Economy / Markets
Markets weigh resilience against fresh fault lines
The latest economic signals offer a mixed picture. One international finance official describes the global economy as resilient, while a central-bank observation in Australia points to some easing in labour-market conditions. At the company level, a crowded earnings calendar will test whether the optimism embedded in parts of the market is supported by results. The useful reading is not that one indicator has settled the outlook, but that the policy and corporate narratives are pulling in different directions. Investors will be watching the interaction between slower...