Focusing on the Super Central Bank Week: Geopolitical Conflicts Take Center Stage, Stock Market Volatility Intensifies | Global Financial Connection

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Global central banks keep interest rates unchanged amid geopolitical conflicts and inflation pressures, with market focus on future expectations. Oil prices and policy uncertainties are increasing asset price volatility, and the future direction of central bank policies and market risk pricing are becoming key concerns.

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Ask AI · How Do Geopolitical Conflicts Affect the Direction of Global Central Bank Policy?

Nanfang Finance and Economics · 21st Century Economic Herald Reporter Yang Yulai, Li Yinong

On March 19, the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, and others successively released their latest interest rate decisions.

Global major central banks have almost collectively “held steady,” and the market has entered a new observation period.

Against the backdrop of steadily accumulating uncertainty, the interest-rate path, the inflation outlook, and geopolitical risks are all jointly influencing global asset prices.

On the one hand, rising oil prices and inflation pressure are making central banks more cautious in their policymaking;

On the other hand, expectations of rate cuts have been repeatedly revised, which is also increasing market volatility.

When policy temporarily pauses,

what is truly driving the market is shifting from “rate decisions” to “forward-looking expectations.”

How will global major central banks choose in the future?

And how will the market reprice risk and return?

In this episode of 《Global Finance Live Link》, we invited Gary Hufbauer, Senior Resident Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and Karl Fe, Professor of Strategy at BI Norwegian Business School, to provide in-depth analysis of the key signals behind the “Super Central Bank Week” and look ahead to where global markets may go next.

Planning: Zhao Haijian

Supervisor: Shi Shi

Editor: Shi Shi, Li Yingliang

Reporters: Yang Yulai, Li Yinong

Editing: Li Qun

Design: Li Jili

New media overall coordination: Ding Qingyun, Zeng Tingfang, Lai Xixian, Huang Daqi

Overseas operations supervisor: Huang Yanshu

Overseas operations content overall coordination: Huang Zihao

Overseas operations editors: Zhuang Huan, Wu Wanji, Long Lihua, Zheng Quanyi

Produced by: Nanfang Finance and Economics Media Group

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