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11th August 2021
Investors have continued to digest last week’s strong US jobs report and updated policy guidance from the Bank of England, whilst the reaction from equity markets has remained largely muted so far this week.
4th August 2021
With most major economic updates still to come, global equity market gains have largely been driven by company results so far this week.
28th July 2021
Equities in both China and Hong Kong have fallen heavily so far this week as China’s President, Xi Jinping, continues to clampdown on the power of big Chinese companies.
22nd July 2021
It has been a volatile start to the week, on Monday most global equity markets continued last week’s slide, on concerns around coronavirus infection rates.
14th July 2021
Inflation was back in focus yesterday (13 July 2021) following the release of US CPI inflation data for June. From a headline perspective, the US CPI inflation reading of 5.4%, for the year to June, came in above expectations of 4.9% and the May reading of 5%.
7th July 2021
Although last week’s US employment data showed that the US economy is heading in the right direction, it failed to provide us with the evidence that the US economy is making sufficient progress to justify the Fed’s recent dramatic dot plot shift.