AHR Weekly Market Update - Monday 13th June

Most equity markets finished the week in negative territory as the news that China started to ease its Covid 19 restrictions gave way to continued fears over monetary policy tightening in the face of stubbornly high inflation. On Friday the latest US consumer price index is due for release, with forecasts of inflation remaining at 8.3% over the year to May, in line with April’s data. Markets are pricing in US interest rates to hit 2.8% by the year end, versus the current rate of 1.0% (r...