{"id":63567,"date":"2026-06-25T08:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T00:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63567"},"modified":"2026-06-25T08:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T00:26:04","slug":"higher-for-longer-us-rates-could-boost-singapore-banks-earnings-beyond-2026-analysts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63567","title":{"rendered":"Higher-for-longer US rates could boost Singapore banks&#8217; earnings beyond 2026: analysts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"article-description\">A hawkish Fed could be good news for DBS, OCBC and UOB, even as benefits may not be equal across the sector<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body-container\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">[SINGAPORE] A more hawkish US Federal Reserve could provide an earnings boost for Singapore banks by slowing the pace of net interest margin (NIM) compression, analysts say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">Some have also suggested that the sector\u2019s outlook beyond 2026 may improve if interest rates remain elevated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6 inline-block\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">The prospect of US rates staying higher for longer comes as markets reassess expectations for monetary easing after the <a class=\"text-verticals-btblue underline hover:text-blue-500\" data-testid=\"article-annotation-link-component\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/international\/global\/new-fed-chief-kevin-warsh-hawk-doves-clothing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fed signalled a firmer stance on inflation and interest rates<\/a> under new chair Kevin Warsh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/companies-markets\/higher-longer-us-rates-could-boost-singapore-banks-earnings-beyond-2026-analysts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hawkish Fed could be good news for DBS, OCBC and UOB, even as benefits may not be equal across the sector [SINGAPORE] A more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}