Latest articles by Ben Judge
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The charts that matter: “growth scare” grips the markets
Charts Asset prices fell hard this week as investors reassessed the “reflation trade”. Here’s what’s happened to the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: what happened to reflation?
Charts Government bond yields turned down this week, while the US stock market hit new highs, as “reflation” trades wilted under the pressure of concerns over the Delta variant. Here’s how it affected the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: gold in a positive mood
Charts The gold price perked up significantly this week. Here’s how it affected the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: bond yields plummet again
Charts Government bond yields around the world took a dive again this week. Here’s how it affected the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: US dollar continues its bull run
Charts The US dollar’s bull run continued this week. Here’s how it affected the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: tech stocks hit new highs
Charts The tech-heavy Nasdaq index hit new highs this week. Here’s how it affected the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: the Fed springs a surprise
Charts As the US Federal Reserve turns hawkish on inflation, we look at how that’s affected the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: global bond yields take a dive
Charts As government bond yields around the world take a big tumble, we look at the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: gold back on the rise as the dollar continues to slide
Charts Gold has recovered much of this year’s losses, while the US dollar continues to weaken. Here’s what happened this week in the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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28 May 1937: the Volkswagen car company is formed
Features On this day in 1937, Volkswagen, now the world's second-biggest vehicle-maker, was founded as the 'Society to Prepare the German People’s Car'.
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The charts that matter: a calamitous week for bitcoin hodlers
Charts Cryptocurrency bitcoin took a mighty tumble this week, while wider markets sold off too. Here’s what happened to the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: inflation gives markets a scare
Charts Markets took fright this week as it looked like inflation was picking up in the US. Here’s what happened to the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: Amazon hits a bump in the road
Charts Amazon shares slid back this week despite results surprising to the upside. Here’s what happened to the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: copper hits a ten-year high
Charts The price of copper has surged to its highest since the summer of 2011. Here’s what happened to the other charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: another big bitcoin crash
Charts Bitcoin suffered another of its big corrections this week. Here's how that's affected the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: the dollar extends its fall
Charts The US dollar took quite the tumble this week. Here’s how the charts that matter most to the global economy reacted.
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The charts that matter: gold up; dollar down
Charts Gold rallied a little this week, while the US dollar drifted. Here’s how the charts that matter most to the global economy reacted.
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The charts that matter: the US dollar flexes its muscles
Charts The US dollar continued to strengthen this week. Here’s how the charts that reflect what matters most to the global economy reacted.
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The charts that matter: commodity prices pause for breath
Charts Commodity prices took a breather this week. Here’s how the charts that reflect what matters most to the global economy reacted.
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The charts that matter: the Fed puts the cat right in among investors’ pigeons
Charts With the US Federal Reserve signalling its relaxed attitude to inflation, markets went a little haywire towards the end of this week. Here’s what happened to the charts that matter the most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: tech stocks bounce as Biden throws cash around
Charts In a week when US politicians approved $1.9trn in stimulus spending and tech stocks paused their selloff, we look at what’s happened to the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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The charts that matter: tech-stock sell off gathers pace
Charts US stocks, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq index in particular, took a big tumble this week. We look at how that’s affected the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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Furlough extension, corporation tax and green investment – the main points of the Budget
News Rishi Sunak delivered his 2021 Budget, with measures to extend coronavirus support, get the economy back on its feet, and some first steps in paying for it al. Here are the main points.
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The charts that matter: rising bond yields send markets into a tizz
Charts Markets suffered a chaotic week as bond yields continued to climb. We look at how the week’s events have affected the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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