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European markets have kick-started the week on a positive footing, as traders breathe a collective sigh of relief after the US congress managed to approve a stop-gap solution to the impending partial government shutdown. While the avoidance of this shutdown will undoubtedly provide a short-term reprieve for markets, it is simply a case of kicking […]

Asian markets have seen the focus shift to Japan, where a raft of data brought volatility for the yen and Nikkei. The most important figure came in the form of the Tokyo CPI reading which fell from 2.8% to 2.5%. Meanwhile, a surprise BoJ announcement that they are to buy 300 billion yen of 5-10Yr […]

Equities throughout Europe and Asian have continued their pessimistic tone today, as fear maintains its stranglehold on market sentiment. In Asia, the real estate crisis appears to be rearing its head once again as Evergrande suspended trading just a day after their CEO was placed under police control. With the property giant missing payment on […]

European markets are in the red this morning, with markets taking on a pessimistic tone ahead of a week dominated by central bank activity. Last week’s dovish hike from the ECB raised hope that we could see a similar approach from the Bank of England on Thursday, but the impending UK inflation report could scupper […]

Asian markets enjoyed a strong end to the week, with a second Chinese rate cut in as many days coming via a 0.2% reduction in the 14-day reverse repo that took it to 1.95%. Coming off the back of a 25-basis point cut to the RRR on Thursday, it is clear that the PBoC are […]