Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: “Futures markets point to a sea of red across the major global equity markets as investors strap in for another busy day of…
HIGHLIGHTS March 7 2023 Global Markets The EUR firmed, while European government bonds came under significant selling pressure, with short-dated papers underperforming and the yield curves bear-flattening, in reaction to…
Global Economic & Market Outlook – Focus Notes (Thursday, September 21, 2017) September FOMC: Downplays softness in inflation and maintains its hiking signals As broadly expected, the Federal Reserve maintained…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Escalating geopolitical jitters over North Korea and Syria continue to weigh on investors’ sentiment, sending the safe-haven Japanese yen and gold to…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Major Asian bourses closed in the black on Friday, with Chinese equity indices ending in a positive territory for the second consecutive week thanks…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Tracking today’s losses in the majority of Asian bourses, European equity markets moved lower in early trade as investors adopt a cautious stance…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: With the FOMC Chairman’s recent mildly hawkish remarks still in investors’ ears, the USD retained a positive tone with the EUR/USD and USD/JPY…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Market expectations for the launch of the ECB’s long-awaited QE program next week favored European bourses and euro area government bonds. On the…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: The USD was modestly weaker in early European trade on Wednesday amid increased expectations that the Fed will probably not rush to push…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: In FX markets, the CHF remained under pressure in European trade on Friday following the SNB’s unexpected decision y-day to impose negative rates on sight…
HIGHLIGHTS SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE SERBIA: Serbia sold on Tuesday €40mn worth of 3Y EUR Bonds at a yield of 4.8%. ROMANIA: Short term RON rates spike above the 3.25% key monetary policy rate in…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: In FX markets, the GBP was among the main underperformers in early European trade on Monday pressured by the results of a YouGov survey which revealed that, for…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: In FX markets, selling pressure on the EUR persisted on Friday amid mounting expectations for further ECB monetary policy stimulus ahead. Against this background, today’s…