By Craig Erlam It’s been a jittery start to the week, with the continued rise in US yields making investors nervous about what challenges lie ahead for the economy. We’ve heard a
By Craig Erlam UK consumers are reining in spending in the run-up to the festive season and the latest survey from Gfk suggests it’s not just the weather that’s driving it. Retail
By Edward Moya US stocks are declining on soft earnings, rising rates, and as the risks grow for a potential widening of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Wednesday’s round of earnings from Morgan Stanley,
By Edward Moya US stocks are lower as good news about the economy is once again bad news, since it will keep policymakers on the fence on delivering more tightening. Treasury yields
By Edward Moya US stocks were lower Thursday after hot inflation and claims data kept the risk of more Fed rate hikes on the table. The labour market refuses to break and
By Edward Moya US stocks shrugged off a hot PPI report and focused on the latest Fed speak that had two hawks dial down dial the immediate need for further tightening. Stocks
By Craig Erlam Equity markets are bouncing back on Tuesday after a risk-averse start to the week, buoyed perhaps by some promising Fed commentary on Monday. It would appear the recent surge
By Craig Erlam We’re seeing a little more risk-aversion in the markets at the start of the week which is understandable, considering the unfortunate events in Israel over the weekend. The surprise
By Craig Erlam Equity markets edged higher in the run up to the US jobs report on Friday, a release that could set the tone in the markets ahead of next month’s
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Market Analyst at FXTM Asian shares staged a rebound on Thursday following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight as plunging oil prices and weak US jobs
