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26th October 2022
Shares of Chinese companies listed in the US fell on Monday after President Xi Jinping secured a historic third term and packed the Politburo standing committee, the core circle of power in the ruling Communist Party of China, with Xi loyalists.
19th October 2022
Global equity markets started the week strongly, emphasising the strength of equity markets in the face of economic noise.
12th October 2022
ONS data released yesterday (Tuesday), showed that the UK Labour market remained “tight” in August. Headline unemployment fell to 3.5%, which was below expectations and the lowest reading since 1974.
29th September 2022
There seems to be little respite as the FTSE-100 has opened heavily down again this morning.
28th September 2022
Financial markets remained volatile after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini-budget’ was badly received by markets and the pound struggled to make a substantial recovery after falling to an all-time low against the US dollar on Monday.
26th September 2022
We argued in our Weekly Market Summary that there was little surprise in last Friday’s (23 September 2022) mini-budget from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng - however, the reaction by the financial market and the media has been a big surprise, in particular the fall in the value of the pound and UK gilts.