Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

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...

On Thursday, the Bank of England is widely expected to do something that a large group of people will never have experienced, raise interest rates.For the first time in a decade and the first since...

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...

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...

A rebounding manufacturing PMI couldn’t do much for the FTSE, which spent Wednesday morning with a retail sector headache.October’s PMI came in at 56.3 against the 55.8 forecast and the...

On Thursday the Bank of England will announce its latest interest rate decision, it will also release its Inflation Report all at 12:00 GMT, before Governor Mark Carney speaks at 12:30 GMT. The market...

The latest data on the UK manufacturing sector has come in as a little better than expected with the PMI reading for October beating forecasts and rising to 56.3. The pound has reacted positively to...

It’s the start of November, and with it begins an absurdly busy 3 days, flush with manufacturing and services PMIs, Fed and BoE meetings and a potentially blockbuster non-farm Friday. The entire...

US markets posted their seventh successive monthly gain in October, while markets in Europe also had a decent month, with the FTSE100 making its best gain since May. The EuroStoxx 50 also...

EuropeStock markets in Europe are relatively quiet today as Germany celebrates Reformation Day. When a major market is shut due to a public holiday, it not uncommon for trading activity to be a little...

Despite a very good afternoon for data the Dow Jones and dollar were reticent to do much this Tuesday, investors holding back ahead of tomorrow’s Fed statement. The CB consumer confidence...