Marc Jones

European shares limped lower and the region's bond markets rallied on Tuesday as some disappointing earnings, this week's looming U.S.

Jul 25, 2022

European shares moved sideways and bond markets rallied on Tuesday as some disappointing earnings, the prospect of another super-sized U.S.

Jul 25, 2022

World shares skidded and bond markets rallied on Tuesday as some disappointing earnings, the prospect of another super-sized U.S.

Jul 25, 2022

The euro wilted on Thursday as the European Central Bank geared up for its first rate rise in over a decade and as political tumult in Italy offset relief following the restart of Russian gas flows through the region's largest pipeline.

Jul 20, 2022

Traditional debt crisis signs of crashing currencies, 1,000 basis point bond spreads and burned FX reserves point to a record number of developing nations now in trouble.

Jul 15, 2022

The euro touched 1-to-1 versus the dollar for the first time in 20 years and stock markets skidded on Wednesday, after a 9.1% U.S.

Jul 12, 2022

Stocks slipped on Wednesday and the euro lurked just above parity against the dollar, as traders waited to see if U.S.

Jul 12, 2022

Stocks slipped on Wednesday and the euro lurked just above parity against the dollar, as traders waited to see if U.S.

Jul 12, 2022

The global cost-of-living crisis is pushing an additional 71 million people in the world's poorest countries into extreme poverty, a new report published by the U.N.

Jul 07, 2022

Argentina's long-suffering investors tore into the country's chaotic politics on Monday after the architect of its IMF programme, economy minister Martin Guzman, quit and was replaced by someone seen as close to the powerful vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

Jul 05, 2022

The euro slumped to a two-decade low on Tuesday as the latest surge in European gas prices added to the region's recession worries and a rebound in U.S.

Jul 04, 2022

The second half of the year started with another first class drubbing for global stock markets on Friday, as the recession concerns that have built in recent weeks also shoved oil and metals lower again.

Jun 30, 2022

The second half of the year started with more volatility for global stocks on Friday, as recession concerns that have built in recent weeks also pulled metals and commodity currencies lower again.

Jun 30, 2022

The second half of the year started with more volatility for global stocks on Friday, as recession concerns that have built in recent weeks also pulled metals, bond yields and some key currencies sharply lower again.

Jun 30, 2022

Investors knew that, after two years of COVID-19 chaos, 2022 would be a bumpy ride, but nobody expected this - the most turbulent first half global markets have ever seen.

Jun 30, 2022

A senior official at the World Bank has ramped up its calls for changes in sovereign debt laws so governments have more control when crises strike and they have to restructure their debt.

Jun 28, 2022

Russia's first major international debt default in over a century, which Washington said became a fact on Monday, follows months of co-ordinated Western sanctions that left Moscow with cash but no access to the international financial network.

Jun 27, 2022

The world's central bank umbrella body, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), has called for interest rates to be raised "quickly and decisively" to prevent the surge in inflation turning into something even more problematic.

Jun 26, 2022

Major global biodiversity loss could cause enough economic damage by the end of the decade to severely cut more than half of the world's sovereign credit ratings - including China's, the first major study https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/biodiversity-loss-sovereign-credit-ratings on the issue has warned.

Jun 22, 2022

Recent implosions in the cryptocurrency markets indicate that long-warned-about dangers of decentralised digital money are now materialising, the Bank for International Settlements has said.

Jun 21, 2022

Global shares and government bonds rallied on Wednesday ahead of what is expected to be the largest U.S.

Jun 14, 2022

European markets trimmed gains after the European Central Bank unveiled fresh measures on Wednesday to temper a market rout that has fanned fears of a new debt crisis before what is expected to be one of the sharpest U.S.

Jun 14, 2022

Benchmark European borrowing costs hit an 8-year high on Thursday but the euro and stocks stayed firmly grounded as the European Central Bank signalled it will hike euro zone interest rates for the first time in a decade next month.

Jun 08, 2022

Investors buckled up on Thursday for the European Central Bank's signal that it is ready to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade, while the yen weakened to a new 20-year low on bets the Bank of Japan will lag way behind.

Jun 08, 2022

Another 9% plunge in Turkey's lira this month and debt market danger gauges at levels last seen during the 2008 global crash have prompted investor concerns that a fresh crisis might be brewing in the country.

May 30, 2022

Stock markets stalled and the dollar moved off a 1-month low on Wednesday as traders waited for news on just how aggressively the U.S.

May 24, 2022

Stock markets and the dollar moved cautiously higher on Wednesday before the latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes, while New Zealand's dollar soared as its central bank joined those now aggressively jacking up interest rates.

May 24, 2022

A new study by the central bank to the world's central banks, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), has called for urgent action to tackle rising wealth inequality, warning the problem was feeding a dangerous loop of recessions and poverty.

May 19, 2022

World stock markets suffered more heavy falls on Thursday after stark warnings from some of the world's biggest retailers about just how hard inflation is biting gave Wall Street its worst day in almost two years.

May 18, 2022