Market Watch January 2012 (PDF: 68KB)
Find out what measures were taken this month to add some much needed liquidity to the European banking system and helped improve market sentiment.

Market Watch December 2011 (PDF: 68KB)
In the last Market Watch of 2011, read about the affects of the EU summit and rising US retail sales on global markets.

Market Watch November 2011 (PDF: 64KB)
Find out how bad European debt continued to grip the global banking system in November.

Market Watch October 2011 (PDF: 300KB)
Find out more about the measures being taken in the UK in response to another month of slow economic growth.

Market Watch September 2011 (PDF: 91KB)
Volatility in global financial markets remained at very high levels over the month of September. The price of risky financial assets has continued to decrease, whilst UK and US government bond prices have continued to rise.

Markt Watch August 2011 (PDF: 87KB)
Find out why slow economic recovery in the US and ongoing European sovereign debt issues continued to weigh on investor sentiment.

Market Watch July 2011 (PDF: 95KB)
Read this months update on why equity markets in the US and across the Eurozone dipped.

Market Commentary June 2011 (PDF: 95KB)
Find out about the global contrast in economic management strategies, as Europe tried to accelerate the rate of economic growth and China tried to slow it down.

Market Watch May 2011 (PDF: 306KB)
Find out why investors around the world continued to avoid riskier investments in May.

Market Watch April 2011 (PDF: 319KB)
Read how this month attention turned to global interest rates and the growing deficits in the peripheral Eurozone countries.

Market Watch March 2011 (PDF: 300KB)
Read about how the tragic events in Japan have affected the the markets and what the International Monetary Fund has predicted for the growth of global markets.

Market Watch February 2011 (PDF: 299KB)
Find out the possible implications of the political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa for the global financial markets.

Market Watch January 2011 (PDF: 300KB)
It's been an unsettled start to 2011 for global markets. Find out why in the first Market Watch of the year.