Spreadex Market Update

Euro markets storm forward 



European markets stormed forward today as minutes from the US Federal Reserve yesterday that there were divided views by policy officials on tapering stimulus measures or ‘’ quantitative easing’’ caused investors to dive headfirst into equities. This division is acting as a catalyst to optimism as it at least keeps the debate open as to whether the US economy is strong enough to cope with a reduction in stimulus measures. Furthermore, officials indicated that there needed to be an improvement within the labour market before contemplating the slowing down of quantitative easing.

Clearly investors will be scrutinising, and perhaps even more so than usual, all the jobs data from the US in the foreseeable future. It may be a case where an improvement in the labour market actually upsets optimism as this could act as an incentive for policy officials to reduce stimulus measures. Although it would be interesting to see whether slowdowns in other major global economies, specifically China, would be enough for policy officials to reverse their stance on solely relying on improvements within the US labour market to justify a slowdown in quantitative easing.

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