Evolution of the international financial markets and evaluation of the main events and economic indicators of the previous day session. Available in English.
In the first session of the week, investors traded with a risk-on mood ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting that starts today and concludes on Wednesday. We expect Jerome Powell to announce the beginning of the tapering of the net asset purchase programme, which could start in November and conclude in mid-2022.
In an eventful session, investors traded with a risk-on mood and stock indices rose in the U.S. and in most euro area trading floors. In fixed-income markets, sovereign yields edged up in both sides of the Atlantic, specially so in Italy, where Mario Draghi presented the 2022 fiscal budget with some tax cuts and an increase in the retirement age.
During a volatile session, financial markets ended with negative results, taking a breath from the recent rally and refocusing on the risks around the growth outlook, lingering inflationary pressures and changes in monetary policy.
Investors traded with a risk-on mood on Tuesday, extending recent gains across equity markets following the release of positive economic data and solid corporate results.
Financial markets started the first session of the week with modest gains, focusing on the release of positive earnings results for Q3 (around 80% of the S&P listed firms have reported better-than-expected results) and bringing the S&P to a new record high. In Washington, Democrats lawmakers stepped closer to a deal on Biden’s fiscal agenda.
Financial markets ended the week with mixed results, balancing the positive tone from the corporate results for the Q3 earning season with disappointing survey economic data in Europe.
In yesterday's session, investors traded cautiously as they weighed signs of building inflationary pressures with positive corporate results and better-than-expected economic data releases.
In yesterday's session, financial markets traded with an optimistic tone amid positive corporate earnings releases in the U.S. and across Europe. Investors remain concerned, though, about inflationary pressures as the Fed's Beige Book reported significant increases in prices and wages in a decelerating economy.
In yesterday's session, investors traded with an optimistic tone amid positive corporate results in the U.S. and dovish comments by central bank officials. In particular, ECB Olli Rehn, reiterated that the current spike in inflation is mostly temporary, although some factors pushing up inflation might be more persistent than initially thought.
Financial markets started the week with mixed results, amid feeble economic data releases. In the U.S., industrial production fell in September by 1.3% (-0.1% in August), the largest decline since February.