Squawk Box Europe Express

Its covid across the board today as the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, holds off from tightening covid restrictions despite mounting pressure. There were more than 90,000 confirmed cases of covid i...

21 Des 202125min

The Netherlands becomes the first country in Europe to impose strict lockdown measures as the omicron variant spreads across the world. In London, the city mayor, Sadiq Khan, declares a major incident...

20 Des 202130min

Sterling rallies as the Bank of England hikes rates for the first time in 3 years, raising its benchmark rate to 0.25% in anticipation of inflation hitting 6% by April. Meanwhile, the ECB is set to ex...

17 Des 202128min

The Federal Reserve slows the pace of its monthly bond purchases and signals three rate hikes next year. The FED says it will taper its bond purchasing programme by 30 billion dollars per month, putti...

16 Des 202127min

Producer prices in the U.S see the sharpest rise on record and has unsettled Wall Street before today’s FED decision. The U.S hikes the government debt ceiling to $31.4 trillion thus avoiding an histo...

15 Des 202124min

As China records its first case of the omicron Covid variant, Beijing comes under pressure to reconsider its zero-tolerance approach to covid transmission. Tech and travel stocks lead the losses on Wa...

14 Des 202127min

The UK announces the rollout of third doses of the Covid vaccine to all over 18s by the end of the month as Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns of a ‘tidal wave’ of the omicron Covid variant around the...

13 Des 202128min

Inflation is expected to rise 6.7 percent in the U.S, pushing the FED to act faster. Meanwhile, tech stocks lead the losses in the Asia and U.S markets. The U.S is expected to blacklist the Chinese AI...

10 Des 202123min