SPEU News and Press, SPDR® Portfolio Europe ETF From 02/07/24

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...

2024-02-06 12:30:00 ET Summary The International Monetary Fund (IMF) upwardly revised its 2024 global growth forecast to 3.1% from 2.9%, largely because of a more resilient US economy and policy stimulus in China. New York Community Bank surprised markets by slashing its dividend ...

2024-02-06 10:45:00 ET Summary The FOMC weighed all the economic data and decided to make it clear they would most likely not cut interest rates in March. The Fed’s favorite inflation indicator, the core Personal Consumption Expenditure rate, has been under the Fed’s...

2024-02-06 02:05:00 ET Summary Average prices charged for goods and services rose globally at the slowest rate since October 2020, according to the January worldwide PMI surveys. Service sector price increases slowed, though some stickiness was observed for goods prices, the latte...

2024-02-06 01:30:00 ET Summary Investors experienced a shift in global risk sentiment during Q4, marked by lower inflation and the anticipation of an end to the rate hiking cycle. The prospect of lower interest rates and improved business sentiment has ignited expectations of expa...

2024-02-03 09:00:00 ET Summary The US employment data blew away expectations, jumping by 353k, nearly twice the median forecasts. The week ahead is bound to be quieter. The simmering challenges emanating from the US commercial real estate market bubbled over. The US ...

2024-02-03 05:45:40 ET Summary Over recent months, the notion of 'immaculate disinflation' has supplanted traditional analysis. More remarkable even than having grown comfortable with very strong growth and labor markets, the Fed is willing to disregard extremely loose financial c...