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Sentiment fragile amid US debt ceiling standoff

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Most Asian equities were mixed on Tuesday as investors digested weaker-than-expected Chinese economic data. Industrial production and retail sales data from the world’s second-largest

16th May 2023

Markets/World

Energy markets see prices stabilise

Portfolio investors and fund managers have dumped petroleum futures and options, reversing the buying frenzy inspired by the production cuts announced by Saudi Arabia and its OPEC-plus allies at the start of

15th May 2023

Columnists/Comment/Energy/Markets

Investors eye US inflation report

By Craig Erlam We saw a slightly softer trading session on Tuesday as investors eye crucial inflation data on Wednesday. We’ve finally reached the point at which the Federal Reserve may be

10th May 2023

Markets/World

US inflation, UK rate decision in focus

By Jameel Ahmad, Chief Analyst at CompareBroker.io Tuesday’s attention is directed at Washington with the White House set to meet with Congress after more warnings from former Fed Chair and current Treasury

9th May 2023

Markets/World

Resilient NFP could be huge blow for markets, Fed

By Craig Erlam Stock markets are tentatively higher at the end of the week, but how they ultimately see it out will depend on the US jobs report. While the US banking

5th May 2023

Markets/World

All eyes on Fed as investors fret about US regional banks

By Craig Erlam The Federal Reserve will announce its latest interest rate decision later Wednesday and investors will be hanging on every word in light of recent banking sector instability. This was

3rd May 2023

Markets/World

Fuel tax freeze to stay until end-June

President Nikos Christodoulides has decided to keep a state subsidy on fuel prices at the pumps unchanged, despite an earlier decision to halve it in May that would have pushed prices up

3rd May 2023

Cyprus/Energy

‘Too big to fail’ gets bigger, ISM pressure on Fed

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

2nd May 2023

Markets/World

Manufacturing woes continue, optimism in services

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

21st April 2023

Markets/World

Rally stalls amid rate hike uncertainty

By Craig Erlam European markets are in the red on Thursday in what continues to be a choppy week of trading driven by economic and interest rate uncertainty. We’re now at a

20th April 2023

Markets/World