Our latest macroeconomic insights Global Markets Update How long is healthy profit growth likely to last? US corporate profits expanded at an annualised rate of just over 5% in Q1, following an increase of nearly 10% in the prior quarter. Margins were boosted by renewed downward pressure on unit labour... 26th May 2011 · 1 min read Global Markets Update Yen likely to weaken sharply again The renewed appreciation of the yen over the past month has encouraged speculation that the Japanese currency will revisit the post-war record intraday high of 76.25 to the dollar seen on 17th March... 11th May 2011 · 1 min read Global Markets Update Treasuries – who will fill the void left by the Fed? The Federal Reserve’s second round of quantitative easing (QE2) ends next month. Last November, the FOMC announced that the Fed would purchase an extra $600bn in US government bonds by th middle of... 10th May 2011 · 1 min read Global Markets Update Profits of doom The growth rate of US domestic corporate profits has outstripped the growth rate of the US economy significantly since the end of the Great Recession. However, corporate profits are now coming under... 9th May 2011 · 1 min read Pagination Previous … Page 441 Page 442 Page 443 Page 444 Current page 445 Page 446 Page 447 Page 448 Page 449 … Next
Global Markets Update How long is healthy profit growth likely to last? US corporate profits expanded at an annualised rate of just over 5% in Q1, following an increase of nearly 10% in the prior quarter. Margins were boosted by renewed downward pressure on unit labour... 26th May 2011 · 1 min read
Global Markets Update Yen likely to weaken sharply again The renewed appreciation of the yen over the past month has encouraged speculation that the Japanese currency will revisit the post-war record intraday high of 76.25 to the dollar seen on 17th March... 11th May 2011 · 1 min read
Global Markets Update Treasuries – who will fill the void left by the Fed? The Federal Reserve’s second round of quantitative easing (QE2) ends next month. Last November, the FOMC announced that the Fed would purchase an extra $600bn in US government bonds by th middle of... 10th May 2011 · 1 min read
Global Markets Update Profits of doom The growth rate of US domestic corporate profits has outstripped the growth rate of the US economy significantly since the end of the Great Recession. However, corporate profits are now coming under... 9th May 2011 · 1 min read
