Gladiator Finance's Global Economic Review - 16th September 2014

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Gladiator Finance's Global Economic Review - 16th September 2014

Asian markets are at near 1 month lows as they await the results of the 2 day Federal Reserve meeting starting today and in response to weak data out of China.

Japanese markets were muted after a trading holiday yesterday. With an OECD revision on their growth expansion for 2014 and renewed concerns over their stimulus programs it is unsurprising that the local indexes are being cautious ahead of such a busy week for economic announcements and voting. Down just over a quarter of a percent the Nikkei is expected to recover by the end of the week.

Europe is expected to follow suit and open mixed across the board. With the pending vote in Scotland to see whether they will leave the UK taking centre stage this week all eyes will be on the  voting which takes place on Thursday. There has already been a backlash from several larger corporations who have said that they would need to relocate their head offices should the vote go through to devolve from the United Kingdom. The Pound has lost almost 3.5% against the dollar and there are fears it could drop further on Friday. The Eurozone didnt escape the OECD either, with the Eurozone expected to see a drop in expansion by 0.4%. In may they forecast growth of just 1.2% which they now see as low as 0.8%.

The US indexes are still performing well however even the record breaking run of late has been slowed down as concerns that the Federal Reserve may be looking to increase interest rates far sooner than the scheduled late 2015 timeframe. Recent economic data has shown an economy in good expansion and this has led to speculation that rates could be on the increase sooner rather than later. With the recent report that Retail Sales, which makes up 60% of the economy was again on the rise, largely driven by a 9.5% increase in new car sales and a 8.1% increase in healthcare spending. Both of which imply consumers have more free cash now than they did before. The US also saw a 0.5% reduction in its forecast from the OECD. Falling from 2.6% in May down to 2.1% for 2014.

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