August 18, 2020

European markets have been boosted by a range of European National Central Bankers, that have come out in support of rate cuts from the ECB,

The Fed have cautioned rates will not begin to be cut until further progress is made on inflation and that the rate must return to

Markets are on high alert, closely following the situation developing in the Middle East, which has the capacity to increase market volatility. Oil prices will

The Iranian large-scale missile/drone attack on Israel, in retaliation for Israeli attack on their Syrian consulate, raised fears over the weekend that markets may panic

US equity markets tumbled again Friday, stoked by fears of persistent inflation, which is not going away. US inflation has been on a steep decline,

The ECB left rates unchanged, as expected, but reinforced the previous narrative, that inflation easing will allow interest rate cuts. The ECB are reading the

US CPI inflation data was hotter than expected, reversing the trends lower, spiking up to 3.5%. This combined with the Fed Minutes, confirming the need

Markets were nervous ahead of the key US CPI inflation number, due out tonight. Inflation in the US is expected to spike back upwards, sending

Markets opened the trading week on a positive note, with equities and bond yields both inching higher, leading into a big week of data and

The Non-Farm Payroll number beat expectations, further fuelling speculation the Fed may continue to defer interest rate cuts, which appears to be the preferred default