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Back to SearchStocks up and bonds down as sentiment improves across markets
The S&P 500 Index is trading at its highest level in 9 months and US Treasuries are falling as the likelihood of an end to the US debt ceiling impass…
3 years, 1 month ago
US debt ceiling and interest rate views in focus
The S&P 500 closed down 0.6% yesterday. Comments from Federal Reserve officials on whether further interest rate hikes will be necessary in light of …
3 years, 1 month ago
US Treasury warns of catastrophe of a US default
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that the US government will default on its payments by 1 June unless the debt ceiling is raised, puttin…
3 years, 1 month ago
Markets dominated by politics
US stocks barely moved on Friday. President Joe Biden, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and other congressional leaders are planning to meet on Tuesday …
3 years, 1 month ago
US debt ceiling, BOE rate hike, tech company news – a lot to digest
From concerns about US regional banks to the US debt-ceiling debate, the Bank of England’s interest rate hike and the raft of news from tech companie…
3 years, 1 month ago
Inflation moderating in both the US and China
Both the US and China have announced CPI inflation data in the last 24 hours and the headline numbers showed inflation moderating. The market reactio…
3 years, 1 month ago
Debt ceiling negotiations and regional bank weakness in the US
President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans have made little tangible progress in averting a first-ever US debt default, but promised negotiati…
3 years, 1 month ago
US equities unchanged even as credit standards tighten
US equities ended the day little changed on Monday, despite the Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Officer Survey showing tightening credit conditions for…
3 years, 1 month ago
Risk sentiment improves across financial markets after a good set of data
The trading week has started on a positive note with Asia Pacific stocks trading higher on improved sentiment after a solid US labour market report a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Rate hikes, earnings, banking turmoil – plenty to digest this week
As if investors didn't already have enough to digest this week, with interest rate hikes from the major central banks and the ongoing earnings season…
3 years, 1 month ago