Federal Reserve Archives - Page 7 of 31

Fed signals will guide markets to September

By Han Tan, Chief Market Analyst at Exinity Group The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise its benchmark interest rates by 25-basis points on Wednesday; anything else would be a shocker.

26th July 2023

Markets/World

Caution ahead of central bank meetings, weaker PMIs

By Craig Erlam Equity markets are treading water at the start of what is going to be a very lively week. There are some huge central bank meetings this week, the most

25th July 2023

Markets/World

Traders focused on key economic data

By Naeem Aslam US and European stock futures are pointing to a lower open Monday as investors continue to digest the economic data released last week and are concerned about the implications

10th July 2023

Markets/World

Resilient economic data increases risk of a harder landing

By Craig Erlam It was a mixed trading session on Thursday as we got more evidence of economic resilience from the US which has left investors wondering whether they’ve once again underestimated

30th June 2023

Markets/World

Stock futures look beyond Russian event, Gold in focus

By Naeem Aslam European and US futures are trading modestly higher to kick off the week, while investors are wondering what is in store for the markets in H2 of this year,

26th June 2023

Markets/World

Ending week on a positive note, more central banks next week

By Craig Erlam Markets ended the week on a positive note, but there remains enormous uncertainty around inflation and interest rates that look set to continue throughout the summer. Expectations are changing

16th June 2023

Markets/World

ECB hikes rates, warns another is coming

By Craig Erlam The ECB raised interest rates by another 25 basis points on Thursday and signaled there’s more to come as it significantly revised up its core inflation forecasts for this

16th June 2023

Markets/World

Fed ‘skips’, stocks hop?

By Han Tan, Chief Market Analyst at Exinity Group The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hit the pause button on Wednesday on its rate hike campaign that began over a year

14th June 2023

Markets/World

Investors rethink rate forecasts on disappointing data

By Craig Erlam We saw very mixed trade on Thursday, with the Nasdaq making strong gains of more than 1.5%, the Dow and S&P treading water, and Europe mostly in the red.

26th May 2023

Markets/World

Fed minutes hint at pause

The US Federal Reserve is likely to pause interest rate hikes in June, which will be welcomed by markets, according to the CEO and founder of leading financial advisory and fintech deVere

25th May 2023

Markets/World