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Back to SearchECB hikes 50 bps and moves towards a more data-dependent approach
News that the biggest banks in the US said they’ll deposit USD 30 billion with First Republic Bank seemed to boost investor confidence yesterday and …
3 years, 3 months ago
Swiss National Bank to save Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse will borrow CHF 50 billion from the SNB and make a tender offer to buy back up to CHF 3 billion in Dollar and Euro-denominated debt. Eu…
3 years, 3 months ago
Markets finally turn a corner
US equity markets staged a rebound yesterday following the brutal selloff earlier this week, as traders see the worst of the US banking sector turmoi…
3 years, 3 months ago
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) fallout continues to dominate markets
The major US indices closed lower yesterday with the exception of tech which managed to close higher. Asia also traded lower overnight. Traders and i…
3 years, 3 months ago
Silicon Valley Bank collapses
US regulators stepped in over the weekend to ensure that customers of the collapsed bank will have access to their insured and uninsured deposits. Th…
3 years, 3 months ago
Financials and the Fed driving the market
Wall Street suffered a losing session yesterday, dragged down by financials and concerns that higher interest rates could leave banks exposed to loan…
3 years, 3 months ago
Markets digest Powell’s rate hike comments
After suggesting on Tuesday that the US Federal Reserve might be prepared to increase the pace of interest rate hikes again, in his testimony the Fed…
3 years, 3 months ago
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s impact on markets
Jerome Powell warned yesterday that the “the ultimate level of interest rates is likely to be higher than previously anticipated”, which set in motio…
3 years, 3 months ago
Markets rangebound before Jerome Powell’s Senate testimony
The rally on equity markets fizzled out towards the end of the trading day in the US as traders started squaring positions ahead of Federal Reserve C…
3 years, 3 months ago
China sets a cautious growth target
The annual National People’s Congress in China got underway yesterday and China has set a cautious growth target of “around 5%” for this year. With e…
3 years, 3 months ago