Turkey’s lira, the second-worst performing currency of 2016, reverted to type with a bout of volatile trading after the country’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged. After strengthening by nearly 1 per cent ahead…
Tuesday 02:20 GMT Overview Stock markets across Asia were largely on the back foot, with investors in the Japanese market treading…
German short-term interest rates dropped to a fresh record low on Monday as traders anticipated the effect of New Year policy…
If you are an emerging market investor, things at least look a little rosier than they did 12 months ago. Then…
US hop farmers have celebrated record revenues from their crops in 2016 as they planted more acres despite signs that the…
Monday 02:20 GMT Overview Stocks across Asia were weaker, retreating in line with Wall Street’s slight pullback on Friday from last…
The Federal Reserve will wait six months before raising interest rates again, according to a survey of top economists that suggests…
While an overseas buying spree by Chinese companies has grabbed headlines, more mundane activity such as trade finance and corporate cash…
A series of big events shaped financial markets in 2016. Here is a selection of FT analyses and commentary, alongside charts,…
Our round-up of the week’s best comment and analysis from the Financial Times focuses on expectations of a Trump-presidency stimulus and…
Where there was discord, Donald Trump has remarkably brought harmony. He has brought peace between the markets and Janet Yellen, as…
Shock is a matter of perspective and expectation. Imagine a time traveller stepped through the door a year ago and said…
There’s a great scene in The Big Short, the movie of Michael Lewis’ book about the mortgage crisis, where two shiny-suited…
The global benchmark interest rate for trillions of dollars of corporate loans, credit cards and derivative contracts is approaching 1 per…
China has ceded its status as America’s largest creditor nation to Japan after spending a large portion of its foreign exchange…
Chinese government bond yields retreated slightly after the central bank eased a credit squeeze that has been exacerbated by the US…
Friday 02:10 GMT Overview The US dollar has climbed to a 14-year high in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s decision…
A one-two punch of a surging US dollar and rising interest rates sent the price of gold tumbling to its lowest…
If Donald Trump has made bank stocks great again, Janet Yellen has just made them even greater. US financial stocks were…
“If they’ve managed to sleep through the night, bonds traders in the US will have quite a shock when they check…
Thursday 11:00 GMT Overview Stock markets are trading cautiously as Treasury yields hit fresh highs after the Federal Reserve’s decision to…
The offshore renminbi exchange rate grew stronger than its onshore counterpart on Thursday after a closely-watched borrowing rate in Hong Kong…
Long-term borrowing costs for lower-quality US investment-grade companies are nearing 5 per cent — the highest level in nine months —…
Ambitions to turn London into a hub for the $70bn insurance-linked security market, one of its fastest growing sectors, face being…
Wednesday 02:20 GMT Overview Stock markets across Asia were mixed as anticipation of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision dulled the effect…
Investors are making a record bet on global bank shares following the US election, according to a new survey of institutional…
Low interest rates pose one of the biggest threats to the US economy and expose investors to the potential for heavy…
Russia’s rouble has cemented its position as the best-performing currency of the past three months, enjoying the benefits of a strong…