The European economy resisted well and continued to grow, namely due to the services sector and the gradual lifting of Covid restrictions, during the first half of 2022. Real Estate investors were confronted with a variety of challenges including ...

The commodity sector turned sharply lower this week as the market reacted negatively to renewed growth concerns after the Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, left the market in no doubt that the US would continue to hike rates and keep them h...

How might governments in Europe seek to interrupt the price mechanism - and what will it mean if they do? Last week, the UK energy regulator Ofgem announced that the typical household energy bill in the country will rise to £3,549 from the star...

At the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, the Federal Reserve (Fed) and other major central banks remained focus on their principal mandate, delivering low and stable inflation of around 2%, despite higher unemployment and recession risk. Reducing i...

Jean-Pierre Durante, Head of Applied Research Pictet Wealth Management. Weak economic activity weights on oil prices Global oil supply has continued to increase over the past three months (by 1.6mbd). Meanwhile, the global economic slowd...

By Peter Garnry, Head of Equity Strategy, Saxo Bank The brief rally in global equities that lasted two months is now over as equities have rolled over. Equities recently have taken a big hit as the Jackson Hole conference made it clear to ...