Weekly outlook: How will banking wobble impact rate hikes?
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 20 March
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Is the UK heading towards a recession?
Chat about the possibility of a UK recession reaches deafening levels as central banks raise rates to fight inflation. Portfolio Adviser attempts to make sense of the confusion
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Fed has hands full as inflation proves obstinate
Which may dash hopes of a pivot in the second half of this year
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BoE votes 7-2 to lift rates to 4% with further hikes likely
As the central bank acknowledges inflation has likely peaked
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Weekly outlook: Central banks to keep hiking as Apple and Shell report
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 30 January
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Hawkish Fed remains in flight as US CPI keeps falling
‘Inflation still isn’t fully handled, and it’s easy for markets to get carried away’ warns one analyst
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Rate hike expectations split as Fed chair takes dovish tone
Jerome Powell has suggested rises could slow as soon as the next FOMC meeting
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US inflation falls further than expected in October
With industry commentators split on what this means for future Fed hikes
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Midterms poised to make muted impact on markets
Post-election equity bounce less likely to materialise amid gloomy macroeconomic outlook
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Weekly outlook: Latest inflation figures set to shape Fed’s roadmap
Key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 7 November
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Investor attentions turn to 2023 with another 75bps US rate hike ‘baked in’
The upcoming FOMC meeting is widely expected to result in a 3.75%-4% rise in the Fed funds rate
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Bond market expectations at odds with Federal Reserve plans
Mixed signals muddy the outlook but a glimmer of optimism remains