Hawkish Fed rises rates 50bps as Bank of England plays ball with 25bps
But one portfolio manager descibes the move as ‘shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic’
Macro News
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Weekly outlook: Oil giants BP and Shell report while Fed and BoE race to raise rates
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 2 May
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Investors return to European equities despite Ukraine crisis uncertainty
Asset class sees biggest month-on-month improvement in sentiment in April, according to Hargreaves Lansdown
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Weekly outlook: Unilever results and US tech giants report after Netflix collapse
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 25 April
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Weekly outlook: Mining giants report amid commodity boom, while Netflix reveals if it hit lowered expectations
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 18 April
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Pressure on Bank of England ratchets up as inflation hits 30-year high
May rate rise looks more certain but MPC could hit pause over the summer
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Bank of England unlikely to change course despite signs of UK slowdown
GDP falls short of analyst expectations in February, fuelling fears of Q2 contraction
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Weekly outlook: Latest UK inflation, wage growth and unemployment numbers released
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 11 April
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Should investors prep for rerun of 1970’s-style stagflation?
Last week’s US Treasury yield curve inversion signals possible recession amid oil price shock
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Weekly outlook: Moonpig reports amid share slump; Halifax UK house price index
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 4 April
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Weekly outlook: Fresh US housing and jobs data and results from AG Barr and Bellway
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 28 March
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Larry Fink: Russia war on Ukraine spells end of globalisation
Mexico, Brazil, the US and manufacturing hubs in southeast Asia could benefit as countries look to nearshore more operations