By Craig Erlam Investors appear to be treading carefully ahead of some key interest rate announcements this week, most notably the Fed on Wednesday and the ECB a day later. Eurozone inflation
By Jameel Ahmad, Chief Analyst at CompareBroker.io They say that “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” and that has very much been the story of Gold buyers who have
By Edward Moya Wall Street is breathing a sigh of relief as the largest US lender, JPMorgan, will acquire First Republic Bank. It is starting to look like a few major banking
The crypto market is expected to gross $37.8 bln in revenue this year, 105% more than in 2022, and almost half of that value will come from the United States, the world’s
By Moody’s Analytics The U.S. economy had perked up in the second half of 2022, with growth averaging near a modestly above trend 3%. However, this came on the heels of declines
US banks continuing to increase emergency loans from the Federal Reserve will hinder attempts to cool inflation, giving the central bank more reason to continue interest rate hikes. Nigel Green, the CEO
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Most Asian equities flashed red on Tuesday, pressured by losses in Chinese shares as investors evaluated China’s re-opening story in the face of negative
With Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Meta all reporting their earnings this week, investors are switching their attention from banks to Big Tech, said the CEO of a leading independent financial advisory and
By Craig Erlam Another mixed day of trade in stock markets on Friday as UK consumers become increasingly less pessimistic, but spend less and global manufacturing slumps further. UK spending slips in
The EU Parliament passed the Markets in Crypto Act, or MiCA, on Thursday which will come into force next year and has been hailed as a “landmark moment” for cryptocurrencies that will
