In the first week of 2016, steep losses in the Chinese market triggered a circuit breaker, shutting down trading early and sparking
a global rout.
The move caused
a global rout in markets, in part because a cheaper renminbi against a stronger U.S. dollar forces down prices on goods from China.
Not exact matches
But for the last few days,
global markets have been in a
rout, based on economic weakness in emerging markets.
But unlike the 2011
rout, sparked by the eurozone debt crisis, the sudden collapse of
global equities markets that began last week is all about China — which makes it all the more unnerving since few have a good grasp on how the world's most important emerging economy actually works.
Gold added to an overnight price surge, as geopolitical tension in the Middle East and a
global stock market
rout triggered safe - haven bids.
Amid an intensification in the
global stock market
rout, tell us where you think
global equity markets are headed from here.
In August, China devalued its currency by three percent, which put
global markets in a
rout, and caused the Dow to drop momentarily 1,000 points in a single day, before closing down nearly 600 points.
Gold climbed above $ 1,100 an ounce for the first time in nine weeks as investors sent money into the metal amid a
global stock market
rout.
That's boosting the outlook for inflation, causing the
rout in bonds to deepen in Europe after more than $ 1 trillion was erased from the value of the
global debt market.
The loonie is down slightly in the opening months of the year as the
global stock market
rout that started at the beginning of February has investors turn to safe - haven assets like the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen.
The
global stock market
rout of the past week was sparked by concerns over a possible interest rate rise by the U.S. Federal Reserve and not by the devaluation of China's yuan currency, a senior Chinese central bank official told Reuters on Thursday.
Unfortunately, the energy
rout and its effects on
global financial markets originated in the commodity sector, and it would have occurred regardless the readiness of macroprudential measures (financial regulations).
Monday February 12: Five things the markets are talking about Investors are bracing for another bumpy ride this week after market volatility has returned with a vengeance, delivering the biggest
rout in
global stocks in a number of years.
Last week, policy makers at the central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), tinkered with the currency without providing much indication to the market about its endgame — one factor in the China market selloff that spurred a
global stock
rout.
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings said the Australian farm gate price did not reflect the
global dairy
rout and called for an «honest debate about what is being earned in the market».
The vote's impact on oil, despite sending
global stocks and currencies spiralling, has so far been limited due to expectations of strong summer demand in Asia and the United States, and tightening supplies after a two - year
rout.
The U.S. has often led moves in
global bond yields, such as during the «taper tantrum» of 2013 when then Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sparked a
global bond market
rout by signaling the beginning of the end of quantitative easing.
This calendar year was a treacherous one, with a number of high profile disasters catching investors unaware and a
global commodity bear market turning into an out and out
rout.
The latest dive comes in tandem with a
global stock market
rout but that appears to be uncorrelated with the crypto crash.
A perfect storm - consisting of questionable national politics, a slump in emerging markets and an ongoing
global commodity
rout - has caused the Rand to devalue.