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Disinflation trends are struggling and now Wall Street will look to see if improving manufacturing and service activity will further fuel pricing pressures....
Fitch Ratings downgraded El Salvador's long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) to "CC" from "CCC," saying that the country faces a "dire" liquidity...
Central banks playing catch-up The global economy is facing an incredible amount of uncertainty at the moment which is continuing to drive the volatility we’re seeing in financial markets. Whether it’s uncertainty around inflation, interest rates, commodity prices, Covid or Ukraine, the growth outlook has become extremely unclear and is constantly subject to significant revisions. […]
Rate hikes expected as inflation keeps rising It’s been another volatile week in financial markets with events in and around Ukraine continuing to dominate. Sentiment is still very headline-driven and an enormous amount of uncertainty remains around the outcome of talks between Ukraine and Russia and the sanctions being imposed on the latter by the […]
Bitcoin has dropped by close to 10% from $45,000 to now $41,500 with most cryptos likewise seeing a fall. Stocks continue their deep red with FTSE, DAX and CAC all...
How will central banks respond? Inflation and interest rates have been at the forefront of investors’ minds so far this year and that’s unlikely to change for some time yet. Earnings season provided a welcome and timely distraction and enabled markets to find some stability but as we saw towards the end of last week, […]
