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Great week for Fed on strong US jobs data

By Craig Erlam If you’re a Federal Reserve official, you’ll find it hard not to be very pleased with the way this week’s gone from a labour market data perspective. The JOLTS

1st September 2023

Markets/World

Eurozone core inflation falls further, weighs on yields and euro

By Craig Erlam Eurozone economic indicators on Thursday have been something of a mixed bag, although traders seem enthused on the back of them, rather than disappointed. We’ve seen regional data over

31st August 2023

Markets/World

US data highlights weakness in economy

By Craig Erlam The recovery in equity markets stalled on Wednesday as traders eyed the big economic releases in the week. The ADP and revised GDP numbers may attract some attention, but

31st August 2023

Markets/World

JOLTS data pulls US yields lower, Fed will hope for more

By Craig Erlam As we near the end of the summer, activity will start to pick up again and that may begin this week in the build-up to Friday’s jobs report. With

30th August 2023

Markets/World

FTSE outperforms amid sterling weakness and falling UK yields

By Craig Erlam The pound was on the decline again on Thursday, having fallen over the last couple of days on the back of some worrying economic figures from the UK. Whether

25th August 2023

Markets/World

Rate expectations pared back as PMIs point to recession

By Craig Erlam European stocks gave back the bulk of their gains Wednesday as flash PMI data points to a possible recession over the remainder of the year. The UK readings were

23rd August 2023

Markets/World

UK to see more progress on inflation

By Craig Erlam Recent UK economic data has been a mixed bag, with wages rising at a much-accelerated rate, but inflation decelerating as expected. While the Bank of England will be relieved

23rd August 2023

Markets/World

Soft landing hopes fizzle, King Dollar is back

By Edward Moya US stocks ended the week lower lower as Wall Street gets anxious over what the Jackson Hole Symposium on August 24-26 might do to soft landing hopes. Just look

21st August 2023

Markets/World

Stocks try to rebound as bond yields hit 15-year high

By Edward Moya Now that we heard from Walmart, it is clear that the US consumer is still willing to spend. Expectations for robust consumer spending in Q3 have been confirmed and

18th August 2023

Markets/World

UK beats expectations in Q2, US PPI stronger but not a concern

By Craig Erlam The UK economy showed further resilience toward the end of the second quarter, buoyed by better weather. The cost-of-living crisis has clearly been an immense drag on the British

11th August 2023

Markets/World