26 March 2020 FTSE 100: Too Soon to Turn Positive on Stocks and other Risk-on Assets says Barclays

The FTSE 100 trades lower on Thursday as a sharp recovery that saw two consecutive days of gains fades, suggesting a central bank-fuelled rally might have run its course for now.

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26 March 2020 Gold Price Forecast to Hit $1,800 as Virus Policy Response Stokes Debasement Fears 

The gold price was trading near to multi-year highs on Thursday but has been forecast to rise another 12% before year-end as the coronavirus response of the Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central …

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25 March 2020 UK Inflation Dips in February but Belies Steep Falls Ahead as Coronavirus Impact Crystalises

Inflation ticked lower in February thanks to a fall in energy and food price growth, according to Office of National Statistics data released Wednesday, but it's tipped by economists for steep fall…

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24 March 2020 U.S. Economy Forecast to Shrink 17.7% in Second Quarter, Economists say No Swift Recovery

The impact of the global coronavirus pandemic is expected to see the U.S. economy shrink 17.7% in the second quarter of 2020 and lead to a surge in unemployment, according to economists at independ…

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24 March 2020 Global Foreign Exchange Market Activity Surges: CLS

CLS has reported a surge in activity in global foreign exchange markets in February 2020, a development that appears linked to the increase in market turmoil triggered by the global spread of the c…

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24 March 2020 UK Economy Suffers "Severe Blow" Due to Coronavirus Shutdowns: IHS Markit

The UK economy suffered a sharp decline in activity in March, according to the first tangible set of economic data covering the advent of the coronavirus crisis.

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24 March 2020 PMI Data Shows Collapse in Eurozone Economic Activity in Response to Coronavirus Shutdown

The Eurozone economy has slipped into a deep contraction according to PMI data for March, which shows efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus has had a particularly detrimental impact on the …

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