The Eurozone looks as if it has entered recession with slowdowns in the major economies shrinking GDP growth to -0.1% in Q3. Germany has a Q3 GDP growth rate of -0.4%, France was 0.7% and Italy 0.04%. These figures support…
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HSBC Chief Executive Noel Quinn has suggested that the worst of China’s property crisis is over and now expects the Chinese property market to stabilise. This outlook will be seen as a very important commentary on the situation within China.…
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India has been one of the fastest growing major economies this year. India recorded year on year GDP growth of 7.8% in Q3. India’s robust economy has high foreign exchange reserves, manageable debt to GDP levels and well contained fiscal…
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With the Yen trading at a 12 month long low to the US$, Japan’s Finance Ministry warned against speculative moves against the ¥. The authorities were not ruling out any option to deal with currency volatility. The reforms in corporate…
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The energy sector has hit the headlines this year due to high prices, high profits, and supply. The geopolitical conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza have further disrupted the market. While developed markets have moved to reduce their reliance upon fossil…
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The USA continues to drive the global economy and across leading economic indicators, the US shows the clearest signs of expansion and current levels of growth above trend. This expansion has been led by improvements in consumer sentiment, rising new…
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The world has moved quite decisively from low inflation and declining interest rates to quite the opposite. This transition has brought greater economic volatility with the risk premium of holding equity assets haven risen. We are now potentially coming to…
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The Office of National Statistics (ONS) confirmed in November that the UK economy grew by 0% in Q3. This news was a disappointment to the UK stock market with both FTSE 100 and 250 falling over 1% on the news.…
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Despite Jerome Powell, the US Federal Reserve Chairman saying that ‘price rises still need to be kept under control’ the Federal Open Markets Committee held US interest rates at 5.25- 5.5% range in their November meeting. The US economy has…
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