Topics
Every topic the Notebook follows across its sections, from the Fed and oil to chips and elections, with all the items on each.
- The Federal Reserve
Fed decisions and minutes, what officials say, and the market odds of the next move in US interest rates.
- The European Central Bank
ECB decisions and minutes, euro-area inflation and what the bank is likely to do next.
- Inflation
Consumer and producer prices: what drives them, what the latest figures say and what they mean for interest rates.
- The US economy
Jobs, growth, trade and the data releases that move the Fed, from payrolls to jobless claims.
- The UK economy
Growth, the Budget, mortgages and banks, and the politics behind them.
- Europe
The euro-area economy, the euro, and the politics that move European markets.
- China
China's economy, trade and technology, and how they reach markets elsewhere.
- India
The rupee, the Reserve Bank of India's rate decisions and India's markets.
- Bond yields
Treasury and government bond yields, the yield curve and credit spreads: what they say about the cost of money.
- Government debt and budgets
Deficits, interest bills and budgets, and what they cost taxpayers and bond markets.
- Mortgage rates
Mortgage rates in the US and the UK, and the bond yields behind them.
- Oil prices
Brent and WTI, OPEC+ and the IEA, and the supply the war has taken off the market.
- Diesel and fuel prices
Diesel, petrol and heating oil, from the refinery to the pump, and the stock releases meant to bring them down.
- Iran and the Gulf
The war, the Strait of Hormuz and what they do to oil, shipping and prices.
- Russia and Ukraine
The war, sanctions, energy and the talks, and what they cost.
- Trade and tariffs
Tariffs, trade deficits, trade deals and the forecasts for world trade.
- Elections and politics
Elections, governments and protests, and what markets make of them.
- Stock markets
The S&P 500 and the world indices: sell-offs, records and what drives them.
- Company results
Quarterly results and forecasts, and how the shares took them.
- Deals and listings
Takeovers, mergers, IPOs and listings: who is buying, what they pay and how it is funded.
- Banks
Bank results, fines, taxes and regulation.
- Artificial intelligence
AI models and labs, what they cost and who pays, and what AI does to jobs, power use and markets.
- Chips
Nvidia, TSMC, ASML, Samsung and Micron: the chipmakers, the shortage and their shares.
- Big tech
Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon and SpaceX: results, strategy and the fights they pick.
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