Markets slide as inflation fears trigger global bond sell-off – business live
Context
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Guardian view on the global bond shock: Andy Burnham should take note Oil has hit its highest level in almost six weeks today, after the US has launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets. Brent crude traded as high as $97 a barrel, for the first time since 24 July, having jumped by 4.6% yesterday. “Developments in recent days brought risks to regional oil supplies back into focus ... We’ve seen oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz despite the stalemate between the US and Iran, but rising tensions clearly put crossings at risk.” Continue reading...
What it means
Causal chain
No clear market signal
How to read a signal
- Severity
- the event's market impact, 1–5
- Direction
- ↑ / ↓ likely price move for the asset
- Exp. move
- the size of the abnormal move we'd expect if the call plays out — not a claim a move will happen:Most flagged events don't move beyond noise; those count against us (see the track record).Ssmall<1%Mmoderate1–5%Llarge>5%
- Timeframe
- the window we measure over:1dshort5dmedium21dlong
- Conviction
- how well-established the directional call is (textbook → speculative) — not a guaranteed outcome:lowaveragestrong
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