IEUS News and Press, iShares Developed Small Cap ex-North America

2024-07-17 05:52:00 ET Summary Markets are now pricing in 48bp of ECB cuts in 2024, just shy of two full 25bp cuts. The rate-cutting narrative building in the US was the main driver of the increase, but in our view, the spillovers will be more limited. The Fed’s Be...

2024-07-17 04:20:00 ET Summary Global growth is being supported by moderating inflation, more accommodative financial conditions and a pickup in global trade. S&P Global Market Intelligence analysts' forecast of global real GDP growth in 2024 is unchanged at 2.7% i...

2024-07-16 08:00:00 ET Summary The UST curve steepened on the back of Trump’s assassination attempt, which was deemed likely to increase his chances of a win. The spillovers from a Trump presidency to EUR rates are more muddled. Eurozone rates have been helped down by t...

2024-07-15 06:58:00 ET Summary As North American activity is about to begin, the dollar is mostly little changed. Outside of Hong Kong and Taiwan, most Asia Pacific equities advanced. European benchmark 10-year yields are mostly 1-3 bps softer, while the 10-year Treasury yield...

2024-07-13 04:55:00 ET Summary The Labour Party’s electoral victory has placed it in a strong position to implement policy priorities. The government is hoping to support the construction of 1.5 million new homes within the next five years, implying an average of 300,000 pe...

2024-07-12 10:10:00 ET Summary U.S. growth is softening as lower-income households feel the bite of higher interest rates. A first Fed rate cut could occur in September, provided inflation continues to decelerate, and economic activity does not reaccelerate. The inflation scar...

2024-07-12 06:40:00 ET Summary Eurozone investment has fallen behind its pre-pandemic trend because of the underperformance of capital-intensive industries, high interest rates and policy uncertainty. Governments are now also starting to tighten their belts, leaving little room fo...

2024-07-12 04:12:00 ET Summary US CPI has settled down to rate-cut territory. First May, now June. Ahead July, and if that’s in the same vein, Treasuries can continue to anticipate cuts from the Fed. The ECB will unlikely commit to a September cut next week, but will al...

2024-07-11 06:50:00 ET Summary The focus today is on the US CPI report - Another soft reading is expected, and it may strengthen ideas of a Fed cut in September, which ostensibly give it time to cut again before the end of the year. The dollar is trading with a softer bias against...

2024-07-11 01:05:00 ET Summary The 10Y is back in the 4.25% to 4.30% area, and looking for an excuse to dip lower. The CPI report will decide, and the expectation is it will provide a route for lower yields (but watch services prices). In contrast to the US, eurozone mark...