Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary: Central Banks Front and Center This Week
Summary United States: Labor Market Continues to Exude Resilience Coming into the week, financial markets […]
Week Ahead – ECB Playing Catch-Up
US The labor market is still strong but is showing signs it is ready to […]
Week Ahead – US Inflation, ECB Decision to Test Markets’ Nerve
The US inflation report and the European Central Bank’s policy meeting will share the limelight […]
Weekly Focus – Hawkish Powell Opens for Possibility of a 50bp Hike
The biggest market mover this week was Fed Governor Jerome Powell’s hawkish testimony in the […]
Fed Chair Powell Said Ultimate Peak Interest Rate Level Would be Higher
Markets Fed Chair Powell in front of the US Senate as expected said that the […]
German Industrial Orders Support Hawkish ECB Stance
Europe continues to surprise with statistics, suggesting more room for a hawkish tone from the […]
Fed Chair to Reiterate Rates be Raised At Least In Line With December Dots.
Markets There was every reason to expect a calm session yesterday with Friday’s correction/consolidation on […]
ECB Lane: Appropriate to raise interest rates further beyond March
ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane indicated that it’s “appropriate” to raise interest rates further beyond […]
Eurozone retail sales volume rose 0.3% mom in Feb
Eurozone retail sales volume rose 0.3% mom in February, well below expectation of 1.0% mom. […]
Eurozone Sentix dropped to -11.3, stagnation could turn into renewed recession worries
Eurozone Sentix Investor Confidence index dropped from -8 to -11.1, much worst than expectation of […]
ECB Holzmann calls for four more 50bps hikes
ECB Governing council member Robert Holzmann said he would like to have 50bps rates hikes […]