Financial Markets – Preview for Week Starting 14th August 2016
Major Events of Last Week Hopes of a robust US economic rebound during the second half of 2016 were dented last Friday after key data indicators disclosed that American consumer confidence had slumped...
View ArticleFinancial Markets – Preview for Week Starting 21st August 2016
Major Events of Last Week With global bankers convening for their annual meeting at Jackson Hole USA, next week, investors will now once again start focusing their attention on the timing of the next...
View ArticleFinancial Markets – Preview for Week Starting 28th August 2016
Major Events of Last Week A pivotal event occurred last Friday when Janet Yellen, the Chairperson of the US Federal Reserve, delivered an important speech. She advised that the probabilities of an...
View ArticleFinancial Markets – Preview for Week Starting 11th September 2016
Major Events of Last Week The global financial markets were rattled last Friday after North Korea unexpectedly launched a nuclear test by activating a bomb more powerful than that of the Hiroshima...
View ArticleFinancial Markets – Preview for Week Starting 18th September 2016
Major Events of Last Week Prospects that the US Federal Reserve will hike interest rates before the end of 2016 received a boost last Friday when the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose at a faster pace...
View ArticleFinancial Markets – Preview for Week Starting 25th September 2016
Major Events of Last Week Global equities finished the week on a high note last Friday incited by growing speculation that the US Federal Reserve will now desist from hiking its benchmark interest...
View ArticleFinancial Markets – Preview for Week Starting 9th October 2016
Major Events of Last Week The USA published its early-awaited labor report for September last Friday which surprised the markets by disclosing a slowing rate of growth for the third consecutive month....
View ArticleFinancial Markets – Preview for Week Starting 16th October 2016
Major Events of Last Week Global equities were lifted last Friday after China posted encouraging inflationary data which registered an increase for the first time in five years. The British pound also...
View ArticleFinancial Markets – Preview for Week Starting 30th October 2016
Major Events of Last Week Investors were surprised last Friday when the USA declared that its economy expanded at its fastest rate during the third quarter of 2016 in almost 2 years. Rebounding...
View ArticleFinancial Markets – Preview for Week Starting 13th November 2016
Major Events of Last Week The event that dominated last week’s proceedings was, without doubt, Donald Trump’s stunning and surprising victory in the US presidential election. As a direct consequence,...
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