, anticipating policymakers may soon step in to
The value of the United Kingdom's pound sterling has slumped to its lowest level against the United States dollar since 1985, reflecting the deteriorating economic situation in Great [...]