A sharp drop in inflationary pressures across developed international economies has encouraged financial markets to call central bankers' strongly held 'higher for longer' position into question.
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Our Autumn Statement Analysis breaks down the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.
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The month of October has a notorious reputation for those invested in financial market assets. The crash of 1987 and before it the Wall Street crash of 1929 spring readily to mind, but this year's version has been dominated, sadly by conflict in the Middle East and more particularly by the war taking place in the Gaza strip between Israel and Hamas in retribution for the latter's attack on the 7th of the month.
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The latest Investment Quarterly is available to read, outlining our views for the economy and financial markets and charting their course for the remainder of this year and 2024.
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August usually delivers its fair share of news even as the attention of the many is diverted by the summer's seasonal delights and even in an unseasonably damp United Kingdom. Financial markets have wrestled with an increasingly lopsided-looking global economy, pricing adjustments reflecting, on the one hand, the 'second coming' of the United States where, despite aggressive interest rate hikes, activity is proving more than resilient.
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July has proved a strong month for investors in the financial markets, particularly across the stock markets of Western developed economies. Returns were generated against a backdrop of economic resilience, especially in the United States where, despite the Federal Reserve having raised interest rates in excess of 5.00%-points in little over a year, growth has persisted and even exceeded expectations.
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In this month’s Market Commentary, Raymond James European Strategist, Jeremy Batstone-Carr, discusses inflation and affordability in the UK, debt ceiling negotiations and compromise in the US, plus how enthusiasm for artificial intelligence has shifted into overdrive, and more.
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