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06.01.2023 07:16
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It’s been a generally positive start to 2023 for European markets as optimism that inflation has peaked, along with lower oil and gas prices prompts optimism that central banks may not have to tighten as aggressively as feared at the end of 2022.Today’s EU flash CPI for December could add furthe...
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21.12.2022 06:48
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European markets underwent a choppy session yesterday, initially opening sharply lower in the wake of the Bank of Japan’s decision to relax its yield curve control criteria, before closing well off the lows of the day.Bond yields still moved higher despite the lack of downside in stock markets as...
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20.12.2022 07:52
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Europe set for lower open as Bank of Japan stuns markets with unexpected tweak to policy settings
European markets saw a modestly positive start to the week yesterday in what looked set to be a fairly quiet week, as we head into the dying embers of a year that has seen some significant volatility and weakness.US markets on the other hand fell back sharply as rising yields acted as a major drag o...
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19.12.2022 07:58
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After a relatively benign start to the month of December we saw sharp falls in European markets last week, with the DAX falling to five-week lows and the FTSE100 to four-week lows, as the fallout from Thursday’s hawkish rate pivot from the European Central Bank rippled through the market.These con...
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16.12.2022 07:15
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Any thoughts that we might see a so-called Santa rally into Christmas suffered a significant setback yesterday as European markets fell sharply after ECB President Christine Lagarde put on her best Grinch persona to deliver a very bleak outlook for the European economy in 2023.It was this, rather th...
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15.12.2022 07:54
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US markets finished the session lower after the Federal Reserve raised rates by 50bps as expected while adjusting up its expectations for rate rises next year. Despite the hawkish slant the market reaction has been fairly measured.Asia markets have also slipped back with the latest Chinese retail sa...
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14.12.2022 07:33
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After going into hibernation after the US November payrolls and services ISM reports, the peak inflation narrative got a fresh lift yesterday when US CPI rose by its lowest annual number this year, sending bond yields sharply lower and European markets to their highest levels in 6 months.US markets...
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13.12.2022 07:50
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European markets got off to a weak start yesterday as investors trod lightly ahead of today’s US CPI release for November.US markets on the other hand saw a more positive session, finishing the session higher, pulling back some of the losses seen last week, with the gains evenly spread across the...
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12.12.2022 07:40
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For a good part of this month, European and US markets have seen their progress off their lows in October come to a halt, as we come to the end of the year, and ahead of three big central bank meetings later this week.European markets posted their first significant weekly loss since October, as did...
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09.12.2022 07:50
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European markets finished the day lower yesterday, with nervousness over a global slowdown very much front of mind with the market very much in defensive mode as we head into the weekend.US markets on the other hand managed to break a 5-day losing streak by finishing the session higher, despite furt...
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