Economic updates

Don’t fight the Fed

20 Jun 2019

The worst kept secret in global markets is out, as Jerome Powell and his colleagues opened the door to an interest rate cut as early as next month.

Central Bank furore

19 Jun 2019

The trade dispute between the US and China has been a key catalyst in investors’ flight to safe assets this year.

Additional cracks

18 Jun 2019

In recent decades Australia has been a key player in China’s vast economic expansion, exporting commodities to support their manufacturing and construction led development.

Mixed data shelters BoE from policy action

17 Jun 2019

The UK’s sub-par GDP growth figure for April has given the Bank of England’s (BoE) monetary policy committee (MPC) breathing space to keep interest rates on hold, for now.

Central banks in focus as BoE and Fed policymakers meet

17 Jun 2019

Eurozone wage growth data is set to be released on Monday. Rising take-home salaries would increase disposable income, which should contribute to inflation growth.

The interest rate guessing game

14 Jun 2019

Today’s US Retail Sales is the last key data release before the Federal Reserve meeting next week and could increase the odds of a dovish shock if the reading disappoints.

Waiting for the fog to clear

13 Jun 2019

We’re almost three years on from the UK’s vote to leave the EU, and it’s farcical that no credible withdrawal plan exists.

A great deal, or no deal

12 Jun 2019

'We're either going to do a great deal with China or we're not going to do a deal at all,' proclaimed the US President yesterday, adding that he won't complete the agreement unless Beijing returns to the terms negotiated earlier in the year.