Recession fears, US CPI in focus

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Asian shares were a sea of red on Tuesday as recession fears and China’s renewed Covid-19 outbreak smothered appetite for risk. Overnight, Wall Street’s

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Recession meltdown

By Jeffrey Halley    Recession fears buffeted markets overnight, with the price action across various asset classes looking like a self-sustaining negative feedback loop, triggering more stop losses as prices slumped and dragging

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Dumb and dumber

By Jeffrey Halley   Readers should stop watching US stock markets for economic wisdom, as the price action overnight confirmed that part of the financial world has as little future insight as anywhere

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Lost that lovin’ feeling

By Moody’s Analytics U.S. recessions are ultimately a loss of faith: consumers lose faith that they will have a job and pull back on their spending, and businesses lose faith that there

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A week of consolidation

By Craig Erlam It’s been a week of consolidation in stock markets after last week’s rout, with Europe looking to it with minor gains. It hasn’t been the blockbuster week as the

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Powell uses the ‘R-word’

By Jeffrey Halley   Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s semi-annual testimony on Capitol Hill was the centre of attention overnight. Speaking to Congress on Wednesday, Powell finally dispensed with soft landings, describing them

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Don’t get too excited by bear rallies

By Craig Erlam European stock markets are falling heavily again on Wednesday, reminding us once more why we shouldn’t get excited by the bear-market rallies. There’s a desperation to add substance to

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Steady start to the week

By Craig Erlam European stocks are making steady gains on Monday, recovering a small portion of last week’s heavy losses as economic concerns mounted. There’s been a shift in the market mindset

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Least worst choices

By Jeffrey Halley  The Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised policy rates by 0.50% to 2.0% Wednesday morning, with Governor Orr setting a hawkish tone in the press conference afterwards. In the

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