China’s annual budget has set an ambitious growth target of 5% amidst the nations economy facing a number of potential headwinds. Matt Henderson, Portfolio Manager, talks through the key announcements and the market reaction as well as the fiscal dynamics at play in China.

The European Central Bank meeting takes places later this week and Jeff Casson, Chief Investment Officer discusses the positive comments for inflation and the revised set of economic projections expected. The market will be focusing on the National People’s Conference in China and any social or economic policy that could boost the economy.

Global equities are up 4.3% over February with Japan being the best performing region, Jeff Casson and Matt Henderson discuss the market reaction to headline and core inflation, the rise in personal income and India’s exceptional GDP growth in emerging markets.

The French inflation data has been released and Chris Leyland, Director of Investment Strategy, digs into the key components that have brought inflation in France down to its lowest level in over two years.

Prospects for global growth continue to improve, as falling inflation eases pressure on disposable incomes. Investment Director Kevin Kidney looks at the positive economic signals coming from the US as GDP continues to grow above trend as well as an expected pushback to interest rate cuts in the UK and US.

Over the last 30 years, Japan has averaged almost zero inflation, however, since Covid, inflation has been creeping back into their economy. Paul Durrans, Investment Director, looks at this mornings inflation report and discusses whether the Bank of Japan can finally move away from their unorthodox monetary policy of negative interest rates.

Jeff Casson, Chief Investment Officer, takes a look at what we can expect from the week ahead. A big focus will be Inflation, with readings from the Federal Reserve and towards the end of the week, we will see Eurozone flash data. How will global markets react? 

This week, the technology firm, Nvidia, made Wall Street history with a record breaking share price increase, how has this impacted global equity markets, beyond the US? Kevin Kidney and George Bell take a closer look at the broad market reaction and discuss developments on interest rate expectations. #nvidia #equitymarkets #interestrates

Equity markets have shown surprising resilience since the start of 2024 and Nvidia’s recent earnings report has only enhanced this strength. Kevin Kidney, Investment Director, looks at how markets are adjusting their thinking in reaction to continued economic surprises, despite falling inflation pressures.

This morning, Chris Leyland Director of Investment Strategy is discussing Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey’s comments to the Treasury select committee and our take on it.