22 May 2023
Bigger Picture: Markets on edge as clock ticks for US debt ceiling
The debt ceiling continues to hang over the markets this week. Is the possibility of no deal already priced into the markets?
Elsewhere in Asia, investors will be waiting on a slew of central bank meetings this week.
The Nikkei is on a tear, hitting 33-year highs. Is there room to the upside or has this train already left the station?
Matthew Taylor, Senior Director of FTI consulting, joins us on the Bigger Picture to unpack it all for what to look ahead in the week.
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This podcast is edited by Anthea Ng (nganthea@sph.com.sg)

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8 May 2023
Bigger Picture: Making sense of the wild swinging VIX
On the Bigger Picture, Sean Cheong chat with Matthew Taylor, Senior Director, Strategic Communications, FTI Consulting, on the latest US Jobs Data; the VIX, which has moved parabolically in the last week; and what could happen if US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen's warning about the debt ceiling, is to come to pass.

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17 April 2023
Bigger Picture: China Q1 GDP improvement expected
Matt Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting previews some of the big events and data points investors should watch out for including China's Q1 GDP, and Indonesia's central bank decision.

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3 April 2023
Bigger Picture: Markets were defiant in March, what's next for investors?
U.S. markets posted strong gains last Friday on the back of lower-than-expected inflation readings for February.
How will this translate to movements in Asia when markets open today for a fresh week of trading?
Willie Keng finds out more from Matt Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting, plus what else to look ahead this week.

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20 March 2023
Bigger Picture: FOMC in focus amid banking sector turmoil
Matt Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting discusses how the US Federal Reserve will balance between financial and price stability when it makes its interest rate policy decision this week.

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6 March 2023
Bigger Picture: Investors eyeing non-farm payrolls, Powell testimony, China trade
Matt Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting discusses the various market event risks this week including whether non-farm payrolls will surprise on the upside again, Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifying on Capitol Hill, and China trade data.

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9 January 2023
Breakfast Brief: Markets see first big rally for global stocks
In today's Breakfast Brief, we speak with Matt Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting on markets seeing the first big rally for global stocks on Friday, US non farm payrolls come in stronger than expected and what to expect for inflation data coming out from China and US this week.

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3 January 2023
Bigger Picture: US jobs report among key events in first week of 2023
Matthew Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting reviews some of the key themes that will carry over from 2022 for investors to watch out for and the events this week to watch out for including the US jobs report.

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28 November 2022
Bigger Picture: China PMIs and protests in focus in week ahead
Matthew Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting discusses what investors can expect in the economic data out from China this week, as well as the potential for protests against COVID-19 restrictions to worsen.

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14 November 2022
Bigger Picture: G20 and Biden-Xi meeting to steer market sentiment
Matthew Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consultingdiscusses what to look out for in the week ahead including the G20 summit, as well as central bank decisions from Indonesia and the Philippines.

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10 October 2022
Bigger Picture: US jobs resiliency weighs on markets
Matthew Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting, discusses how markets are starting under pressure this week, and what to look out for in key data including Singapore's Q3 GDP advance estimates.

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26 September 2022
Bigger Picture: Fed delivers another big rate hike, implications on markets so far
Matt Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting discusses what we can expect from the markets this week, still being in the red after the Fed's hike and notable data to look out  for this week.

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12 September 2022
Bigger Picture: US inflation & China data to steer sentiment this week
Matthew Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting, discusses what to watch out for in the next round of US inflation data, as well as the data dump from China later in the week.

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29 August 2022
Bigger Picture: Powell comments fuel 1,000-point market rout
Matt Taylor, Senior Director, FTI Consulting discusses the markets for the week ahead after the big rout as a result of Jay Powell's comments at the Jackson Hole symposium.

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13 September 2021
Bigger Picture: Week Ahead with CNBC
CNBC's Matt Taylor discusses how markets are set up for this week's US consumer inflation data and how COVID-19 is disrupting Australia's growth outlook.

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4 January 2021
Bigger Picture: Week Ahead with CNBC, 4 Jan 2021
CNBC's Matthew Taylor discusses how markets are heading into the new year amid record highs, and what the big deal is around the rally behind Bitcoin.

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