Cable moved to session highs before handing it all back after a forecast-beating inflation print that takes some of the pressure off the Bank of England to cut rates. Inflation hit 1.8% in January, rising from 1.3% in December and ahead of the 1.6% forecast. There is a lot of noise here and indeed all this week […]

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Crude oil futures have taken a tumble across the past week as prices fall away from their recent $70 high. Elsewhere, natural gas is buoyed by increasing US LNG exports.  Oil trading  It was only a couple of weeks ago we were talking about a sustained oil price rally. The $70 Brent figure was a […]

Inflation is everywhere this week. Two major central bank rate decisions, from the European Central Bank and Bank of Canada, are due as inflation starts to bite. Looking at data, the big release is May’s US CPI numbers following April’s surging prices.

Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng index rose 13% this week — the best weekly gain since 1998 in a US$440 bn. bull run fueled by stimulus from China's PBoC.