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US headline inflation rose to 1.9% in March. With core inflation at 2.0% and the economy near full employment, the Federal Reserve is right on target with its policy goals. Given that inflationary...

EuropeEurozone stocks are broadly higher going into the close as sentiment has rebounded. Francois Villeroy of the European Central Bank (ECB) said the euro area is slowing down, but it is not in...

U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers see relatively calm economic seas ahead and are happy just to tread water on policy, leaving interest rates unchanged more or less indefinitely, according to the...

There was no post-EU summit surge for sterling, the currency’s fingers burned too many times in the last few months to fully trust any developments. Up 0.1% against the dollar and flat against...

Mario Draghi’s press conference did nothing to dampen speculation that the European Central Bank (ECB) will have to loosen monetary policy again before too long. The outgoing president said on...

The high drama of a Brussels summit between the 28 EU leaders that ran late into the night failed to cause a commensurate move in the markets, with both the pound and UK stocks decidedly nonplussed at...

Wall Street gained and Asian markets slipped following cautious words from central banks. A dovish ECB, milder US core inflation and a growing number of Fed policymakers who now see policy moving in...

US markets managed to close modestly higher yesterday, though some of the gains were constrained by a slightly more hawkish interpretation of the latest Fed minutes to what many in the markets had...

There wasn’t too much to the US open, just as there wasn’t too much to the Wednesday session as a whole. Dropping around 50 points, the Dow Jones continued to reverse its sprightly start...

Financial markets have to digest many different factors during today’s session. First, the international lending entity IMF slashed global growth for the third consecutive time in six months for...

Equity markets soften as investors avoided risk after the IMF downgraded its global growth forecasts.Crude oil fell on the lower growth outlook and Russian voicing approval with the current level of...

The IMF cut its forecast for global GDP growth to 3.3% in its latest World Economic Outlook. It was the third downgrade of the IMF forecast in just six months’ time, pushing the growth estimate...

On the day of an EU summit that’ll decide the next Brexit step, the markets got off to yet another muted start this Wednesday.Following reports that the EU will offer Theresa May an Article 50...

Europe, U.S. futures hold onto green territory after mixed Asian session Yields fall below 2.5% as investors rotate into safety on lower IMF growth outlook, trade tariffs headwinds Pound climbs on...