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Back to SearchEconomic stimulus from China boosts equities
After US labour market data drove up stock prices on Friday, today it is China and its government's measures intended to prop up its ailing economy t…
3 years ago
Fed’s eyes on today’s US employment report
The US employment report will take centre stage today and it could well impact the US Federal Reserve’s future interest rate decisions. In China, aut…
3 years ago
More data moves markets
Lower-than-expected Q2 US GDP data yesterday added to investors’ hopes that the Fed might take a breather in its hiking cycle. Stock markets might ha…
3 years ago
A welcome cooling in the US labour market
The cooling of the US labour market suggests that the US Federal Reserve may pause its rate hike cycle in September. This sent equity prices soaring …
3 years ago
Markets upbeat ahead of economic data releases
Global equities advance as investors continue to ponder central bankers’ comments at the Jackson Hole economic symposium last week and ahead of a ser…
3 years ago
Stock markets rally on careful central bankers and China news
After central bankers delivered no surprises to markets at Jackson Hole, equities are rallying this morning led by Chinese on-shore stocks, which are…
3 years ago
Everyone’s waiting for Jerome Powell
US stock markets stumbled yesterday as strong results from blockbuster Nvidia failed to boost the broader stock market and as investors seemed nervou…
3 years ago
AI optimism drives stock markets higher
Nvidia delivered sterling results yesterday, topping analysts’ expectations for earnings per share, revenue and the forecast for quarterly sales. Sto…
3 years ago
US stocks hampered by rising bond market yields
US equities fell further yesterday, weighed by concerns over rising Treasury yields ahead of a key speech later this week from Fed Chairman Jerome Po…
3 years ago
Tech stocks rally despite rise in bond yields
The sell-off in US bond markets resumed yesterday, pushing yields on typical Treasuries and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) up to leve…
3 years ago