Archive for Weekly Market Commentaries - page 15

• 7:40 am
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The Bank of England has warned that households and businesses remain vulnerable to high borrowing costs and rising prices. The bank said corporate debt remains manageable overall but many smaller businesses are exposed to higher borrowing costs.

• 3:33 pm
• Standard

This week markets have been focused on jobs. There are various ways to measure the strength of an economy but the number of jobs and how much workers get paid is a fairly fundamental part of the economic puzzle.

• 7:51 am
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The turmoil in bank stocks rattled equity markets in March. Following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank in the US and the emergency takeover of Credit Suisse by local rival UBS as the sell-off in banks stocks dragged on wider equity markets.

• 1:56 pm
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This week brought another twist in the gradually evolving story of inflation. In the US – which up to now has seen the most rapid decline – inflation fell only slightly as both CPI and core failed to match expectations.

• 3:28 pm
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This week the interest rate hikes from the Bank of England, European Central Bank and Federal Reserve came in as expected. The Fed further slowed the pace of its rate increases and raised by 0.25%, while the BoE and ECB increased by 0.5%.

• 3:36 pm
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This week has been very much more of the same with most major markets waiting for something to happen. In the UK, news that inflation has come down a bit is good news but not enough to declare job done for the Bank of England.