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The important data for the market this week was always going to be the employment data due out Friday from the US. The markets had a good week ahead of this, either having some premonition of early signs that the data would be good or lucky guesswork. Volumes were thin which helped the rapid movements. In the end the data was good and the markets ended on a five month high. Jobs were still lost, but at a much lower rate of decline than was expected. More
Growth will not be sacrificed, according to the Government ahead of announcements on spending cuts. Going forward, the emphasis for Government spending will be to areas with the greatest economic advantage. More
The Federal Reserve in the US, the Fed, has initiated a new round of easing through the purchase of Treasuries following news that the recovery is slowing down in the US. This is not new money as in the first round but it is still pumping liquidity into the system, it is more a case of making funds available rather than new funds. More
Equity markets started the week stronger than the previous week. There are fewer companies reporting problems and downgrades and the banking system in the Eurozone appears to be coping well within the internal pressures. More
The initial New Year weakness saw the FTSE100 index slip and almost break the 5,000 barrier but the recovery and subsequent further strength highlighted the renewed optimism which began to permeate the market. More
The initial New Year weakness saw the FTSE100 index slip and almost break the 5,000 barrier but the recovery and subsequent further strength highlighted the renewed optimism which began to permeate the market. The optimism came in the form of further good news in the UK with regard to the strength of the recovery in GDP, gross domestic product, where revisions later confirmed that it was not as anaemic as first feared. More
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