Recent losses have intensified as stock markets around the world endured one of their toughest weeks of the year so far. With investors focusing once again on central bank attempts to curb rampant inflation, this week’s key events were policy decisions from the United States Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) – in each case, however, officials offered little in the way of positive news.
The threat of tighter monetary policy and the expectation of further negative economic impacts from the war in Ukraine have driven global share prices lower this week.
Recent losses have intensified as stock markets around the world endured one of their toughest weeks of the year so far. With investors focusing once again on central bank attempts to curb rampant inflation, this week’s key events were policy decisions from the United States Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) – in each case, however, officials offered little in the way of positive news.
The threat of tighter monetary policy and the expectation of further negative economic impacts from the war in Ukraine have driven global share prices lower this week.
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