Our latest macroeconomic insights Global Markets Update No consensus for changes to GCC dollar pegs The media is again full of speculation that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are about to revalue their currencies against the dollar, or drop their pegs completely in favour of a currency... 15th July 2008 · 1 min read Global Markets Update Gold’s last hurrah? The recent pick-up in gold prices has failed to impress. We continue to expect prices to drop back to around $700/oz within a year or so. 2nd July 2008 · 1 min read Global Markets Update Latest oil price spike looks like a bubble about to burst Friday’s $11 jump in the price of a barrel of crude provides the clearest evidence yet that the oil market is increasingly detached from fundamentals. We are raising our assumptions for the future... 9th June 2008 · 1 min read Global Markets Update Has Bernanke really said anything new on the dollar? Fed Chairman Bernanke’s comments yesterday on the inflationary impact of the weaker dollar have been widely interpreted as signalling a turning point in the central bank's attitude to the currency. We... 4th June 2008 · 1 min read Pagination Previous … Page 491 Page 492 Page 493 Page 494 Current page 495 Page 496 Page 497 Page 498 Page 499 … Next
Global Markets Update No consensus for changes to GCC dollar pegs The media is again full of speculation that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are about to revalue their currencies against the dollar, or drop their pegs completely in favour of a currency... 15th July 2008 · 1 min read
Global Markets Update Gold’s last hurrah? The recent pick-up in gold prices has failed to impress. We continue to expect prices to drop back to around $700/oz within a year or so. 2nd July 2008 · 1 min read
Global Markets Update Latest oil price spike looks like a bubble about to burst Friday’s $11 jump in the price of a barrel of crude provides the clearest evidence yet that the oil market is increasingly detached from fundamentals. We are raising our assumptions for the future... 9th June 2008 · 1 min read
Global Markets Update Has Bernanke really said anything new on the dollar? Fed Chairman Bernanke’s comments yesterday on the inflationary impact of the weaker dollar have been widely interpreted as signalling a turning point in the central bank's attitude to the currency. We... 4th June 2008 · 1 min read