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12/03/2025, 11:04

A push from European bond markets

For the first time in a very long while, it has been European bond markets that have been the driving force globally, not treasuries.

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23/01/2025, 11:04

Prospects for G10 monetary policy

A degree of divergence seems likely to creep into G10 monetary policy as the Fed pauses while those that have been easing carry on, and those that have not started to...

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04/12/2024, 11:04

What outlook for the Eurozone economy in 2025?

The Stanrdard Bank currently pitches 2025 growth at 1.0%, which is short of the 1.3% the ECB anticipates and the 1.2% that forms the median projection of analysts...

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26/09/2024, 11:15

Which central banks will head for neutral?

In the past couple of days, we’ve heard Bank of Japan and Bank of England governors suggest that policy rates will likely head for “neutral” as policy is adjusted. The...

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16/09/2024, 11:41

Outlook for the ECB’s monetary policy

The ECB cut rates as widely expected but President Lagarde did not tell us whether rates will be cut again as soon as the next meeting.

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12/09/2024, 15:06

What steps may be taken to rescue the Eurozone?

Now Mario Draghi is back twelve years later, not as ECB head, but to plead with EU leaders for another ‘whatever it takes’ commitment to pull the region out of a hole.

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11/09/2024, 11:34

Will the FED cut rates by 25 or 50 bps?

Last week’s US payroll data was somewhat mixed but, on balance, seemed to tip the debate about 25-bps or 50-bps, for the Fed’s first rate cut on September 18th towards...

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10/09/2024, 11:57

Will the ECB deliver its second rate cut?

While attention is undoubtedly on the prospect for the first rate cut from the Fed later this month, the ECB could deliver its second rate cut in the cycle on Thursday.

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03/06/2024, 11:07

FED and ECB’s monetary policy has shifted a lot

Euro/US dollar has basically not moved for eighteen months and yet the market narrative about monetary policy from the two central banks has shifted a lot this year with...

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