5:24pm

Central banks face superpower test

Focus shifts from ‘tail risks’ to trickier task of growth

12:00pm

Pound hits 7-month low on retail figures

Fears of triple-dip recession leave sterling weaker

Global Market Overview 9:18pm

Rally stalls as focus turns to currencies

Gold stumbles towards $1,600 level

From WORLD 8:25pm

G20 chiefs play down currency war fears

Yen falls sharply as officials signal Japan will not be criticised

From WORLD 8:17pm

Forex ‘warriors’ mine gap in consensus

Hedge fund managers reap huge rewards from shorting yen

John Redwood John Redwood from PERSONAL FINANCE 5:21pm

Bonds will be big losers from QE

Property and shares will profit, insists John Redwood

Global Market Overview 9:23pm

Soft economic data hit euro

Stocks recover as Buffett’s $28bn Heinz deal adds to M&A surge

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 14, 2013

Eurozone hopes worst is over

Germany in particular looks set to gain from upturn

From WORLD Feb 14, 2013

Caracas warns businesses on price rises

Venezuela insists devaluation will not increase inflation

a woman counts japanese yen ©Bloomberg From WORLD Feb 14, 2013

Japan remains mired in recession

GDP decline adds weight to monetary easing plan

Feb 14, 2013

Euro hit by dashed growth hopes

Dollar pulls ahead as risk appetite wanes

From WORLD Feb 14, 2013

Egypt sees return of currency black market

Dollar shortage fuelled by years of political turmoil

Feb 14, 2013

Risks of weaker sterling have increased

BoE is becoming more benign towards inflation

The Short View Feb 13, 2013

A funny thing happened to the BoE target

From being rigid, the inflation target has suddenly become ‘flexible’

Global Market Overview Feb 13, 2013

Stocks up on optimism over global economy

Europe firms as ex-dividend stocks hamper London

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 13, 2013

Currency farce reveals US-Japan dispute

Wild swings in value of yen amid comedy of misunderstanding

Feb 13, 2013

Hedge funds reap billions on yen bets

Profits mark return to form for global macro managers

From CAPITAL MARKETS Feb 13, 2013

Greek pension fund wins with bond bet

Managers wager Greece would stay in the euro

From COMMENT Feb 13, 2013

Venezuela’s move to devalue is desperate

The decision was driven by a mix of bad policies and ideological necrophilia, writes Moisés Naim

From CAPITAL MARKETS Feb 13, 2013

‘Abe trade’ revives macro hedge funds

Shorting yen and buying Japanese equities proves profitable

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