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- Oil prices climb around 5% last week
- Volatility makes a comeback moving to 10.9 on the VIX index
- Global equities trading near record highs
- Technology stocks under pressure with continued sell offs
- Central banks adopt a hawkish tone around fiscal tightening
- UK and US inflation figures miss expectations
- Federal Reserve increases Funds rate
- US economic data softer than expected
- Bank of England votes 5-3 to hold the base rate
- French party En Marche! secure convincing parliamentary majority
- Conservatives fall short of majority in UK election
- ECB revises core inflation and growth forecasts
- Limited market response to Comey testimony
- Strong US economic data reaffirms rate hike expectations
- US responds to Qatar and Gulf diplomatic crisis
- Equities higher with volatility falling
- Bond markets rise after muted inflation data
- UK polls indicate tight race ahead of Thursday’s election
- US May payrolls report disappoints
- Trump takes US out of Paris Climate Accord
- Pressure builds on Trump and equity markets
- US dollar index back to pre-election levels
- Brazilian asset prices fall amid corruption scandal
- Japan experiences steady Q1 growth
- Sterling climbs on UK inflation and employment data
- Global equities flat as volatility nears record-lows
- US inflation slows in April
- Gilts higher after BoE downgrade growth forecast
- US & China outline 100-day trade plan
- Merkel’s CDU Party win key state election in Germany
- Macron becomes youngest ever elected French President
- Strong April jobs report points to robust US labour market
- Eurozone economy grows 0.5% in first quarter
- Greece agrees bailout terms with creditors
- Volatile week for commodity prices
- Equities & Euro up following first round of French election
- May calls snap UK election
- Flash PMI’s encouraging in Europe, less so in US
- UK retail sales decline in March
- Poor week for oil as US inventories rise
- Geopolitical tensions rise over North Korea & Syria
- March US non-farm payrolls reading disappoints
- FOMC minutes spark equity declines
- Eurozone PMI data reaches multi-year high
- South Africa’s sovereign credit rating downgraded
- Strong finish to Q1 for equity markets
- US Q4 GDP growth revised upwards
- UK triggers Article 50
- China raises short term interest rates
- Euro area inflation below expectations in March
