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The World In A Week – A shock to the system
Written by Shane Balkham. One of the key economic metrics for determining the state of the economy that central banks monitor is employment. We know that both the Federal Reserve in the US, as well…
The World In A Week – Resilient Markets
Written by Cormac Nevin. If the lay observer had followed the headlines on BBC News over the course of March, and attempted to apply them to what they could reasonably expect from markets over the…
The World In A Week – Cautiously hiking through a storm
Written by Millan Chauhan. Last week in the US, the Federal Reserve announced a 0.25% increase in interest rates which was in line with some expectations. This was despite suggestions that the…
The World In A Week – A week to remember
Written by Ilaria Massei. Turmoil in the banking sector became the main focus over the last week, diverting attention from economic data releases for the first time in several months. A rapid…
The World In A Week – It’s a Wonderful Life (When you are appropriately diversified)
Written by Cormac Nevin. Markets were rattled last week, with the MSCI All Country World Index down -4.5% in GBP terms. What was different to the reaction vs the sell off we witnessed last year,…
Can the UK Swerve Recession?
Gross domestic product grew by 0.3% in January, according to an ONS estimate, having shrunk by 0.5% in December.
The World In A Week – Every little helps
Written by Shane Balkham. Every month starts with a surge of surveys to provide an update on the health of global economies. The current wave would suggest that global manufacturing is picking up…
The World In A Week – Minute by Minute
Written by Chris Ayton. After a strong start to the year, equity markets took a pause for breath last week with the MSCI AC World Index down -2.1% in Sterling terms and the FTSE All Share Index down…
The World In A Week – Not so cheaper by the dozen
Written by Millan Chauhan. Last week we saw several economic data releases, which included the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) print rising by 6.4% in January 2023 on a year-on-year basis which was…
Inflation dips for third consecutive month to 10.1%
On a monthly basis, CPI fell by 0.6% in January 2023.
ONS jobs market data – “discussion of inflation surged 188% among employees” – reaction
Following the announcement of the latest ONS labour market data published 14 February, finance experts and recruiters based around the UK have been outlining how this is impacting real life out there…
The World In A Week – New data needed
Written by Ilaria Massei. Almost all the major equity benchmarks ended lower in a week which delivered relatively few important economic data releases. The S&P 500 closed at -0.9% in GBP terms,…
