For the first time in Britain for the first time in 27 years
Author:Global Times Time:2022.08.05
On the 4th local time, in order to suppress inflation, the Bank of England announced that 50 basis points raised interest rates, raising the benchmark interest rate from 1.25%to 1.75%, which was the largest interest rate hike since 1995.
The market is closely concerned about the British Bank of UK's interest rate hike decision. Before the interest rate decision was announced, the GBP exchange rate on the US dollar rose about 0.3%. Falling, once below 1 pound of pounds to redeem 1.21 US dollars, the daily decline exceeded 0.6%. Regarding the future trend of the pound, UBS analysts predict that in the fourth quarter of this year, the GBP exchange rate to the US dollar may fall to 1 pound to $ 1.15, which is almost the same as the outbreak of 2020.
The Bank of England warned the economy to enter the recession in the fourth quarter
On Thursday, the Bank of England stated on Thursday that the recent rise in natural gas prices has caused the economic prospects for Britain and other European countries to deteriorate significantly. The Bank of England predicts that the energy prices in October this year will increase by 75%over the same period last year, which will push the British inflation rate to more than 13%in the fourth quarter of this year. At the same time, the British economy may start from the fourth quarter to decline. The central bank is expected to decline for five quarters.
On the 4th, the three major stock markets in Europe rose slightly
Although the news of the British Bank of Britain has hit market emotions, because the latest corporate financial report provides a good good, it is boosted, and the three major European markets in Europe still collectively increased collectively on Thursday. The Paris stock market in France rose 0.64%, and the Frankfurt stock market rose 0.55%.
On the 4th, the three major stock indexes of the US stock market rising and falling. Energy stocks generally declined
In the United States, the market is waiting for the heavy economic data that will be announced on Friday local time, that is, the US non -agricultural employment report in July, investors are more cautious, and the three major stock indexes in the US stock market will rise and fall on the same day, but the amplitude Not big. Among them, the Dow and the S & P 500 index fell 0.26%and 0.08%, respectively, and the Nasda Index rose 0.41%.
From the perspective of the disk, being dragged down by the decline in international oil prices, energy stocks generally fell, marathon oil fell more than 6%, and Western oil fell more than 5%.
Most of the large -scale technology stocks rose, and Chinese stocks generally rose, and the Nasdaq's Golden Dragon China Index closed up 2.3%.
On the 4th, international oil prices fell more than 2%
In terms of oil prices, affected by the sharp increase in crude oil inventory last week, international oil prices continued to decline on Thursday. As of the closing of the day, the price of light crude oil futures delivered in September of the New York Commodity Exchange fell 2.34%, which was closed at each barrel. 88.54 US dollars; the price of the London Brent crude oil futures in October fell 2.75%, which closed at $ 94.12 per barrel.
Saudi Arabia has pushed the crude oil premium to Asia to a record level
Although the international oil prices have fallen again and again recently, Saudi Arabia, the world's largest energy company in the world, announced the latest quotation. The price of light crude oil shipped to the Asian refinery in September was 50 cents compared with the barrel in August, making the overall price compared to Oman. -The Dubai benchmark crude oil is $ 9.8 per barrel, the highest premium in history.
Market analysts said that the monthly pricing decision of Saudi Arabia is regarded as the vane of the oil market. The increase in price means that even if the current oil price declines sharply, but due to Asia's demand for crude oil continues to be strong, Russia's crude oil supply is limited. 9 The supply and demand relationship of crude oil in the international market in the month is still tight, and the oil -producing country still occupies dominance in terms of price.
Source: CCTV Finance
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