Could Markets Relive 2016 Post-Election Day Performance?

Markets Slightly better-than-expected December EMU PMI’s showed business activity decreasing for the second month running. The rate of contraction was slower than in November though (49.5 from 48.3). A modest return to growth of services (51.4 from 49.5) was unable to erase the continuing downturn in manufacturing (45.2; unchanged). As has now been the case […]

BoE Governor Bailey’s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium reiterated BoE’s cautionary dovish monetary policy stance. Short-term interest rate markets are likely to price in a shallower and slower interest rate cut cycle in the UK. The potential further widening of the 2-year yield premium of UK gilts over US Treasury notes may support a […]

The price of gold (XAUUSD) continues its upward trajectory, hitting a new peak at 2460 USD per troy ounce on Friday. The surge in gold prices is largely driven by growing expectations that the US Federal Reserve will soon reduce interest rates. This anticipation has been bolstered by recent signals from the Fed’s July meeting […]