Last week, most global equity markets had a positive week despite it being like a a rollercoaster at times with often a positive day followed by a negative one. This is because the week started strongly as results of a promising early trial for a vaccine against coronavirus boosted investors. Whilst US biotechnology company, Moderna’s, success is still at an early stage, it raised the probability that the virus can be vaccinated against.
However, the on-going US-China tensions and mixed economic data continually tempered the enthusiasm.
In terms of £ Sterling, it closed the week (to 22 May), at 1.22 US Dollars, which was 0.5% higher than the figure at the end of the previous week (15 May).
Against the Euro, £ Sterling closed on 22 May at 1.12 Euros, which 0.2% lower than the closing figure on 15 May.
Last week, we had updated inflation figures, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH). It was 0.9% in April 2020 (this is April’s data which is reported in May). This was down from 1.5% in the previous month largely due to falling energy and fuel pump prices. The 12-month rate for the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate which excludes owner occupied housing costs and council tax was 0.8% in April, also down from 1.5% in March.
There were no further changes to the Bank of England base rate last week following the two previous cuts in March. The current rate remains at 0.1%.
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