US inflation data beats expectations as Americans spend their Covid stimulus cheques April 13, 2021 US inflation rose 2.6 per cent year-on-year in March, ahead of analyst expectations of a 2.5 per cent rise, as more of Washington’s fiscal stimulus filtered down into the real economy. It’s a jump from the 1.7 per cent inflation rate measured last month. The month-on-month rate in March was a 0.6 per cent jump [...]
City A.M. T.V Daily Market Snapshot (video) April 6, 2021 Daily market snapshot: Having largely traded sideways in February and March, US equity markets have broken out to the upside over Easter.
GameStop shares slump as it plans $1bn post-rally stock sale April 5, 2021 GameStop shares slump as it plans $1bn post-rally stock sale
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City A.M. TV: Daily Market Snapshot (video) March 25, 2021 Risk aversion continued to work its way through global financial markets yesterday.
City A.M. TV: Daily Market Snapshot (video) March 24, 2021 The rotation out of the recent winners (especially the ‘reflation trades’) continued yesterday. In particular, the oil price was sharply lower (-6%); bond yields continued to ease, with the US 10 year yield off again (by 6bps); and the Russell 2000 was notably weak (-3.6%, i.e. given its ‘reflation’ and energy exposure). On this occasion, [...]
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New US jobless claims jumped last week to 770,000 March 18, 2021 New US jobless claims unexpectedly jumped last week to 770,000. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits came in at a seasonally adjusted 770,000 for the week to 13 March, the Labor Department said today. The week before new US jobless claims came in at 725,000 people seeking benefits. Today’s numbers were worse than what economists [...]
Markets: FTSE eeks out gains as UK’s GDP drops March 12, 2021 Markets: FTSE eeks out gains as UK's GDP falls
City A.M. TV – Daily Market Snapshot (video) March 9, 2021 City A.M. TV - Daily Market Snapshot (video)