Shares Take Breather After Fed Rally, Dollar Slips On Yen
World shares consolidated a 6-week high on Thursday as investors scented a possible slowdown in the pace of U.S.
Earnings And Gas Worries Keep Europe Subdued
European shares limped lower and the region's bond markets rallied on Tuesday as some disappointing earnings, this week's looming U.S.
Gas Woes Keep Europe Subdued, Wall Street Waits For Walmart Wipeout
European shares moved sideways and bond markets rallied on Tuesday as some disappointing earnings, the prospect of another super-sized U.S.
Wall Street Hit By Walmart Wipeout, Gas Woes Knock Europe
World shares skidded and bond markets rallied on Tuesday as some disappointing earnings, the prospect of another super-sized U.S.
Euro Knocked By Italy Crisis Ahead Of Landmark ECB Hike
The euro wilted on Thursday as the European Central Bank geared up for its first rate rise in over a decade and as political tumult in Italy offset relief following the restart of Russian gas flows through the region's largest pipeline.
The Big Default? The Dozen Countries In The Danger Zone
Traditional debt crisis signs of crashing currencies, 1,000 basis point bond spreads and burned FX reserves point to a record number of developing nations now in trouble.
Euro Pierces Parity, Wall Street Gulps As U.S. Inflation Tops 9%
The euro touched 1-to-1 versus the dollar for the first time in 20 years and stock markets skidded on Wednesday, after a 9.1% U.S.
Euro Battles Parity Pressure Ahead Of U.S. Inflation Data
Stocks slipped on Wednesday and the euro lurked just above parity against the dollar, as traders waited to see if U.S.
Stocks And Euro Slip Ahead Of Key U.S. Inflation Data
Stocks slipped on Wednesday and the euro lurked just above parity against the dollar, as traders waited to see if U.S.
Cost-of-living Crisis Driving 'Breathtaking' Surge In Extreme Poverty - UNDP
The global cost-of-living crisis is pushing an additional 71 million people in the world's poorest countries into extreme poverty, a new report published by the U.N.
Weary Argentina Investors Hit By More Political Turmoil
Argentina's long-suffering investors tore into the country's chaotic politics on Monday after the architect of its IMF programme, economy minister Martin Guzman, quit and was replaced by someone seen as close to the powerful vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Euro Slumps To Two-decade Low As Recession Fears Bite
The euro slumped to a two-decade low on Tuesday as the latest surge in European gas prices added to the region's recession worries and a rebound in U.S.
Second Half Starts With A Fresh Drubbing For Stocks
The second half of the year started with another first class drubbing for global stock markets on Friday, as the recession concerns that have built in recent weeks also shoved oil and metals lower again.
Second Half Starts With Fresh Swings For Stocks
The second half of the year started with more volatility for global stocks on Friday, as recession concerns that have built in recent weeks also pulled metals and commodity currencies lower again.
Second Half Starts With Fresh Strain On Stocks
The second half of the year started with more volatility for global stocks on Friday, as recession concerns that have built in recent weeks also pulled metals, bond yields and some key currencies sharply lower again.
Markets In H1: The Almost Perfect Storm
Investors knew that, after two years of COVID-19 chaos, 2022 would be a bumpy ride, but nobody expected this - the most turbulent first half global markets have ever seen.
World Bank Calls For Sovereign Debt Changes Ahead Of Looming Crises
A senior official at the World Bank has ramped up its calls for changes in sovereign debt laws so governments have more control when crises strike and they have to restructure their debt.
The 'Big Package': How Russia Was Driven To Default
Russia's first major international debt default in over a century, which Washington said became a fact on Monday, follows months of co-ordinated Western sanctions that left Moscow with cash but no access to the international financial network.
Banking Body BIS Urges Decisive Wave Of Global Rate Hikes To Stem Inflation
The world's central bank umbrella body, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), has called for interest rates to be raised "quickly and decisively" to prevent the surge in inflation turning into something even more problematic.
Mass Biodiversity Loss Would Slash Global Credit Ratings, Report Warns
Major global biodiversity loss could cause enough economic damage by the end of the decade to severely cut more than half of the world's sovereign credit ratings - including China's, the first major study https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/biodiversity-loss-sovereign-credit-ratings on the issue has warned.
Crypto Fears Now Materialising, Central Bank Body BIS Says
Recent implosions in the cryptocurrency markets indicate that long-warned-about dangers of decentralised digital money are now materialising, the Bank for International Settlements has said.
Stocks, Bonds Rally Before Fed Meet, ECB Move Buoys Mood
Global shares and government bonds rallied on Wednesday ahead of what is expected to be the largest U.S.
Emergency ECB Statement Steadies European Markets Before Fed Meeting
European markets trimmed gains after the European Central Bank unveiled fresh measures on Wednesday to temper a market rout that has fanned fears of a new debt crisis before what is expected to be one of the sharpest U.S.
Euro Stays Grounded As ECB Give 'Lift-off' Signal
Benchmark European borrowing costs hit an 8-year high on Thursday but the euro and stocks stayed firmly grounded as the European Central Bank signalled it will hike euro zone interest rates for the first time in a decade next month.
Europe Buckles Up For ECB 'Liftoff' Signal
Investors buckled up on Thursday for the European Central Bank's signal that it is ready to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade, while the yen weakened to a new 20-year low on bets the Bank of Japan will lag way behind.
Analysis-Turkey's Recurring Currency Nightmare Strikes Again
Another 9% plunge in Turkey's lira this month and debt market danger gauges at levels last seen during the 2008 global crash have prompted investor concerns that a fresh crisis might be brewing in the country.
Stocks Wait On Fed Minutes, Dollar Strides Off 1-month Low
Stock markets stalled and the dollar moved off a 1-month low on Wednesday as traders waited for news on just how aggressively the U.S.
Stocks Edge Up Before Fed Minutes, Dollar Off 1-month Low
Stock markets and the dollar moved cautiously higher on Wednesday before the latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes, while New Zealand's dollar soared as its central bank joined those now aggressively jacking up interest rates.
Rising Inequality Now An Urgent Matter, BIS Central Bank Group Warns
A new study by the central bank to the world's central banks, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), has called for urgent action to tackle rising wealth inequality, warning the problem was feeding a dangerous loop of recessions and poverty.
Shares Slump After Retail Giants Sound Stagflation Alarm
World stock markets suffered more heavy falls on Thursday after stark warnings from some of the world's biggest retailers about just how hard inflation is biting gave Wall Street its worst day in almost two years.