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S&P Futures Tick Lower Ahead of Powell Speech, Chip War Heats Up

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are trending down -0.15% this morning as a report on potential new restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence chips to China weighed on sentiment, while investors awaited a speech from Fed Chair Jerome Powell for fresh clues on the future direction of U.S. monetary…

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S&P Futures Tick Lower Ahead of Powell Speech, Micron Earnings on Tap

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are trending down -0.14% this morning as market participants awaited a speech from Fed Chair Jerome Powell for fresh clues on the future direction of U.S. monetary policy.

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Corporate profits drove up prices last year, says ECB president

Christine Lagarde says without a shift in corporate behaviour, interest rates will need to stay higher for longer

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Stock Index Futures Climb as Investors Await Economic Data, China Stimulus Optimism Lifts Sentiment

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are up +0.21%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU23) are up +0.42% this morning as market participants braced for the next raft of economic data and speeches by policymakers to gain insights into the outlook for the economy and interest rates, while hopes of…

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Europe's interest rates to stay high as long as needed to defeat inflation, central bank chief says

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is warning that inflation is holding its grip on the economy

The Independent UK

Stock Index Futures Move Higher as Investors Await Economic Data, China Stimulus Optimism Lifts Sentiment

Barchart

European Central Bank raises interest rates to fight inflation; Nationwide to lift fixed mortgage rates – as it happened

UK mortgage holders face worst squeeze since 1990s crash, while Europe’s central bank hikes borrowing costs to battle inflation

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European Central Bank chief signals more rate hikes ahead with inflation still 'strong'

European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde says inflation pressures are “strong."

The Independent UK

Eurozone inflation at lowest level since Ukraine war but more interest rate rises expected

The annual inflation rate in the Eurozone dipped sharply in May to 6.1 percent, its lowest level since Russia invaded Ukraine last year. Despite this, European Central Bank Chief Christine Lagarde hinted at further, more gradual interest rate hikes to bring inflation down to its target of 2 percent. The…

France 24

Ready for a digital euro? At 25, European Central Bank preps for future of money

Proposals for a digital European currency are taking shape

The Independent UK

Lagarde: US-China split may weaken growth and fuel inflation

The fragmentation of the world economy into rival blocs led by the United States and China threatens to destabilize global commerce, increase inflation and weaken growth, Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, warned Monday

The Independent UK

‘Dr. Doom’ Nouriel Roubini warns economic ‘trilemma’ is making a financial crash inevitable

Troubled regional lenders will starve indebted businesses and households of credit, trigger a hard landing and turn a liquidity crisis into a balance sheet crisis, warns the noted economist.

Fortune

Billionaire ‘Bond King’ Jeff Gundlach tells the Fed it must choose between fighting inflation or rescuing banks—it can’t do both

The DoubleLine CEO predicted a recession is just months away.

Fortune

EU Leaders Grapple with Bank Risks as Economy Weakens

European Union leaders gathered Friday to gauge the risk of a banking crisis developing from recent global financial turbulence and hitting the economy even harder than the energy crunch tied to Russia's war in Ukraine. The deliberations by EU government heads in Brussels follow US regulators shutting down two US…

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The Independent UK

Fed's unwanted ally in bid to tame inflation: Credit crunch

The Federal Reserve is getting some unwanted help in its drive to slow the U.S. economy and defeat the worst bout of inflation in four decades: A cutback in bank lending

The Independent UK

ECB's Lagarde: Future rate hikes open amid banking turmoil

European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde says future interest rate decisions are open after upheaval in the global banking system has left the economic outlook more uncertain

The Independent UK

Will the Credit Suisse bank takeover calm financial fears?

Globally connected Credit Suisse has been taken over by rival UBS at the urging of Swiss authorities to avoid a collapse that could have sent shock waves through the global economy

The Guardian - UK

Investors consider legal action over Credit Suisse deal; Downing Street says UK banking system is safe – as it happened

Holders of riskier AT1 bonds, which are wiped out under deal with UBS, consider legal action.

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UBS to buy Credit Suisse for nearly $3.25 billion to calm turmoil in banking industry

Credit Suisse’s buyout by UBS was arranged by banking regulators worried that Credit Suisse’s failure could have repercussions similar to the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

The Conversation

The European Central Bank seems to have got away with raising interest rates in the middle of a banking crisis – here's why

In the middle of a market panic that has felled two US banks and pushed several others to the brink, the European Central Bank (ECB) has raised interest rates by another 0.5 percentage points. The ECB’s president, Christine Lagarde, had been warning this was necessary to bring eurozone inflation back…

The Independent UK

Bank turmoil casts shadow over Europe interest rate decision

Concerns about the world's banks are casting a shadow over the European Central Bank's meeting

The Conversation

Are interest rates really going to keep rising sharply?

For anyone trying to understand where interest rates and inflation are heading, it has been a strenuous few days. Jay Powell, chairman of US central bank the Federal Reserve, warned senators he may have to do more to fight inflation than expected, indicating the prospect of interest rates rising more…

Fortune

A Coinbase exec tried to tell a crowd of bankers that crypto is ‘the money of tomorrow’—and was immediately shot down by an ECB director onstage

Using the example of Bitcoin, he told audiences digital currency meets all of his benchmarks.

France 24

Childcare costs drive UK women out of workforce

The cost of childcare in the UK is among the highest in the world, and is driving many women to leave the workforce. Access to affordable childcare is a crucial element in addressing gender inequality. On International Women's Day, we also look at efforts to promote female entrepreneurs in the…

Fortune

'Inflation is a monster that we need to knock on the head': The chief of the European Central Bank says it must do more to bring down prices

“We will do whatever is needed to return inflation to 2%,” ECB President Christine Lagarde told the Spanish newspaper El Correo in a Sunday interview, referencing the central bank’s inflation target.

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