Central bank come together to set dovish tone

Global markets reacted positively as Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell spoke about the need to once again become data dependant when it comes to the prospect of lowering US interest rates in the face of a slowing economy. Jay Powell’s speech came off the back of a speech from the European central bank outlining the same dovish message to global markets. Investors have, over the last few weeks, begun to aggressively price in one to two interest rate cuts from the US central bank and more monetary easing from the European equivalent which has seen both equity and fixed income markets move higher.