paolo wrote:January 4
Chinese stock market suspended after 7 per cent fall. FTSE 100 falls 2.4 per cent.
January 7
Trading in China abandoned after just 870 seconds after shares fall 7 per cent. George Osborne warns the UK faces ‘a dangerous cocktail’ of risks.
January 8
FTSE 100 index clocks up worst opening five days of the year of all time – down 5.3 per cent.
January 11
Oil hits a 12-year low.
January 12
RBS warns of a ‘cataclysmic year’ for investors and Standard Chartered says oil could hit $10.
January 13
Oil falls below $30 a barrel for the first time in 12 years.
January 15
Baltic Dry Index – a barometer of world trade – hits all-time low.
January 18
FTSE 100 closes below 5,800 for first time in over three years.
January 19
Figures show Chinese economy had worst performance for 25 years. Bank of England governor Mark Carney says ‘now is not yet the time to raise interest rates’.
January 20
FTSE 100 enters bear market territory after biggest one-day fall since the ‘Great Fall of China’ last summer.
January 28
George Osborne postpones sale of £2billion of Lloyds shares to public.
February 4
Credit Suisse reports £1.6billion loss for 2015 – its first time in the red since 2008. Carney says interest rates could be cut again.
February 8
Deutsche Bank shares fall 9.5 per cent to a record low.
February 9
German finance minister says he has ‘no concerns’ about Deutsche Bank. Chief executive insists the lender is ‘rock solid’.
February 11
Societe Generale issues profit warning. Sweden’s central bank cuts interest rates into negative territory again. UK banks and miners lead falls in FTSE 100 as it hits lowest level since July 2012.
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