A PACKED ECONOMIC DIARY TO SHAPE GLOBAL MARKET SENTIMENT The coronavirus pandemic triggered an unprecedented decline in the world trade volume, which declined 16.2% YoY in April, according to the…
read moreINVESTORS TO FOCUS ON PMIs AND CENTRAL BANKS THIS WEEK The latest macro data in the US revealed that the sharp decline in economic activity stopped and to some extent reversed…
read moreTHE FED IS NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE THOUGHT OF HIGHER RATES This week’s title is paraphrasing Jerome Powell, the Chair of the Federal Reserve (Fed), who painted a sobering…
read moreALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD The saying in the title applies to the latest jobs report in the US, which was released on Friday. Although the headline labour market…
read moreRE-OPENING ECONOMIES & POLITICS TO SHAPE THE MARKETS As noted in the previous week’s update, geopolitics have returned to the limelight, again, although it does not appear to have dented global…
read moreTHE CORONAVIRUS MIGHT TAKE THE BACKSEAT AS MARKETS’ FOCUS SHIFTS TOWARDS GEOPOLITICS The latest world trade figures for March showed a pronounced decline in world trade volumes, as they fell…
read moreMARKETS TO FOCUS ON POLICY AGENDAS IN THE U.S. AND CHINA Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said in an interview that the US economy could take more than a year…
read moreAPRIL JOBS REPORT PAINTS A BLEAK PICTURE OF THE U.S. LABOUR MARKET The latest jobs report in the US highlighted the enormous economic damage brought about by the coronavirus. In April,…
read moreCENTRAL BANKS TO CONTINUE TO AID THE AILING ECONOMY Last week we got to know the initial impact of social distancing, lockdowns and business closures on the developed economies. Real GDP…
read moreGAUGING THE STATE OF THE WORLD ECONOMY IN A PANDEMIC As the coronavirus outbreak caused outages in factories and reduced household and business spending globally, it is probably not too…
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