Trump wraps up MidEast tour

Something to work on… Asian markets rise on an unexpected jump in U.S. employment but questions linger over whether misclassifications kept the unemployment rate lower in May. In energy news, oil rall...

8 Juni 202025min

Big Bazooka…Italian bond yields fall after ECB President Christine Lagarde announces an almost €600bn extension to its pandemic support package in order to help offset the sharp growth contraction thr...

5 Juni 202026min

Markets undeterred… the S&P 500 posts its longest winning streak since February. This, despite the ongoing unrest across the U.S., as well as divisions over the response within the White House. The EC...

4 Juni 202025min

U.S. tensions continue with the Pentagon moving 1,600 troops to the Washington D.C. area in anticipation of more violence following the police killing of George Floyd. The U.S. government launches a p...

3 Juni 202024min

President Trump vows to send in the army should state governors fail to quell the violent protests raging across U.S. cities following the police killing of George Floyd. Some Facebook employees stage...

2 Juni 202024min

Anger in America… protests and looting rage on across the U.S. following the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis. Curfews have been imposed and the National Guard is called in to quell the vi...

1 Juni 202027min

Talking tough… Asian equities fall, with the Nikkei retreating from three-month highs as President Trump says he is “not happy” with Beijing following its approval of a controversial Hong Kong securit...

29 Maj 202023min

Autonomy in question: The U.S. government declares it no longer considers Hong Kong autonomous from China in a decision that could end the territory's special trade status and further raises tensions ...

28 Maj 202025min