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Back to SearchFed comments dampen sentiment
Market sentiment has soured after two Federal Reserve officials said they may favour bigger interest rate hikes to combat persistently high inflation…
3 years, 4 months ago
Stocks shrug off retail sales data
A higher-than-expected January retail sales number in the US yesterday did nothing to spur the stock market rally, with all the major indices ending …
3 years, 4 months ago
Inflation still bothersome
In the US, Federal Reserve officials are stressing that they might need more interest-rate increases to help tame inflation but they are expressing …
3 years, 4 months ago
Kazuo Ueda nominated as the new Governor of the Bank of Japan
The major markets across the US and Europe all ended the day in the green yesterday. All eyes will be on the US inflation report due out later today,…
3 years, 4 months ago
US inflation – make or break for markets?
All eyes will be on the release of the January US inflation report this Tuesday, and it could well shape market action this week. Yet, it is not all …
3 years, 4 months ago
Negative market sentiment at the end of the week
Investors are beginning to adjust to the prospect of higher interest rates, dragging down markets around the world. Meanwhile, job cuts in the tech s…
3 years, 4 months ago
Hawkish comments hit sentiment
US equity markets fell yesterday as investors digested comments from four Federal Reserve officials that the Fed needs to continue to raise interest …
3 years, 4 months ago
Yet more comments from Jerome Powell
A week after delivering a 25 basis point interest rate hike, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell welcomed disinflation yesterday, but warned that …
3 years, 4 months ago
Yields rise ahead of Jerome Powell speech today
Jerome Powell is scheduled to speak today with Investors eagerly awaiting his remarks. Rishi Sunak will appoint a new Conservative Party chair, after…
3 years, 4 months ago
Markets under pressure due to renewed geopolitical tensions and US data
Equities as well as bonds are trading lower this morning, with renewed tensions between the US and China over an alleged spy balloon and US payrolls …
3 years, 4 months ago