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Your weekly economic update from the team at FXD Capital Conflict in Ukraine is the main driver behind market volatility right now. Each day brings whipsaws off the back of diplomatic tensions and the drip-feed of news releases. This week alone, there have been rumours of troop pullbacks, followed by skirmishes and shell fire days […]
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Your weekly economic update from the team at FXD Capital January inflation in the US reached 7.5%, eclipsing forecasts by 20 basis points. The 40-year high level has been in the crosshairs since the turn of the year, so it is not a complete surprise. The fact the final print beat the forecasts is more […]
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Your weekly economic update from the team at FXD Capital Contagion is an oft-used word to describe a series of events unfolding, with more rapid escalation at each turn. It’s prevalent in markets, along with another abstract favourite; “canary in the coal mine”. The ever increasing stress of potential tapering impacting all-time high stock markets […]
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Your weekly economic update from the team at FXD Capital USD reached its highest level since July 2020 as news continues to build around a Federal Reserve rate rise over the coming months. On Wednesday, chair Jerome Powell rather ambitiously refused to rule out whether the Fed could raise rates at every policy meeting this […]
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Your weekly economic update from the team at FXD Capital Reports of inflation, defection and the expiration of Plan B Covid measures in England on 24 March filled our news feeds this week. With the Omicron wave having peaked nationally, the economy faces the notion of learning to live alongside the virus as pandemic restrictions […]
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Your weekly economic update from the team at FXD Capital On Wednesday, US consumer prices printed a rise of 7% on the year for December 2021, setting a new precedent that hasn’t been broken for 40 years. Incidentally, wholesale prices grew by 9.7%, the delta between that and the consumer index possibly highlighting the hoops […]
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Your weekly economic update from the team at FXD Capital As 2022 begins, markets restart with expectations for a turbulent and uncertain year. Despite the turmoil surrounding a global pandemic, investors’ proverbial boots were filled over the preceding two years due to the range of stimuli injected into markets paralysed by lockdowns and supply chain […]
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Your weekly economic update from the team at FXD Capital The Bank of England flinched and increased rates Thursday, while the 0.15% raise to 0.25% was a pyrrhic victory inflation doom-mongers, a series of events intertwined with the decision were more intriguing to indulge with comment. Firstly, the IMF publicly castigated the BOE warning them […]
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Your weekly economic update from the team at FXD Capital With the markets digesting the effects of the Omicron variant with erratic swings on an intra-day basis, one day, the crash of all crashes is coming and then the next, everything goes back to all-time highs. However, the main drivers of events are switching from […]
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Your weekly economic update from the team at FXD Capital The prior week has undoubtedly been an interesting one for markets, combining Omicron virus concerns and more central bank posturing. Markets reminded investors why they hold government bonds when stock markets all fell on the announcement of the Omicron variant in South Africa; prime government […]