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USDollar
Market Report: tariffs, tyres & takeovers
- Asian markets rally on hopes of tariff exemptions
- Halfords lifts guidance after strong trading
- De La Rue agrees takeover
- Dollar slips again
- Brent holds steady at $65
Steve Clayton, head of equity funds at Hargreaves Lansdown:
“Futures markets were suggesting a steady start to trading in London and Europe after Asian markets rallied overnight. Sentiment was boosted after US President, Donald Trump suggested that he might pause the introduction of some of his proposed tariffs...
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Market report: Fears of global trade war rattle global markets
- London’s FTSE 100 opens sharply lower, following turbulence on Asian markets.
- Investors are bracing for a rollercoaster ride ahead, with a tit-for-tat trade war erupting.
- Canadians and Americans warned to expect pain ahead as prices are set to rise.
- Dollar gains ground amid concerns that the trade war will re-ignite inflation.
- Brent Crude rises as supply concerns swirl with oil imports targeted.
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown:
‘’Investors are...
Renminbi and crypto pose no major threat to dollar’s global dominance
Tuesday 22 March 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.12.2
Commentary: Russia sanctions, the renminbi and the dollar’s future
By Mark Sobel in Washington
The dollar’s global dominance remains well entrenched. Yet every ripple in international finance engenders a tedious new round of chatter – will the dollar lose its dominant status? With the imposition of severe financial sanctions on Russia, rumblings that China will provide Russia a lifeline and rumours Saudi Arabia will denominate oil prices in renminbi, markets...
How have divergent lockdown measures impacted the UK and Europe?
How have divergent lockdown measures impacted the UK and Europe?
Thursday 27 January 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.4.4
Commentary: Outlook 2022: US versus euro area performance
By Geoffrey Yu in London
On the face of things, the UK’s decision to avoid fully locking down the economy over the Christmas period appears to be paying dividends. In contrast, the euro area and wider European Union introduced restrictions relatively early, so markets are starting to price in greater underperformance on growth and policy...
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Wednesday 29 September 2021)
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Wednesday 29 September 2021)
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY
HIGHLIGHTS
September 29 2021
Global Markets
The ongoing rise in sovereign bond yields following last week’s hawkish tilt of many G10 CBs and renewed inflation concerns on the back of higher energy prices, triggered a major risk-off move in global equity markets. Meanwhile, elevated UST yields kept the USD well supported, with the EUR/USD continuing to trade steadily below 1.17.
Greece
On Covid-19, new cases yesterday...
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GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Monday, 30 August 2021)
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Monday, 30 August 2021)
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY
HIGHLIGHTS
August 30 2021
Global Markets
The tone Fed Chair Jerome Powell adopted in his speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium was perceived by market participants as more dovish than expected. In reaction, global equity markets and USTs firmed, while the USD lost some ground.
Greece
A new bill to facilitate private and strategic investments was submitted for public consultation last week. On the pandemic front, the positivity...
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Central banks must work together to cope with dollar dominance
Central banks must work together to cope with dollar dominance
Thursday 26 August 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.34.4
Commentary: Central banks need new tools for dollar dominance
By Kathleen Tyson in London
When former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney spoke at the Jackson Hole Symposium in 2019, he made a surprising argument against the continued dollarisation of the global economy, labelling the situation a ‘destabilising asymmetry’. Central banks and other policy-makers need to work together for better...
US monetary policy developments past, present and future
US monetary policy developments past, present and future
Monday 23 August 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.34.1
Commentary: Nixon shock was a welcome development
By Mark Sobel in Washington
Numerous commentaries in recent weeks have commemorated the 50th anniversary of the August 1971 Nixon shock, which brought the Bretton Woods system to its end. For Mark Sobel, US chairman of OMFIF, the Nixon shock was a historically welcome development. It set in motion a series of events that led to the onset of generalised...
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Renminbi’s rise, 50 years after the dollar-gold shock, IMF shifts approach to low income countries and special drawing rights, and more
Renminbi’s rise, 50 years after the dollar-gold shock, IMF shifts approach to low income countries and special drawing rights, and more
THE WEEKEND REVIEW – OMFIF
Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world
9-13 August 2021, Vol.12 Ed.32
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Renminbi’s rise, 50 years after the dollar-gold shock: President Richard Nixon, in his TV address on 15 August 1971, announced unilaterally that America was reneging on the gold-dollar link. The consequences remain with us today....