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Summary The UK labour market remained soft at the start of 2023, according to survey data compiled by S&P Global, with employment coming under pressure from weak demand for staff from employers. More encouragingly, the recruitment industry survey's gauge of employer-demand for staff...
Summary Global government bonds rallied in January amid a flurry of positive economic data showing signs that inflation worries are easing and energy prices are dropping. In the U.S., economic data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics signaled that inflationary pressures may be ea...
Summary On the scale of exposure to oil and gas stocks, UK “light green” equity funds are browner than US and European non-ESG funds. Energy is 12.5% on the FTSE 100 while the S&P 500 has an approximate 5.2% exposure to oil and gas. Despite the persistent outflows ...
Summary Are interest rate hikes proving to be successful? What's next for the Fed after scaling back hikes. Where the inflation fight is heading next. After several months of aggressive rate hikes, inflation is finally showing signs of easing. Greg Bonnell speaks w...
Summary While some pessimism has lifted from central bank messaging, we still think the market may be hearing only what it wants to hear. The BoE hiked rates by 50 basis points, but hinted that this might be the end of the cycle. That was dovish, but not entirely unexpected, given the f...
Summary We see central banks stumbling into a more nuanced phase of the inflation fight and nearing a pause on hikes. We like short-term bonds and credit for income. U.S. stocks rose but trimmed gains and Treasury yields jumped after U.S. jobs data showed a tight labor market, reviving ...
Summary Inflation was arguably one of the biggest challenges faced in 2022. Although it doesn’t look to be going away in the early part of 2023, it does seem likely to slow as the year goes on. The December 2022 meetings by three of the most major central banks concluded a year o...
Summary Lower gas prices are as much of a boon for the UK as they are for the rest of Europe. With the hit to household incomes diminished, we now think the peak-to-trough fall in UK GDP is likely to be less than 1%. The UK is likely to be slower than the US Federal Reserve to cut r...
Summary Traders will pay close attention to initial jobless claims and the University of Michigan sentiment report. We learned a lot this past week about the position the euro area economy is in, the ECB's perception of it, and the market’s trust in the central bank. The stan...
Summary Global manufacturing output fell for a sixth successive month in January, but the rate of decline showed welcome signs of moderating for a second successive month. The global manufacturing downturn showed signs of easing at the start of 2023, according to the latest PMI surveys ...
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