WM Weekly Data & Analysis

Banking sector anxieties subsided this week and stocks around the world rallied. Sentiment also got boost by some expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve may continue to moderate its monetary tightening. Quiet before the storm? Will other banks around the world sooner or later find themselves in a liquidity crisis, such as the three banks in the US, and Credit Suisse in

Trading in equity markets was affected this week by the publication of January inflation data in the US and the UK. Signals that inflation is remaining sticky boosted expectations that central bank rates are going up and staying up in Europe, the US and even Australia. The global tightening wave that was supposed to have peaked is instead gathering strength. European equity

Uncertainty and volatility returned to world markets which continued to wrestle with the uncertainty regarding how long central banks will remain in monetary policy tightening mode. Geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China remained heightened in the wake of the U.S. downing what was believed to be a Chinese high-altitude balloon that was floating over U.S. soil. The balloon, which China said

It was an eventful week with central banks in the US, Europe and the UK all raising interest rates to fresh multi-year highs while signaling there is more tightening to come. However, it was the monetary policy decision from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) that garnered the lion’s share of attention for the week. Markets initially shrugged off the hawkishness, however,

Bullish sentiment prevailed on world markets this week. The stronger-than-expected GDP numbers from the U.S., the world’s largest economy, did not imply an imminent and immediate recession. Investors focused on expectations that global central bank aggressive tightening may cool off and China’s reopening. The markets also continued to digest a host of earnings data while exuding some caution ahead of monetary policy decisions

After a positive start to the year in markets, world equities were mixed this past week as investors grappled with worries that the world economy may be headed for a painful recession. The uncertainty regarding the ultimate impact on the economy and financial conditions of recent global monetary policy decisions to aggressively tighten policies weighed on markets. hover over a country to

World markets were mostly higher this week. All eyes were on the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, which concluded with Fed policymakers announcing a widely expected 75-basis-point rate increase. Expectations that the US central bank may need to slow down the pace of its interest rate hikes, given the U.S. economy contracted for the second straight quarter in the three