Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

The controversial decision to raise interest rates at a time of significant economic uncertainty unsurprisingly left Mark Carney on the defensive throughout his press conference on Thursday, as...

The likely nomination of Jay Powell to the chief position at the Federal Reserve is expected to be confirmed by Trump later today. This is seen as a continuity choice since Powell has been a member of...

That was clearly not a surprise. Fed hold rates unchanged and has hinted for a December rate hike. The key rate stays at 1% to 1.25% of the FOMC. The likelihood of a rate hike for December has now...

The pound has plummeted following the widely expected rate hike from the BoE with sterling dipping below the 1.31 handle against the US dollar after falling in excess of 1%. The market is clearly...

As expected the Bank of England hiked rates for the first time since 2007 by a majority of 7-2, which was more or less what markets had been expecting, with David Ramsden and Jon Cunliffe voting...

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the global financial crisis, an event that caused doubt and uncertainty within a number of markets and continues to shape the UK housing market...

It is widely expected (rate markets are pricing in a 90% probability of a hike) the Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee will hike policy rates 25bp after 10 years.We are expecting MPC 7-2...

The markets were understandably muted this Thursday morning, as investors wait for November’s Bank of England meeting and maybe, just maybe, the first rate hike in a decade. Though cable is up...

Last night’s Federal Reserve meeting passed uneventfully as the central bank left rates unchanged, while remaining on course to hike rates in December. The market was much more interested in who...

The Czech economy has been growing strongly in 2017, with the latest survey data showing the robust pace of expansion being sustained at the start of the fourth quarter. Inflationary pressures have...

EuropeEuropean equity markets are enjoying a positive run as the bullish sentiment from the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting last week is still doing the rounds. Anglo American (LON:AAL), Rio Tinto...

While the Western indices remained fairly robust, the forex markets became more subdued as Wednesday wore on. It was a pretty strong afternoon for US data. The ADP non-farm employment change reading...

Today we get US labour ADP data ahead of the NFP report on Friday. Bloomberg Survey indicates new jobs creation for October of 200k compared to the prior September read of 135k. The overall sentiment...

Optimism Returns After Brief ConsolidationUS indices are on course to open around half a percentage point higher on Wednesday, as we enter the business end of what promised to be a very busy and...