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
By Craig Erlam European markets are in the red on Thursday in what continues to be a choppy week of trading driven by economic and interest rate uncertainty. We’re now at a
By Craig Erlam Inflation remains a major concern for central banks and recent data highlights just how far there is to go, something policymakers will be hoping changes very soon. Major headache
By Craig Erlam We’re seeing relatively flat trading again on Tuesday amid mixed economic data from China overnight. The world’s second-largest economy grew by 4.5% in the first quarter as it emerged
By Edward Moya US stocks initially rallied after the March inflation report showed consumer prices are decelerating, prompting bets that the Fed might be done tightening. Wall Street wants the Fed to
By Edward Moya Crude prices are drifting lower as most energy traders are still on the sidelines until we get a clearer picture on the global growth outlook. There have been a
By Craig Erlam We’re seeing some cautious trading ahead of the jobs report on Friday, with Thursday’s jobless claims data offering signs of cracks appearing in the labour market. That primarily came
By Craig Erlam Stock markets were moving cautiously higher again on Tuesday as anxiety continues to subside in the aftermath of last month’s mini-banking crisis. RBA pauses The RBA paused its tightening
