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  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Markets InsightMarkets
    Why the hurricane season matters for the Fed

    The US central bank increasingly needs an understanding of meteorology to see where the economy is headed

    A search and rescue team from Texas works outside a home destroyed by Hurricane Ida in 2021 in Golden Meadow, Louisiana
  • Wednesday, 27 March, 2024
    Markets InsightYen
    Making sense of a wrong-way bet on the yen

    Among the largest developed-market peers, the Japanese currency has lost the most against the dollar this year

    A banknote of Japanese yen
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    Markets InsightEuropean equities
    Europe’s financial sector is a drag 

    The bloc’s financial heart is weak, struggling to pump sufficient capital to support companies and the economy

    Stock price information on display in the lobby of the Euronext stock exchange in Paris, France
  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
    Markets InsightUS economy
    Four US soft-landing questions for 2024

    Consumption, the labour market, commodities and Chinese deflation will determine the outlook for markets

    A City of Los Angeles career fair
  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
    Markets InsightGold
    Falling inflation might not dent gold’s rally

    Precious metal can gain even if the US economy heads to a soft landing

    Gold bars being laid out on soft black fabric
  • Monday, 16 October, 2023
    Markets InsightUS Dollar
    The dollar has joined the commodity currency club

    A change in the greenback’s historical relationship with oil is increasingly rippling through economies and markets

    Montage of a $1 bill set in front of a US flag
  • Friday, 4 August, 2023
    Markets InsightEquities
    The case for continued American equity exceptionalism

    US stocks to benefit from AI boom as a moderating global economy weighs on more cyclical markets

    An American flag is displayed on the exterior of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
    Markets InsightUS equities
    Investors should be wary of US small-cap stocks

    Disappointment over Fed easing and recent banking turmoil likely to further weigh on sector

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    Markets InsightEuropean equities
    Beware the European optimism trap

    Many of the factors that have boosted the region’s equities in the year to date are likely to fade as 2023 progresses

    The European Central Bank building in Frankfurt
  • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
    Markets InsightDemographics and population
    No early retirement for demographic-driven inflation risk

    The potential for greater structural shift in price growth from shrinking workforces is rising

    Pedestrians walk along a street in Tokyo
  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Markets InsightUS Dollar
    The downturn in the dollar is not just about rates

    Currency is being driven by events outside the US as much as what happens inside its borders

  • Monday, 6 September, 2021
    Markets InsightUS inflation
    Markets seem to be missing the risks on US inflation

    The Fed will eventually have to do more than ‘budge’ on interest rates

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