Oil remains at $90 per barrel amid growing geopolitical turmoil January 30, 2022 Brent Crude and WTI Crude have consolidated their gains from rallies this week, as concerns over tightening supplies this year continue to fester.
Bank of England to hoist rates to highest level since 2009 January 30, 2022 Interest rates in the UK will climb to the highest level since the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis by the end of the year, City traders are betting. The Bank will reinforce its sharp policy shift to zeroing in on rampant inflation at its meeting of rate setters this Thursday after it hiked rates [...]
January 27: The City View with Baton Systems’ Jerome Kemp January 27, 2022 Today Andy talks to Jerome Kemp, President of Baton Systems, for a chat about distributed ledger systems and how his company is bringing ledgers into the 21st century. They discuss hashing, how this brings transparency to post-trade processing, why Baton Systems is at an advantage compared to the slow machinations of bureaucratic and established players [...]
London markets mixed as banks soar on looming rate hikes January 27, 2022 London markets were a mixed bag today despite banks surging on the prospect of the global economy lurching into a period of higher interest rates. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index closed 1.13 per cent higher at 7,554.31 points, while the domestically-focused FTSE 250, which is more aligned to the health of the UK economy, [...]
US economy smashes Wall Street expectations as GDP accelerates at quickest pace since 1980s January 27, 2022 The US economy is powering faster than Wall Street can keep up with as the recovery across the pond continues to gather momentum. Stateside GDP growth came in at 6.9 per cent in the final three months of last year, the US Commerce Department said today. Experts had been pencilling in a 5.5 per cent [...]
US Federal Reserve tells markets to buckle up for end of stimulus January 26, 2022 The US Federal Reserve yesterday told investors to strap in for a rapid unwinding of the wave of cheap cash that has flooded global financial markets. The most influential central bank sent the strongest signal yet that the era of ultra-loose monetary policy is coming to end. The Fed’s committee of rate setters said they [...]
London markets fly out of the blocks as travel stocks surge January 26, 2022 London markets flew higher yesterday driven higher by travel and leisure soaring on booking volumes climbing. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index closed 1.33 per cent higher at 7,469.78 points, while the domestically-focused FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned to the health of the UK economy, climbed 1.05 per cent to finish at 21,873.08 [...]
Omicron pushing US Fed into action January 26, 2022 Stagflationary risks are rising as Covid variant extends disruption and central bank steps up to bring inflation under control. US inflation hit its highest level since 1982 at the end of 2021, with the consumer price index (CPI) reaching 7% year-on-year. The figures were widely anticipated, but only add to pressure on the US Federal [...]
Today’s Fed meeting: ‘Officials are behind the curve when it comes to dealing with inflation risk’ January 26, 2022 Markets’ main focus is set to be on today’s Fed meeting, and the messaging that is expected to layout the rate path for the rest of the year, starting with a widely expected 0.25 per cent March rate hike. “Last month’s Fed meeting saw the central bank accelerate its tapering program to $30bn a month, [...]
Market sentiment driven by events on Russia vs NATO over Ukraine and today’s Fed meeting January 26, 2022 European markets had a slightly more resilient tone yesterday, reversing some of their early week losses, however we still remain below the closing levels of last week, so it might be a little early to sound the all clear so to speak. US markets also saw another rollercoaster session, opening sharply lower, as they looked [...]