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The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) exceeds 2,000 points with a growth in April of 17.39% The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) continues its upward trend, reaching 2,314.89 points in April, an increase of 17.39% over the previous month. In a global context marked by the generalised growth of freight rates, the VCFI links its ninth consecutive month of growth and exceeds two thousand points for the first time in its history since the index began in January 2018. The effects of the incident with the Ever Given vessel in the Suez Canal, released at the end of March, have a...

Volatility storm gives way to inflation gale Whether it’s durable or not, investors are bracing for several months of inflation angst that challenge the structure of world market positioning far more than January’s amateur stock frenzy. Amid hopes the worst of this latest pandemic wave has passed as vaccines roll out, market-based inflation expectations are creeping higher again. Some gauges from the swaps and index-linked bond market hit their highest in over two years in the United States this week and in more than 12 months in the euro zone. Regardless of pledges of easy central bank m...