Analysis: Interest Rates

So, China should consume more and the US less?

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole It's been a down day so far in Asia as a miss on China retail sales underlined how far the country would have to...

Trading Day: Inflation - calm before the storm?

TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  Softer bond yields cushion stocks Cooler...

UK finance minister Reeves: economic headwinds are coming

LONDON -British finance minister Rachel Reeves on Thursday said there were clearly economic headwinds approaching, speaking after data showed Britain's economy grew more strongly than expected in...

Trading Day: No 'trade truce' hangover, party continues

TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  Risk assets extend gains Stocks, oil and...

Investors cheer US-China tariff truce, but cautious over a final deal

LONDON/SHANGHAI/NEW YORK -A truce in the U.S.-China trade war set off a relief rally in stocks on Monday and propelled the dollar higher, but investors fear further negotiations could prove a long...

Instant View: US-China agree to cut tariffs, 90-day pause

Stocks and the dollar surged on Monday after the United States and China said they had agreed on a 90-day pause on tariffs and reciprocal duties would drop sharply, giving investors some confidence...

US-China talks stir hope, and scepticism

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Without doubt, markets are more optimistic now about a thaw in global trade tensions than they were two weeks...

German exports rise by 1.1% m/m in March

German exports rose by 1.1% in March compared with the previous month, data from the federal statistics office showed on Thursday. The result compared with a forecast 1.0% increase in a...

Private credit firms eye new funds for Hong Kong property as banks step aside

HONG KONG -As valuations fall and banks pare exposure, some private credit firms are stepping in to invest in large commercial properties and developers in Hong Kong with plans for new fund launches...

Trading Day: Resilience trumps uncertainty

TRADING DAY Choppier waters ahead? One of the biggest surprises in a week overflowing with them - from top-tier economic indicators, to company earnings and policy...

Investors sell U.S. shares in past week flock to Japan, Europe, BofA note shows

Investors sold U.S. stocks in the week ending Wednesday and bought Japanese and European shares, BofA Global Research said on Friday. U.S. equities saw an $8.9 billion outflow in the...

Trading Day: Tech tonic!

TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  From 'Lag 7' back to 'Mag 7'? The clouds of...

US stocks end higher on tech boost, yen slides on BOJ gloom

Wall Street stocks rallied and gold prices slid on Thursday as solid earnings from big tech bolstered investor risk appetite. All three major U.S. stock indexes began the month with...

Trading Day: Do you want to make a deal?

TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  The 100-day war Unlike the day before,...

Rates: what are swap spreads?

Despite attempts to defuse the various current crises over reciprocal tariffs on the one hand and the potential dismissal of the Fed chairman on the other, the bond markets are not so easily appeased....

US and EU not close to deal on tariffs - EU's Dombrovskis

WASHINGTON -The United States and the European Union still need a lot of work to reach a deal that would prevent the imposition of tariffs on each other's goods, EU Economic Commissioner Valdis...

EU will 'leave no stone unturned' to reduce trade-related uncertainty, Ireland's Donohue says

WASHINGTON -The European Union will do all it can to engage with the U.S. on trade and reduce the massive uncertainty that is weighing down the global economy, Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe...

Global roundtable sees rising debt risks for low-income countries as uncertainty mounts

WASHINGTON -More work is needed to improve the sovereign debt restructuring process and help countries facing mounting debt service challenges, the chairs of a global debt roundtable said on...

Rates: The ECB stays the course

Unsurprisingly, the European Central Bank has lowered its key interest rates amid weak growth and a tariff policy whose impact is still unclear.