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3rd October 2022
Financial market volatility has been gobsmacking this week. Sentiment was not helped by Fed policymakers who continued to hammer home their message that they intend to continue along their hawkish path by aggressively increasing US interest rates to tame inflation
26th September 2022
We have had a hectic week full of central bank monetary policy meetings which saw interest rate increases come thick and fast. This was topped off with a mini-budget in the UK this morning (Friday 23 September 2022)
20th September 2022
Hawkish central bank policymakers were no doubt getting super excited this week after US CPI inflation readings came in higher than expected – and as such, global equity markets finished another volatile week lower.
12th September 2022
We would like to start by saying that we acknowledge with great sadness the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II – and our thoughts are very much with the Royal Family at this time.
5th September 2022
As you can see from the accompanying table, global equity markets did not like the hawkish speech Jay Powell (the Fed Chair) gave late last Friday (26 August 2022) at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium
30th August 2022
Until today, global equity markets were having a lacklustre and directionless week as all eyes were fixed firmly on the annual Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, given Jay Powell, the Fed chair, was speaking at 3pm UK time today (26 August 2022).