The ECB takes centre stage this week as officials gather for a critical policy meeting. Will it cut rates or announce plans to assist Spain and Italy?
Do the world’s central banks plan to restart the printing presses? The question has preoccupied markets for months. This week may yield some clues.
With no big policy meetings and few major data releases scheduled this week, global markets will take their cues from Europe, writes Matt Quigley.
Investor fears over rising food and fuel prices will set the tone for economic data releases from the US, Europe, India and South Africa this week.
Analysts expect plenty of negative data this week, but will be watching to see if things are bad enough to prompt policy responses.
New data this week will clarify the challenges the world faces. Here’s your guide to the meetings, data releases and events likely to move markets.
It’s a busy time for corporate earnings as big-name companies, including Apple, Facebook and Barclays provide trading updates in the week ahead.
With price pressures easing and growth slowing, a rate cut is possible when the reserve bank issues its rates decision this week, writes Matt Quigley.
Matt Quigley’s guide to the data releases, meetings and other economic events likely to generate headlines and move markets in the week ahead.
This week’s purchasing managers’ index figures for 26 countries – including SA – are likely to point to a slowing global economy, writes Matt Quigley.
Yet another make-or-break European summit will dominate this week’s economic calendar, while at home all eyes will be on the ANC’s policy conference.
This week sees a host of meetings in America and Europe as market relief over Greece’s new pro-austerity leaders takes pressure off eurozone crisis.
This week is set to be eventful, as markets weigh in on the EU’s "Spailout" and key economic data emerges from around the world, writes Matt Quigley.
Last week’s market carnage in the US and Europe spread to Asia this morning. Now the ball is in the central banks’ court, writes Matt Quigley.
While Euro angst vies for the spotlight with US jobs data, bad news from mining and manufacturing is expected on the home front, writes Matt Quigley.
The eurozone crisis should steal the show this week, while in SA the Reserve Bank is considering interest rates, and inflation is in the spotlight.
Facebook’s IPO is likely to be this week’s eagerly anticipated event but, with the eurozone facing renewed uncertainty, hardly the most significant.
Beyond French election results, central bank speeches in the US, production figures in Europe and key releases in SA, it will be an interesting week.
The US is escalating the risks of a currency war, Brics nations say. <b>Matt Quigley</b> explores the consequences if the US doesn’t "knock it off".
This week will bring key data on US jobs and manufacturing figures from around the world. With few exceptions, economists are not optimistic.
Amid weaker than expected data in the US and China, and a flare-up in Europe’s debt crisis, markets will be paying close attention to key statistics.
Fears are mounting Spain might be headed for a bailout, while eyes will also be on a series of corporate earnings reports and data releases elsewhere.
The economic calendar has lightened due to the holidays, but a few key events will still keep investors on their toes when trading resumes.
The short trading week will end with important US jobs data, with key EU gatherings to keep things interesting till then, writes <b>Matt Quigley</b>.
Brics members — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — are expected to begin cross-listing financial products.
Snapshots of EU and US consumer sentiment are due this week, but all eyes in SA will be on the Reserve Bank’s interest rate decision on Thursday.
Farmworkers in Grabouw are hoping violent protests won’t flare up in the region again as it hampers their ability to provide for their families.
A series of data releases this week will show how the world’s economies are faring in the face of an uncertain future, writes <b>Matt Quigley</b>.
Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate remained unchanged at 4.3% in February, according to official statistics.
The week ahead may remind many economists of a simpler time, when markets weren’t moved by contagion risks, writes <strong>Matt Quigley</strong>.
Are SA firms becoming more optimistic? Can Greece avoid a debt default? Has China tamed inflation? <b>Matt Quigley</b> considers the global economy.
A credible plan to address Europe’s long-running debt crisis appears to be emerging slowly but surely, writes <b>Matt Quigley</b>