Global Equity Markets Jittery Amid Worries On Several Fronts

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(Kitco News) – World stock markets were mostly weaker overnight, on a bevy of concerns in the marketplace. The historically turbulent months of September and October for equities are starting out in just such a manner. A recent spate of weaker-than-expected economic data coming out of the U. S. and European Union have many thinking their central banks will back off on tightening their monetary policies any time soon.
Also, Hurricane Irma is bearing down on the Caribbean and later on this week is likely to hit Florida. Irma is the strongest hurricane in recorded history. And then there’s the ongoing North Korea-U. S. crisis that appears to be getting worse. All of the above have stock market investors and traders in a risk-averse mood. U. S. stock indexes are pointed toward narrowly mixed openings when the New York day session begins.
Financial stocks around the world were under pressure from dovish comments from U. S. Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard, who said Tuesday the Fed should wait until annual inflation hits 2.0% before raising interest rates again.

This post was published at Wall Street Examiner by Jim Wyckoff ‘ September 6, 2017.