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Worldwide release of IHS Markit PMI surveys to provide growth, trade and inflation trends Inflation data released across Asia Australia and India set monetary policy US non-farm payrolls Special...

A rather volatile week is drawing to a close and it has been a very interesting one indeed.The dollar started the week on the back foot and it fell initially in the immediate aftermath of the...

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EuropeEuropean stock markets are firmly in the red this afternoon as the surge in Italian government bond yields has rattled investor confidence. The cost of borrowing for the Italian government has...

Non-Farm Payrolls – 05/10 Last week’s decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates for the third time this year, was no surprise given last month’s jump in wages to 2.9%,...

The Italian budget continued to cast a shadow over the markets on Friday, setting up a rocky end to a rocky month.With the FTSE MIB truly losing its head, seeing its losses widen from 2% to 3.5% as...

The US Dollar managed to push higher after Wednesday’s Fed meeting, even if US bond yields weren’t able to. The ambiguity behind the Fed’s messaging appears to have sent mixed...

Wall Street traded higher on Thursday, ending a multi-session losing streak. Investor confidence was bolstered by strong US data, just a day after the Fed hiked rates for a third time. Overnight we...

European markets higher as Italy’s drama brewsEuropean markets traded comfortably higher with London shares benefiting from a weakening of the pound and the oil price coming off its recent...

EuropeEuropean stocks are largely positive heading into the close after the Federal Reserve issued an upbeat assessment of the US economy last night. The mood in Europe is cautiously optimistic,...

Jerome Powell didn’t rock the boat during Powell the last FOMC meeting. As widely expected, policy makers raised the target band for the federal fund rate by 25bps to 2% - 2.25%, for the third...

Fresh concerns about Italy’s borrowing costs have shaken European stock markets. It has been reported that the two coalition partners in Rome are keen to press ahead with increased spending,...

As expected the European markets opened in the shadow of Wednesday evening’s Federal Reserve rate rise and post-hike statement.To the surprise of no-one – and to the immense displeasure of...

The US Federal Reserve followed its own playbook pretty closely this week, yesterday raising the benchmark federal funds rate a quarter point to 2.00-2.25 as expected. It also dropped the word...