Market Monitor – 7 October 2022
Global stock markets clawed back some of their recent losses this week, on hopes that central banks may not need to raise rates as quickly as previously feared.
Market Monitor – 23 September 2022
Stock markets around the world have extended their September losses as the latest round of interest rate rises appears to have increased the likelihood of a global economic slowdown.
Market Monitor – 12 August 2022
The possibility that inflation may have peaked in the world’s largest economy provided a major boost to global stock markets this week.
Market Monitor – 5 August 2022
Global stock markets have managed to hold on to last week’s gains despite another central bank interest-rate increase, gloomy economic data and growing political tension between the United States and China.
Market Monitor – 22 July 2022
Global stock markets have clawed back some of their recent losses as falls in commodity prices and a resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe combined to reduce the threat of runaway inflation.
Market Monitor – 15 July 2022
Global stock markets have suffered heavy losses this week due to persistently high inflation and concerns about weak company earnings. With year-on-year price rises in the US hitting a 40-year high of 9.1% in June, the prospect of central bankers in America raising interest rates by a significant amount later this month seems increasingly likely.
Market Monitor – 17 June 2022
Recent losses have intensified as stock markets around the world endured one of their toughest weeks of the year so far. With investors focusing once again on central bank attempts to curb rampant inflation, this week’s key events were policy decisions from the United States Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) – in each case, however, officials offered little in the way of positive news.
Market Monitor – 10 June 2022
The threat of tighter monetary policy and the expectation of further negative economic impacts from the war in Ukraine have driven global share prices lower this week.
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Market Monitor – 6 May 2022
The threat of tighter monetary policy and the expectation of further negative economic impacts from the war in Ukraine have driven global share prices lower this week.