Share: Investors face fresh uncertainties. Heightened geopolitical risks underline the merits of diversification, economists at UBS report. Oil and Gold assets will also be supported by market fundamentals Gold closed at a one-month high of $1,981 an ounce on 20 October, and is up around 8.7% over the past two weeks. Brent rose
Share: Pound Sterling finds buying interest while UK recession risks remain intact. UK Manufacturing PMI is expected to contract for the 14th time in a row. UK’s real estate inquiries increase as households see no more increase in mortgage rates. The Pound Sterling (GBP) faces an intense sell-off despite the United States’ core Personal
US: The Fed left interest rates unchanged as expected. The macroeconomic projections were revised higher as the economy showed much stronger resilience than expected and the Dot Plot showed that the majority of members still expects another rate hike by the end of the year with less rate cuts in 2024. Fed Chair Powell reaffirmed
US: The Fed hiked by 25 bps as expected and kept everything unchanged at the last meeting. Fed Chair Powell reaffirmed their data dependency and kept all the options on the table. The US CPI this week came in line with expectations, so the market’s pricing remained roughly the same. The labour market displayed signs
The Fed is waiting for the totality of the data to be released before deciding what to do at their September meeting. As of now, the data supports the soft-landing narrative as the disinflation in the core measures continues but the strength in the labour market and consumer spending might keep inflation higher for longer.
