Morwenna Coniam
Editor, Bloomberg Markets Today at Bloomberg News
Journalist at Bloomberg News in London. Former Dublin BC, past lives in NYC and HK @business [email protected]. Opinions my own, retweets not endorsements
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1 week ago |
bloomberg.com | Morwenna Coniam
Good morning and welcome to Markets Today. FTSE 100 futures are indicating a higher open today, following gains across Asian equities, after stocks closed lower for a second week on Friday. The pound is rising above $1.31 as the US dollar falls to fresh lows for the year as President Trump downplayed a reprieve on electronics tariffs. Phones, computers and popular consumer electronics would still face additional levies, he said.
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1 week ago |
bloomberg.com | Sam Unsted |Morwenna Coniam |Dave Goodman
Good morning and welcome to Markets Today. FTSE 100 futures are up 0.8%, about in line with the rest of Europe and US contracts, after the index finished 3% higher yesterday. The pound is stronger, up by 0.3% against a weaker dollar. There’s more evidence of the latter in the euro, which has hit a three-year high against the US currency. Stay with us for monthly GDP data at the top of the hour, along with everything else that matters for UK markets.
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2 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Sam Unsted |Morwenna Coniam
The so-called reciprocal tariffs announced by President Trump are now in effect , dealing a major blow to the world economy in a push to reorder the global trading system. The latest salvo will push tariffs on China as high as 104%, with import taxes being put on roughly 60 trading partners that run trade surpluses with the US.
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2 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Morwenna Coniam |Sam Unsted
FTSE 100 Live: UK Stocks Drop the Most Since Pandemic in Global Selloff
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3 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Sam Unsted |Morwenna Coniam |David Goodman
The bottom line for strategists on the US tariff announcement is that it was worse than expected, will deliver a hit to the US economy and will mean that things are going to get worse before they get better for stock markets. Barclays strategists said that that risk around tariffs has largely been priced in by markets, but the risk of a global recession hasn’t.
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