Global updates: Heightened speculation
As expected, the Federal Reserve (Fed) maintained its key federal funds rate at a range of 5.25% to 5.5% in March. Against a backdrop of increasingly heightened speculation over the timing of possi...
Adviser-Hub 5th Apr 2024
Global updates: US indices hit new highs
US stock markets continued to forge ahead during February: the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index reached a new closing high.
Adviser-Hub 11th Mar 2024
Global updates: “The clouds are beginning to part”
The International Monetary Fund believes “the clouds are beginning to part” and expects the global economy to achieve a soft landing, underpinned by lower inflation and steady growth. Adviser-Hub 7th Feb 2024
The International Monetary Fund believes “the clouds are beginning to part” and expects the global economy to achieve a soft landing, underpinned by lower inflation and steady growth.
Adviser-Hub 7th Feb 2024
Global updates: 2024: the year that rates come down?
Many – but not all – leading equity markets ended 2023 strongly, posting double-digit gains over the calendar year. In the US, the S&P 500 Index rose by 24.2% over 2023.
Adviser-Hub 8th Jan 2024
Global updates: Light at the end of the inflation tunnel?
Share prices generally rebounded during November amid mounting optimism that interest rates might have peaked, underpinned by encouraging US and eurozone inflation data.
Adviser-Hub 12th Dec 2023
Global updates: “Limping along”
Equity and bond prices fell during October as investors’ appetite for risk was blunted by geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainties.
abrdn 10th Nov 2023
Global updates: Where next for the Fed?
Global equity markets generally weakened during September, dampened by uncertainties over US monetary policy, higher oil prices, and broader concerns about the global economic outlook.
Adviser-Hub 6th Oct 2023
Global updates: China weighs on sentiment
Global equity markets generally declined during August as existing preoccupations over inflation and monetary policy were exacerbated by intensifying worries over the outlook for China.
Adviser-Hub 13th Sep 2023
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