The yen is hogging the market spotlight after the Bank of Japan intervened to buy yen for the first time since 1998, while markets remain on watch for any signs of a ratcheting up in tensions between Russia and the West. Election results from Italy, euro area inflation [...]

A breathless line-up of central bank decisions from the United States to Japan, Britain to Switzerland and Brazil to South Africa will keep markets spellbound in the days to come. Forward-looking purchasing managers' indexes from a host of countries will provide clues on how wobbly global growth really [...]

The Bank of England will ponder implications of the government's record-breaking energy package as the country mourns the passing of its queen. Leaders across Europe are scrambling to keep the lights on and U.S. inflation data should provide the last piece in the puzzle ahead of the Federal [...]

A large interest rate hike could be in store from the European Central Bank to combat soaring inflation. Crude markets are zeroed in on oil producing group OPEC's latest meeting, while a new leader in Britain confronts a barrage of economic challenges. Here is a look at the [...]

Global economic unease is growing and the closely watched monthly jobs report in the United States and inflation gauges in Europe will arrive in the coming week at a key juncture for markets and central banks.A look at manufacturing activity in China is also due, while the euro is [...]

Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is the focal point for markets in the coming week as investors zero in on the Federal Reserve's annual confab. Business activity indicators in the euro zone and an inflation gauge in the United States are also on tap, while rate cuts may be looming [...]