Brands need to up their game these days, as consumers increase their expectations of brands they do business with, as Forrester has discovered in doing research for its 21st Century Brand Marketing Playbook.
As these policies are accommodative in the near term, long term interest rates will likely rise as long term inflation expectationsincrease which would make corporate debt more expensive.
Short-dated bills of acceptance rose by six basis points as investors reduced expectations for a rate increase in coming months and lowering implied yields.
In its first survey focused on bank liabilities, the BOE said that it found lenders' capital levels were broadly unchanged in the first three months of the year, despite expectations of an increase, as losses, charges and fines for various wrongdoings ate into profits.
That is no catastrophe, but high oil prices will nonetheless feed inflationary expectations (see article) and will have much the same effect on the economy as a tax increase.