ECB cuts interest rates, but is now set to hit the pause button Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’The European Central Bank has, as widely predicted,…
HIGHLIGHTS November 1 2022 Global Markets Eurozone Q3 GDP growth and October inflation data surprised to the upside, suggesting that it is probably too early for the ECB to make a dovish…
Market report: China’s economy suffers and UK housing market cools off in the heat Signs of further slowdown in Chinese economy as China’s Central Bank cuts rates. UK House Prices…
HIGHLIGHTS July 06 2022 Global Markets The EUR weakened sharply against most of its major currency peers on the back of mounting worries over the risk of the Eurozone sliding…
FTSE 100 opens lower after sell offs in Asia and the US. US Consumer confidence takes a battering with a fresh Eurozone reading out later. Trading set to stay tough for…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Tuesday, January 11 2022) GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS January 11 2022 Global Markets According to ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane, Euro zone inflation is not expected to…
Global & Regional Focus Notes | Elevated near-term but will they prove more persistent? GLOBAL & REGIONAL FOCUS NOTES Inflationary pressures: elevated near-term but will they prove more persistent? Inflation…
BIMCO’s SNOW: Europe’s economy retracted 4.8% in the fourth quarter of 2020 The European economy retracted 4.8% in the fourth quarter of 2020, as a rebound in COVID-19 cases put…
Shipping number of the week: Eurozone’s manufacturing PMI indicates drop to 92-month low in March As countries world-wide implement far-reaching measures in an attempt to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19), the…
Daily Overview of Global Markets & the SEE Region (Friday, 12 April, 2019) HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Investors retain a cautious stance ahead of the start of…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: The majority of European bourses opened higher on Friday but gave back all gains standing into negative territory at the time of writing…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Global equity indices made a strong start on the first day of this business week amid positive rhetoric on the US-China trade negotiations.…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: According to press reports, UK Premier Theresa May is likely to face a leadership challenge later today. If she does lose —a simple…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Major European bourses were weaker in early trade on Thursday as Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s modestly hawkish appearance before Congress on Tuesday continued to weigh on risk…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Worries over the prospects of the US tax reform bill prevailed in European trade on Monday. Taking their cue from Wall Street’s losses on Friday,…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Global equity markets retreated from recent highs in European trade on Tuesday, USD extended its recent losses and US government bond yields remained in…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Wall Street closed little changed overnight and the majority of Asian equity markets ended mixed earlier on Tuesday as energy-related shares declined in tandem with…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Wall Street closed modestly higher on Friday as better-than-expected US producer prices upstaged the weaker US consumer sentiment index. Trailing mild gains in Wall Street on…
August euro area inflation surprised on the upside, but disinflation risks remain According to the preliminary estimate published earlier today by Eurostat1 , Euro area headline HICP inflation was…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GREECE: According to local media, government officials appear optimistic that by 11 August a deal will be sealed regarding the new 3rd Bailout, which will then be ratified…
On Thursday the 9th of July, at a full house down at the spacious Astir Palace Westin Hotel in Vouliagmeni, The Economist and Hazlis & Rivas raised the bar with…
Our twenty seventh weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, tonight Friday the 3rd of June 2015, with…
Our twenty¬sixth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015 and beyond, today Friday the 26th of June 2015, with John…
Our eighteenth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015, tonight Friday the 1st of May 2015, with John Faraclas of AllAboutShipping…
Our sixteenth weekly recapitulation of the shipping markets, their respective main indices and world geopolitics affecting same in 2015, tonight Friday the 17th of April 2015, with John Faraclas of AllAboutShipping…