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Global Equities rally, mirroring Friday's US equity gains US dollar softens Yields on 10-year Treasurys climb back above 2.9 percent, nearing 3.00 psychological level European stocks rise across...

Rising oil prices means that, like the eponymous shark Jaws, inflation keeps coming back. Manufacturers report tighter margins and consumers face a summer of squeezed budgets. Just when you thought...

SummaryMarkets shrugged off concerns that worsening trade relations could soon drag on global growth on Monday, after the latest sign that the U.S. economy remains robust. One eye on jobs, one on...

The latest construction figures support the recovery seen in other data points in recent weeks after both retail sales and manufacturing came in better than expected.While the reading was above...

Carrying over last Friday’s robust relief rally, investors continued to ignore the trade tensions sprouting out of the US in favour of celebrating the improved political situation in the...

European markets finished last week lower despite the strong US jobs report on Friday doing its best to lift the mood of investors. The sell off can yet again be put down to political jostling as...

Manufacturing PMI rises in May but fails to recoup April's decline Weak new order inflows mean backlogs of work drop to the greatest extent since August 2016 Record rise in inventories of finished...

G7, politics and trade As equity markets mull the prospect of another negative week for European stocks, with the exception of the FTSE100, the upcoming G7 meeting is likely to be one of those 'fly on...

First, a few words about the behavior of the major currency pairs and cryptocurrency pairs over the past week:EUR/USD. The behavior of this pair at the beginning of the week was determined by the fear...

Global markets were positively fazed by May jobs data, though the release turns the dollar’s pain trade a notch higher.High side of 'Symmetric' Closely watched earnings growth was better than...

EuropePolitics has played a big role in today’s positive move in European stocks. In Italy there was a political compromise that lead to the formation of a coalition government between the Five...

The FX market reacted little to the announcement of a coalition government in Italy. President Sergio Mattarella finally approved the list of ministers presented by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conti.The...

You may not guess it based on the current levels in financial markets but it’s been quite a week for investors which has been reflected by a spike in volatility, with politics being the main...

A better than expected reading on the manufacturing sector will come as a pleasant surprise for the BoE, with the PMI reading for May rising to 54.4. The reading is the first to beat consensus...