Weekly Comic: Trump/Kim Summit, Fed, ECB & World Cup – What A Week It Was!

Investing.com – It was a busy week in financial markets.

On Tuesday, grabbed all the headlines.

At the end of their summit in Singapore, Trump and Kim pledged in a joint statement to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, while Washington committed to provide security guarantees for its old enemy.

Many experts expressed dismay at the agreement, however, saying it lacked a solid commitment by Pyongyang, while others said it was vague as to details.

With the summit out of the way, market focus quickly shifted to central bank policy meetings.

The for the second time this year, taking it to a range of 1.75%-2%.

Fed members took a slightly more hawkish policy tone in signaling two additional rate hikes by year-end, rather than the one additional move that had previously been expected.

With the Fed out of the way, it was the European Central Bank’s turn to grab the spotlight on Thursday.

The , taking its biggest step in dismantling crisis-era stimulus a decade after the start of the euro zone’s economic downturn.

Signaling that the move would not mean rapid policy tightening in the coming months, the bank also said that interest rates would stay at record lows at least through the summer of 2019, suggesting protracted support for the economy, even if at a lower level.

Thursday also marks , where the host nation takes on Saudi Arabia in a Group A match at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. It has a 6:00PM start time in Moscow, which means 11AM ET.

The tournament ends on Sunday, July 15, which is the day of the final.

Most experts suggest defending champion Germany as having the highest likelihood of winning the cup, while Brazil, France, Spain and Argentina are also expecting to reach the late stages.

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