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Mid-Market Update: Bank rebound fuels risk rally, Disinflation trends are not back, Too early for rate cut and hold calls, Oil struggles, Gold softens, Crypto rally

Banking contagion risks are evaporating and Wall Street is ready to pile back into risky assets. US stocks are surging as regional bank stocks bounce back and after the eight straight deceleration with the annual inflation pace supports the case for some that the Fed’s tightening work is almost done. CPI Today’s inflation data still supports the case for another quarter-point rate hike by the Fed. Wall Street seems to be focusing on both the strong rise with shelter prices as that made up 70

14-03-2023 13:28 GMT by Edward Moya

Oil on wild ride, gold powers higher

Wild fluctuations in oil Oil prices are continuing to whipsaw while remaining within the broad ranges they've traded within since early December. Yesterday we saw Brent and WTI testing the lower end of these in response to the turmoil that erupted in the financial system that triggered widespread risk aversion. Today we're seeing them trade lower again, albeit still higher than yesterday's lows.

14-03-2023 04:56 GMT by Craig Erlam