Mood improves ahead of US inflation data; sto...

Send us Fan MailCentral banks on inflation alert as Fed, BoC, BoJ and SNB hold rates. BoE and ECB next to decide, as investors price in more rate hikes. Iran conflict continues to escalate, with more energy infrastructure hit. Dollar stands tall as gold and stocks take a dive.Ris ...  Show more

Send a textOil steadies, allowing risk appetite to improve and US equities to rally. US dollar weakens ahead of the Fed meeting; gold’s struggles persist. No Fed rate change expected; all eyes on the dot plot and press conference. BoC also meets; dollar/loonie could climb above k ...  Show more

After US labour market data drove up stock prices on Friday, today it is China and its government's measures intended to prop up its ailing economy that are driving market sentiment. In commodities, oil prices are trading at levels last seen in November on fears over supply cu ...

Yesterday the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by 0.75% in another hawkish pivot in their on-going quest to tame inflation. They also said they intend to raise interest rates a further 1.75% across their remaining four meetings in 2022

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Higher bond yields in developed markets are spooking equity markets, but some on the bond side see the higher yields as too attractive to miss out on. Services prices in Japan rose at the fastest annual rate since 1993. China is pushing hard against a weaker yuan. Bitcoin drop ...

CNBC’s Brian Sullivan reports on the Fed and your money. U.S. stock futures slipped after the major averages suffered declines amid concerns of stubbornly high inflation metrics. St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said he backed a 50 basis point interest rate hi ...