Nervously awaiting Jackson Hole

By Craig Erlam   Stock markets were off to a bad start on Monday as investors question whether the recovery trade has gone too far. Last week brought an end to the late

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Winning streak coming to an end?

By Craig Erlam   Asia has ended the week in negative territory, while Europe and the US may be on course to end their winning streaks amid choppy trade. August can often be

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Markets worried by recession fears

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Asian shares edged cautiously higher on Tuesday, tracking a rebound in Wall Street overnight, despite disappointing economic data from China and the US fuelling

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Welcome relief

By Craig Erlam Investors are in a more upbeat mood Thursday as the relief from the US inflation data ripples through the markets. Positive surprises have been hard to come by on

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A debatable recession

By Craig Erlam It’s been quite the 24 hours in financial markets, one I feel many will be trying to work out for many weeks to come. The Fed on Wednesday raised

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Powell sparks ‘buy everything’ rally

By Jeffrey Halley         You had the feeling that Wall Street, with perpetually itchy buy-button trigger fingers, was primed for this FOMC. As expected, the FOMC raised the Fed Funds target by 0.75%,

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We’re here, finally

By Jeffrey Halley         After what seems like an interminable wait, we are finally at FOMC day. Markets have baked another 75 basis points into their loaves of bread, but it’s going to

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The waiting game

By Jeffrey Halley         Markets were quiet overnight ahead of a deluge of tier-1 earnings, data, and the US FOMC policy decision over the rest of the week. Equities, currencies, oil and precious

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Finally, it’s FOMC Week

By Jeffrey Halley         This month has dragged on and seems to be lasting forever, with the US FOMC policy meeting falling at the end of the month, instead of its usual mid-month

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