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Money Matters 7th July 2020
STRONGER HEADLINES, BUT WEAKER UNDERLYING JOBS NUMBERS IN THE U.S. The US jobs report for June was stronger than market expectations, as non-farm payrolls indicated
Money Matters 30th June 2020
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
Money Matters 23rd June 2020
INVESTORS 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
Money Matters 16th June 2020
THE 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
Money Matters 9th June 2020
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD The saying in the title applies to the latest jobs report in the US, which was released on Friday.
Money Matters 2nd June 2020
RE-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
Money Matters 27th May 2020
THE CORONAVIRUS MIGHT TAKE THE BACKSEAT AS MARKETS’ FOCUS SHIFTS TOWARDS GEOPOLITICS The latest world trade figures for March showed a pronounced decline in world
Money Matters 19th May 2020
MARKETS 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
Money Matters 12th May 2020
APRIL 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
Money Matters 5th May 2020
CENTRAL BANKS TO CONTINUE TO AID THE AILING ECONOMY Last week we got to know the initial impact of social distancing, lockdowns and business closures
Money Matters 28th April 2020
GAUGING THE STATE OF THE WORLD ECONOMY IN A PANDEMIC As the coronavirus outbreak caused outages in factories and reduced household and business spending globally,
Money Matters 21st April 2020
EARNINGS SEASON AND PMIs TO DRIVE GLOBAL MARKETS Policymakers globally kept working on schemes to bolster their respective economies debilitated by the nCOVID-19 pandemic. In the
Money Matters 15th April 2020
FRESH DATA POINTS TO HELP GAUGE THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL LOCKDOWN The concluded OPEC+ oil supply agreement is similar in substance to that outlined last
Money Matters 7th April 2020
DATA REVEALS THE DEGREE OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC WEAKNESS IN MARCH During the week, the JP Morgan Global Composite PMI was released, showing a fall to
Money Matters 31st March 2020
A DECADE-LONG ECONOMIC CYCLE COMES TO AN ABRUPT END It is no doubt that the global economy is going through a period of recession, due
Money Matters 24th March 2020
THE FED DEPLOYS TARGETED TOOLS, WHILST CAPITOL HILL STALLS Last week saw the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) comprehensive set of measures which were taken to reduce
Money Matters 17th March 2020
THE FED HAS GONE ALL IN ON SUNDAY Despite the positive start of the year, the economic disruption caused by the Covid-19 has most likely
Money Matters 10th March 2020
EMERGENCY, PAGING DR. BEAT In her 1984 classic, Gloria Estefan is paging Dr Beat, as she desperately needs ‘to ease the pain’ and is about to
