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 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 Craig Erlam A day after the Bank of England upgraded growth and inflation forecasts for the UK, economic data confirmed on Friday the country posted growth (just) in the first quarter,
By Craig Erlam The Bank of England hiked interest rates by another 25 basis points on Thursday, taking the base rate to 4.5% while making significant tweaks to their economic forecasts. The
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
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
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
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 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
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
