Squawk Box Europe Express

Asian equities are in the green, mirroring Wall Street gains after President Biden says his rescue plan is working and the U.S. recovery is burgeoning. The European Union backs down from a vaccine exp...

26 Mar 202127min

AstraZeneca has revised down vaccine efficacy data after doubts were raised over its U.S. trial results. The pharma giant is also at the centre of the ongoing vaccine export row between the UK and EU....

25 Mar 202125min

CNBC speaks exclusively to BIS general manager Agustin Carstens who says that clarity will come with rate normalisation but that investors should heed calls for patience. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet...

24 Mar 202125min

On the anniversary of the ECB’s emergency bond-buying programme, we hear exclusively from the central bank’s chief economist Philip Lane who says Treasury volatility will not necessarily spill over to...

23 Mar 202124min

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to confront EU leaders over threats to block AstraZeneca vaccine exports to Britain. Meanwhile the bloc’s two biggest economies face further Covid restrictions due t...

22 Mar 202125min

Yields soar, hitting tech stocks. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq retreat in the face of the U.S. 10-year bill reaching a 14-year high. U.S.-China relations under the Biden administration are off to a roc...

19 Mar 202126min

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a dovish line. The central bank sees interest rates staying near zero until at least 2023, despite Fed members offering a more optimistic outlook for growth a...

18 Mar 202128min

U.S. markets are on tenterhooks with all eyes on the Federal Reserve, as investors wait to see whether Fed Chair Jerome Powell will react to rising bond yields and increasing inflation speculation at ...

17 Mar 202123min