The infoshot to help kick-start your week
Last Week
- The interest rate on a typical five-year fixed-rate mortgage has crossed 6% for the first time since February 2010. While rates have been increasing over the past few months driven by the BoE’s interest rate hikes, they saw a sharp increase last month in the wake of the mini-budget. The current average rate of 6.02% means hundreds of lower price mortgage deals have been taken off the market, and those coming to the end of their current mortgage agreement will pay more.
- The price of petrol is expected to rise as OPEC+ announce plans to slash daily oil production by two million barrels. The group claims it is a measure designed to stabilise prices following recent falls in demand as the global economy slows. Markets have begun to price in this information already, as the price of a barrel of Brent crude jumped 2% on Wednesday to more than $93 a barrel.
- Wall Street slid on Friday following another month of strength for the US job market. A drop in the unemployment rate to 3.5% (lower than the expected 3.7%), gives the Fed more room for jumbo interest rate hikes. Traders now see a 92% chance of a 75 basis point hike, up from 83.4% before the release of the information. The worst affected sector was the S&P 500 technology sector index, which fell 3.1% to lead declines among the 11 major sector indices.
Market Pulse
Coming Up
- UK GDP (YoY Aug) data to be released on October 12th.
- US Consumer Price Index (YoY Sep) data published on October 13th. Expected to decrease by 0.2% from August.
Notice:
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