Review of the week

The UK economy hit the wall last quarter, while inflation started rising again. In the US, expectations of interest rate cuts have cooled since Donald Trump was elected President.

Equity and bond investors had opposite reactions to the US election. But Trump 2.0 may have less influence than investors first hoped or feared.

Bond yields rise in the aftermath of the UK Budget and with Americans poised to go to the polls.

Labour will deliver its first Budget in almost 15 years this week. With little wiggle room and a shopping list of problems, it will be hard for the Chancellor to please anyone.

UK inflation is below the central bank’s 2% target for the first time in three and a half years. That should clear the way for further cuts to interest rates.

The twin engines of the European economy, Germany and France, are sputtering. With inflation falling and France turning to austerity, will the central bank come to the rescue?

America’s fading jobs market reversed course last month, with a surge of new jobs created. What does this mean for the path of interest rates?

The year of the dragon hasn’t been an auspicious one for China so far. Its leaders are trying to turn that around with a wall of money to kickstart its sputtering economy.

Interest rates have finally dropped in the US after a double-barrelled cut. But will they fall as fast from here as investors expect?

The wait for US interest rate cuts is over. Everyone expects the US Federal Reserve to move this week, the question is how far will it go? 

Stocks are down on underwhelming US economic numbers, but the central bank is likely to ride to the rescue.

Markets started wild as recession fears rose, yet became more orderly as last week progressed. Will the calm remain?