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The realisation that central banks are about to tighten their monetary policies caused a sell-off in the tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index and the biggest rise in US Treasury bond yields since 2019.
The bank voted unanimously yesterday to continue the £875bn bond-buying programme
The bank voted unanimously yesterday to continue the £875bn bond-buying programme
Investors cling to hopes new variant will prove milder than feared
A semblance of calm returned to world markets on Monday as investors waited for more details to assess the severity of the Omicron coronavirus variant on the world economy, allowing battered stock markets and oil prices to recover. European shares and U.S. stock futures firmed, oil prices bounced more than $3 a barrel, while safe-haven ...