U.S. retailers' earnings will give a glimpse into how consumers are dealing with sky-high inflation, and a raft of data offer a check-up on the health of the UK economy.Power problems will continue to plague Europe, while the central bank spotlight falls on New Zealand.Here's your week-ahead in markets [...]

Latest U.S. inflation numbers are in markets' sight, especially since Federal Reserve policymakers have come out in force to correct any misconception about their determination to slay decadeshigh inflation with big rate hikes. The fallout from Nancy Pelosi's high-profile visit to Taiwan will be watched closely, as will Chinese and UK data [...]

Britain and Australia may opt for 50 basis-point rate hikes in coming days, given the high risk that markets will punish any central bank that hesitates to crack down on multi-decade high inflation.But policymakers must also contend with cooling economies, with U.S. post-COVID job creation possibly topping out and [...]

A likely second straight 75 basis point rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve will keep markets on their toes in the week ahead, just as investors digest a wave of earnings from corporate America and Europe.The prospect of early elections in Italy after the collapse of the government [...]

The European Central Bank is late to the rate-hike party but at least it's on its way, unlike the Bank of Japan. But both banks will find their plans for tackling the inflation versus growth dilemma confronting the world's central banking elite examined closely. The news elsewhere could [...]

The dollar's 12% year-to-date rise has raised global concern, and will surely be debated when G20 policymakers meet on July 15-16. All the more so, if it vaults to parity against the euro for the first time in 20 years. British politics, Chinese lockdowns, U.S. banks' results and central bank [...]