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06.01.2023 07:16 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2023
Could good US payrolls mean bad news for US markets?
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 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
US markets break 4 day losing streak, UK public finances in focus
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 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
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 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
Positive start expected in quieter week for economic data
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 11:05 © ActivTrades Europe S.A. | 2022
European markets extended yesterday’s losses
EUROPEAN SHARES  European markets extended yesterday’s losses, following mixed sentiment in Asia that saw Chinese benchmarks as the only ones ending in the green for the last trading session of the week. Appetite towards riskier assets decreased after renewed hints of an uncertain economic outlo...
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16.12.2022 07:15 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
Recession fears return after ECB sparks big market sell-off
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 13:19 © ActivTrades Europe S.A. | 2022
The Federal Reserve announced an interest rate hike of 0.5%
FOREX The US dollar bounced back from a six-month low, after the Federal Reserve announced an interest rate hike of 0.5%. The hike itself had been anticipated and already priced-in by the markets, but the message conveyed by Jerome Powell after the announcement caused some surprise amongst investor...
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15.12.2022 07:54 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
Bank of England and ECB both expected to hike rates by 50bps
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 11:19 © ActivTrades Europe S.A. | 2022
The US dollar is hedging down against other major currencies
FOREX The US dollar is hedging down against other major currencies during early Wednesday trading, carrying the momentum of the previous session. The greenback sank to the lowest level in six months, after softer than expected US inflation numbers triggered a dollar sell off on Tuesday. With consum...
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14.12.2022 07:33 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
UK CPI set to slow, Fed set to raise rates by 50bps
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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