By Craig Erlam Investors may have underestimated the pace of disinflation this year if economic data this week is anything to go by, with US figures on Friday further enforcing the view
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.
By Craig Erlam It’s been a tough trading day, with UK inflation data sending worrying signals, while the RBNZ seemed to declare ‘job done’ in its inflation battle. The headline UK inflation
By Craig Erlam Equity markets were broadly lower on Tuesday as traders monitor debt ceiling talks in Washington, take note of new IMF forecasts, and hear fresh warnings from the Saudi Energy
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Asian markets gave up earlier gains on Tuesday as investors adopted a cautious stance after US debt ceiling negotiations ended “productive talks” without a
By Jameel Ahmad, Chief Analyst at CompareBroker.io Expect the last full trading week of May to be dominated by nothing but US debt ceiling updates. This is the drum that I would
By Craig Erlam It would appear we’re heading into the weekend on a slightly more upbeat note, with stock markets posting decent gains, optimism rising over debt ceiling negotiations, and UK consumers
By Jameel Ahmad, Chief Analyst at CompareBroker.io Market sentiment is in line to conclude weekly trading more upbeat and with the hope that an agreement to raise the US debt ceiling will
By Craig Erlam Stock markets are treading water on Tuesday, with the jobs number from the UK not inspiring and Chinese data also highlighting weakness in the recovery. UK jobs data was
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
