RFEU News and Press, First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Europe ETF From 02/10/24

2024-02-10 05:11:50 ET Summary China's consumer prices fell last month at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis, piling pressure on the government to step-up support for a stumbling economic rebound that's roiling markets. Total New Loans of a record $684 billion were...

2024-02-09 21:51:00 ET Summary Markets are already discounting considerable central bank interest rate cuts in 2024. Are these expectations realistic, given the relatively soft landings for the G7 economies? Is the next easing cycle likely to be qualitatively and quantitativel...

2024-02-09 07:50:00 ET Summary The foreign exchange market is becalmed today, with most of the major pairs trading in narrow ranges. It is not just that the dollar is strong, but the Japanese yen is also weak. With the mainland markets closed now until February 19, the lurch l...

2024-02-08 17:30:00 ET Summary The eurozone escaped a technical recession, and a number of indicators suggest the economy is now bottoming out. The ECB is expected to cut rates from June onwards, but more cautiously than the market is currently anticipating. Headline inflation...

2024-02-08 07:15:00 ET Summary The dollar is narrowly mixed against most of the G10 currencies as it continues to consolidate its recent gains. Japan, the world's third-largest economy, has run trade deficits for the past three years. China remains in deflation. Over...

2024-02-07 19:18:00 ET Summary Global output growth accelerated for a third straight month in January, according to the S&P Global PMI surveys. Financial services reported by far the strongest expansion of the major industries tracked by the global PMI, fueled in turn by resur...

2024-02-07 18:15:00 ET Summary The worldwide PMI surveys compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence indicated a further deterioration of global trade in December, thereby extending the sequence of decline to nearly 2 years. The seasonally adjusted PMI New Export Orders Index p...

2024-02-07 06:40:00 ET Summary The dollar is trading with a slightly heavier bias. Sterling has moved back into the range that dominated since the middle of last December until the start of this week. The biggest drop in the US 10-year yield since last week's FOMC meeting (~7 ...

2024-02-07 01:53:00 ET Summary A sub-$3trn 2023 for M&A, but new year pipeline gives hope. Rising follow-on equity in 2023 signals latent appetite. Unstoppable debt capital markets hit $8.9trn for FY2023. By Lucille Jones, Senior Manager, Deals Intelligence and...

2024-02-07 00:08:00 ET Summary The decline in bond yields and policy rate expectations that closed 2023 underwent a sharp reversal, but that failed to dampen sentiment in equity markets. The pullback in Fed rate-cut expectations was amplified by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s...