It was a wild week for global stocks, with sharp falls mostly followed by equally steep rebounds as lower valuations attracted buyers. Bond yields rose as the Federal Reserve [...]

Central banks abandoned talk of inflation being temporary, with worries about high inflation being “persistent” outweighing concern over the Omicron variant. The European [...]

Global stocks suffered their worst weekly sell-off since the start of 2021 as investors took flight following central bank signals that higher interest rates are drawing [...]

130 of the world’s economies signed-up to a plan to force multinational companies to pay a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15% to be implemented in 2023. Only [...]

Central banks in several emerging markets raised rates, although developed market policymakers signaled that they expected the recent rise in inflation to be temporary. UK [...]

The “reflation trade” reversed after the Federal Reserve unexpectedly signaled a shift in its stance on inflation, indicating that rates may rise in 2023. UK The FTSE 100 [...]

Speculation grew that central banks were starting to talk about tapering their bond-buying programmes. The US moderated its proposals for a global minimum tax rate for large [...]

Global stocks suffered their worst week since February as investors were unsettled by far higher than expected inflation data out of the US. UK The FTSE 100 fell 1.2% over [...]

US and European equities hit fresh highs during the week. While the UK’s FTSE 100 Index rallied, it remained below its pre-pandemic level, although the domestically focused [...]

The Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, which ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal, has finally been refloated after best efforts to free the ship [...]