search results

Suggestions

No matching items found

SHOWING Results

Swedish rate hike jolts stocks as Wall Street awaits Fed meet

20 Sep 2022

Stocks fell on Tuesday ahead of more interest rate increases from central banks to cool decades-high inflation, with Sweden leading a round of anticipated hefty hikes from its US, Swiss...

US policymakers weigh rate hikes

12 Aug 2022

The United States Federal Reserve’s tightening of monetary policy through raising interest rates which began in March this year is to continue despite the flat inflation line for July compared...

Soaring US inflation fuels bets on sharper Fed interest rate hikes

11 Jun 2022

Stubbornly hot US inflation is fueling bets that the Federal Reserve will get more aggressive about trying to cool price pressures and even potentially ditch its own forward guidance by...

Stocks waver as investors brace for Fed tightening

07 Apr 2022

US and European stocks fluctuated on Thursday after minutes from central banks showed US policymakers ready to aggressively wind back easy-money policies while their eurozone counterparts disagreed over their own...

European, US markets slump over hawkish Fed comments

18 Jun 2021

European and US stock markets slumped on Friday as investors dwelled on the prospect of rising US interest rates. Europe’s main bourses all fell nearly two per cent. On...

Global stock markets at record peak ahead of Fed meet

16 Mar 2021

Global stocks hit their highest levels in over three weeks on Tuesday, as investors bet the US Federal Reserve and other central banks’ meeting this week will keep policies...

Stocks rise on positive economic data in EU as investors eye US Fed

24 Feb 2021

World shares picked up Wednesday on positive economic data in Europe and as investors looked to a second day of testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for his outlook...

Markets recover as US stimulus offsets angst over new virus strain

22 Dec 2020

Stocks rebounded on Tuesday, with Washington’s approval of an $892 billion pandemic relief package helping them recover some of the losses caused by fears over a highly infectious new strain...

Accord on Fed removes obstacle to agreement on COVID-19 relief

20 Dec 2020

Top congressional lawmakers struck a late-night agreement on the last major obstacle to a COVID-19 economic relief package costing nearly $1 trillion, clearing the way for votes as early as...

Fed stimulus news, virus concerns darken mood of global investors

20 Nov 2020

World stocks edged higher on Friday, but gains were capped by dwindling stimulus in the United States and concerns about the damage to the global economy from further COVID-19 infections....

41 Results for