This year has produced the usual string of surprises for global financial markets. The Econoday team reflect on which of these shocks had the most important impact on international investors. Subscribe [...]
Financial markets are increasingly anticipating interest rate cuts in 2024 despite many central banks sounding much more cautious. The Econoday team looks at what the economic data suggest will happen. Subscribe [...]
In the face of extreme monetary tightening abroad, speculation was rife that the BoJ might finally be forced to follow suit yesterday. In practice, such talk proved overly aggressive. Max Sato and Jeremy Hawkins [...]
It took a while, but investors now seem to accept that many central banks will be keeping key interest rates at high levels for longer than originally expected. And with that, comes increased downside [...]
After the recent round of central bank announcements, hopes are building that many tightening cycles may finally be nearing an end. However, with prices up around 30 percent since last June, the oil market [...]
With the ECB and Fed currently leaving investors uncertain about what to expect from their respective policy meetings next month, inflation and employment data due later this week could have a big impact on [...]
Yield curves are inverted across North America, much of Europe and parts of the Southern Hemisphere but investors are split over what happens next to the global economy. Is a downturn just around the [...]
While the general trend in interest rates remains up, inflation in many parts of the world is cooling as economic activity responds to the unprecedented monetary tightening already delivered. The Econoday team looks at [...]
Over the last couple of days, we’ve seen key interest rates hiked in the Eurozone, left on hold in the U.S. and cut in China. All of which means that the global economic outlook [...]
The global economy may have cooled but service sector activity is still firm and with unemployment so low, just modest growth can support upside pressure on wages and inflation. Even putting the U.S. [...]
