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Renewed doubts about AI spending, triggered by disappointing results from Alphabet, Amazon and Intel, sent tech stocks lower around the world last week and pushed investors into bonds.
The flight to safety resumed last week amid a renewed slide in AI-related stocks, reports of strikes on Iran and attacks on Saudi oil facilities that pushed Brent crude to five-month highs
The US dollar posted its first weekly loss in five weeks, despite an upside surprise in the September inflation report.
The US will hold its midterm elections - a de facto referendum on the Trump administration - on 3rd November after two years shaped by rising trade protectionism, attacks on Federal Reserve independence and, since the spring, the Iran war.
The relentless sell-off in government bonds worldwide remained the dominant force in financial markets last week.
The steady grind higher in bond yields worldwide continues to be the central development for financial markets.
The Federal Reserve's September meeting delivered an interest rate hike and unmistakably hawkish message last week, making it clear that the central bank is squarely focused on bringing down inflation.
August inflation data out of the US did nothing to allay fears that the Fed's inflation target is still out of reach, triggering investors to price in a near certainty of a hike this week.
Friday's stellar US jobs report has ratcheted up the pressure on the Fed ahead of its September meeting, with investors now leaning toward a rate hike rather than a hold.
US inflation for July came out exactly as expected last week - other than that, there was little news elsewhere to move markets.
Friday’s soft nonfarm payrolls report added further ammunition to the doves in the Federal Reserve, and rate markets continued pushing back their expectations of hikes in the US.
Uncertainty surrounding last week's Federal Reserve meeting was unusually high. In the end, not only did the Fed not raise rates, but chair Warsh sounded rather dovish.
