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Week ending 7th October 2022.
10th October 2022
A smaller than expected 0.25% interest rate increase from the Reserve Bank of Australia helped set global equity markets alight at the start of the week as it raised hopes that other central banks would soon pivot to a slower pace of monetary tightening.
Week ending 30th September 2022.
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
Week ending 23rd September 2022.
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)
Week ending 16th 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.
Week ending 9th September 2022.
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.
Week ending 2nd September 2022.
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