Economic, Strategy

All analyst comments

09/17/2008  US Fed holds benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.0% 

08/06/2008  The Fed leaves federal funds rate at 2% 

06/26/2008  US Fed retains benchmark Federal Funds rate at 2.0% 

05/04/2008  US Federal Reserve decreased federal funds rate by 25% points to 2.0% 

03/19/2008  Fed cuts the basic interest rate by 75 points to 2.25% 

03/17/2008  Fed takes urgent measures to prevent credit crunch 

01/31/2008  Fed Reserve cuts key interest rate by 0.5% from 3.5% to 3% 

12/12/2007  US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by quarter of a percentage point to 4.25% and disappoints market 

09/19/2007  US Fed cuts interest rate by 0.5% to 4.75% for the first time since 2003 

08/08/2007  US Fed leaves lending rate unchanged at 5.25% 

06/07/2007  ECB raises lending rate to 4% and mulls further hikes 

05/29/2007  Trading in VTB shares gets underway on the Russian stock market 
Comment also related to: Financial sector, VTB, ВТБ

05/15/2007  Bank of Russia raises mandatory reserve rates 

05/11/2007  Bank of England hikes lending rate and ECB is expected to raise lending rate again in Jun 

05/08/2007  April: progress in curbing inflation stalls 

05/07/2007  US: weak economic data spill over to labor market 

04/28/2007  US economy continues to slow down 

04/27/2007  National prosperity fund – not only for future generations 

04/19/2007  EDTM upgrades economic growth forecast 

04/09/2007  EDTM upgrades GDP and industrial growth forecasts