Nick Macfie

May 30, 2024 | ca.marketscreener.com | Nick Macfie

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from MikeDolanThis week's bout of bond market anxiety eased a touch onThursday, but investors wary of heavy sovereign debt sales andelection uncertainty are bracing for a jumpy June. And the dollar is lapping it all up. At the root of the week's angst has been more evidence ofstill-brisk U.S. economic growth and sticky worldwide inflationthat questions the degree of interest rate cuts ahead that havebeen long-assumed by markets.

May 29, 2024 | gurutrade.com | Gareth Jones |Nick Macfie

Revises 2024 GDP growth higher on AI, consumption at home Raises 2024 exports outlook to 10.06% Central Bank likely to hold rates steady in June - analyst TAIPEI, May 30 (Reuters) - Taiwan's trade-reliant economy is expected to grow at a faster pace in 2024 than previously forecast, owing to high demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications abroad and solid consumption at home, the statistics office said on Thursday.

May 29, 2024 | marketscreener.com | Nick Macfie

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from MikeDolanThis week's bout of bond market anxiety eased a touch onThursday, but investors wary of heavy sovereign debt sales andelection uncertainty are bracing for a jumpy June. And the dollar is lapping it all up. At the root of the week's angst has been more evidence ofstill-brisk U.S. economic growth and sticky worldwide inflationthat questions the degree of interest rate cuts ahead that havebeen long-assumed by markets.

May 28, 2024 | gurutrade.com | Maria Martinez |Maria Martínez |María Martínez |Nick Macfie

BERLIN, May 28 (Reuters) - Germany faces rising spending pressures and the government should consider easing the debt brake, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, but finance ministry sources said such a move carried the risk of fuelling inflation. Altering the rules of the debt brake, which limits public deficits to 0.35% of gross domestic product, would require a two-thirds majority in the upper and lower houses of parliament.

May 23, 2024 | marketscreener.com | Nick Macfie

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from MikeDolanAnd then there was one. In an extraordinary turnabout in just five months, financialmarkets now fully price just one quarter-point interest rate cutfrom the Federal Reserve this year - compared to the six builtinto futures prices at the start of 2024.