AHR Weekly Market Update - Monday 25th April

Expectations for interest rates were front and centre for markets this week, as Jay Powell, chair of the US Federal Reserve (Fed), said on Wednesday that it was appropriate to move quickly in order to control inflationary pressures, with a 0.5% rate increase in May a real possibility. Earlier in the week, the chair of the St Louis regional Fed said a rate increase of 0.75% could not be ruled out sometime this year. US Treasury yields, which move inversely to price, rose with the 1...