A shift in the Central Banks’ position?
It was a week of meetings for the ECB and the FED, and the mood was for a change in both cases. The European Central...
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The investors bet on ECB rate hikes
A month has passed since the disappearance of Credit Suisse, and investors are still convinced that the European Central Bank will keep increasing interest rates...
Italy, the ECB’s problem
The European Central Bank’s tightening cycle has put Italy’s debt-to-GDP ratio on an unsustainable trajectory. A more significant surplus in Rome could offset these higher...
BCE: The End Of The Rate Hike?
The European Central Bank has gone ahead with a planned half-point rate hike but has stayed silent on what could follow amidst market turbulence that...
A year in hell for the European bond
In 2022, bonds posted their worst performance in modern financial history. German and UK 10-year yields saw their most significant annual increases as sovereign bond...
A hawkish and arrogant ECB is frightening the European economy
Every increase in borrowing costs, including Thursday’s half-point move, advances Frankfurt officials’ fight against runaway inflation but also risks having a heavier economic impact. The...
Europe needs 500 billion euros for 2023
The support measures for the energy crisis will be expensive for Europe. The problem with this is that unlike the past eight years, when the...