Francia, Italia e Repubblica Ceca sono tra gli otto Paesi che stanno spingendo per ridurre i nuovi limiti di emissione per le auto proposti dall'UE, considerandoli troppo ambiziosi e difficilmente rispettabili per le case automobilistiche.
Il presidente della Federal Reserve Jerome Powell ha affermato che non è stata ancora presa una decisione sull’approccio che il suo comitato adotterà il prossimo mese: votare per un rialzo dei tassi di interesse o fare una pausa e lasciare i tassi invariati. Anche il presidente della Federal Reserve di Minneapolis Kashkari si è sbilanciato sottolineando quanto la scelta sia “delicata”; lo stesso ha anche fatto una riflessione sull’inflazione dei servizi, indicando che rimane “piuttosto radicata” e che “potrebbe essere necessario salire più del 6%” per riportarla al target del 2% della Fed.
Oltremanica, mentre il PM Sunak era indaffarato con le multe prese per eccesso di velocitaà dalla sua collega Braverman, torna la fiducia sul mercato immobiliare con un salto nei prezzi della domanda. Purtroppo non sono sempre buone notizie e, da un sodaggio si evince come circa la meta’ delle aziende in UK hanno differito gli Investimenti per l;aumento della pressione fiscale.
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The vast Ukrainian Nova Khakovka Dam has been destroyed in the Russian occupied region of Kherson, Ukraine releasing a torrent of water as concerns for residents and nuclear power facilities up and downstream grows.
Plans have been unveiled for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) trial in the UK, with the think tank Autonomy currently seeking financial backing. It is hoped that the trial will span over two years with participants receiving £1,600 each month and being in control of how they spend or save the funds.
Today all eyes are on US labour market data where the markets will be looking to gain an insight into the health of the US economy and the extent to which the jobs market is feeding into inflationary pressures ahead of the Fed’s meeting on 12 June.
Last night, the House comfortably passed the debt ceiling bill in arguably the most important stage in the process to ensure that the world’s largest economy averts a technical default. The House of Representatives cleared the Fiscal Responsibility Act by 314-117, the bipartisan deal assembled by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Tonight, congress will vote on the bill agreed by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as the US tries to avert X-date by raising the debt ceiling. According to Reuters, “the deal caps federal spending and forces more poor people to work for food aid, concessions that Democrats hate. But it also preserves much of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act and punts the next debt ceiling showdown into 2025, which Republicans hate.”
As markets weigh on the Bank of England’s interest rate decision on 22 June, this morning’s hotter-than-expected inflation print has seen investors upwardly revise rate hike expectations. Indeed, market reaction to this morning’s print is a further reaffirmation that inflation continues to be the hottest topic of conversation.
The incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan has secured another five years as Turkey’s president following a run-off election which saw him take 52% of the votes, against Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s 48%
UK retail sales rose higher-than-expected this morning having increased 0.5% on a month-on-month basis for April. This beat market expectations of a 0.3% rise and came after a 1.2% fall last month.