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  • US manufacturing PMIs diverge in October

    Monday 03 Nov 2025

    (Sharecast News) - US manufacturing data painted a mixed picture on Monday, with one key survey signalling expansion, while another pointed to continued sector contraction.

  • Oil prices spark after Opec pauses output hikes

    Monday 03 Nov 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Global oil prices pushed higher on Monday, after Opec and its allies agreed to curtail plans to hike output.

  • Eurozone manufacturing creeps into positive territory - PMI survey

    Monday 03 Nov 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Activity in the eurozone's long-suffering manufacturing sector crept into positive territory last month, according to a survey published on Monday.

  • Chinese manufacturing growth slows as trade fears hit overseas orders

    Monday 03 Nov 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Manufacturing activity across China slowed down more than expected in October, according to RatingDog's purchasing managers' index covering the sector on Monday, though employment levels rose for the first time in seven months.

  • Morgan Stanley lifts oil price forecast

    Monday 03 Nov 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Morgan Stanley has lifted its oil price forecast, in response to fresh sanctions on Russian oil majors and moves by Opec+ to rein in production hikes.

  • Eurozone inflation slows to 2.1% as expected

    Friday 31 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Inflation across the eurozone eased as expected in October on the back of a sharp slowdown in food, alcohol and tobacco price pressures and a steeper rate of energy deflation.

  • China manufacturing PMI falls to six-month low

    Friday 31 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - China's manufacturing downturn continued for the seventh straight month in October, as export orders shrank on the back of the Beijing's ongoing trade war with Washington.

  • German retail sales rise 0.2% in September

    Friday 31 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - German retail sales rose 0.2% in September compared with the prior month, federal statistics office Destatis said on Friday.

  • ECB keeps rates on hold as expected

    Thursday 30 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - The European Central Bank kept interest rates on hold on Thursday at 2%, as widely expected.

  • Eurozone economic sentiment picks up in October

    Thursday 30 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Eurozone economic sentiment picked up in October, according to a survey released on Tuhrsday by the European Commission.

  • Eurozone Q3 GDP grows 0.2% - flash estimate

    Thursday 30 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Eurozone GDP increased by 0.2% in the third quarter, according to official flash estimates published on Thursday.

  • German economy stagnates in third quarter

    Thursday 30 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - The German economy stagnated in the third quarter, according to flash estimates from the federal statistical authority on Thursday.

  • Trump, Xi agree conditional one-year trade truce

    Thursday 30 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - The United States and China have agreed a one-year trade truce that pauses some of the most contentious measures in their economic stand-off, after US president Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met in South Korea for their first face-to-face talks since 2019.

  • Fed delivers second rate cut, Powell tempers December expectations

    Wednesday 29 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - The Federal Reserve approved a second consecutive interest rate cut on Wednesday, lowering its benchmark borrowing rate by 25 basis points to a range of 3.75%-4.00%, though chair Jerome Powell unsettled markets by signalling uncertainty over a further move in December.

  • Bank of Canada cuts rates by 25 basis points, as expected

    Wednesday 29 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate on Wednesday by 25 basis points to 2.25%, as widely expected, but suggested rates would likely be on hold at the next policy meeting.

  • US weekly mortgage applications surge 7.1pc

    Wednesday 29 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - US mortgage applications surged 7.1% in the week ended 17 October, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, following four consecutive weekly declines.

  • ADP data shows turnaround in private sector hiring ahead of FOMC meeting

    Tuesday 28 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - US private sector employers added an average of 14,250 jobs per week over the four weeks ended 11 October, according to preliminary data released by ADP on Tuesday, marking a sharp reversal from September's negative print.

  • German consumer sentiment set to deteriorate in November - GfK

    Tuesday 28 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - German consumer sentiment is expected to deteriorate in November, according to a survey released on Tuesday by GfK and the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM).

  • Dallas Fed manufacturing index unchanged in October

    Monday 27 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Texas factory activity expanded modestly in October, according to the Dallas Federal Reserve's latest Manufacturing Outlook Survey, with the production index, a key measure of output, unchanged at 5.2, indicating below-average growth for a second consecutive month.

  • German business sentiment improves in October - Ifo

    Monday 27 Oct 2025

    (Sharecast News) - German business sentiment improved in October, according to a survey released on Monday by the Ifo Institute.

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