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29/01/2023, 02:38

Interest rate outlook for 2023

With little prospect of monetary expansion in 2023, central banks may continue to tighten their monetary policies.

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10/01/2023, 11:07

Some thoughts on inflation

Over the holiday period there’s been an interesting debate about inflation stirred by former IMF chief economist, Olivier Blanchard.

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01/12/2022, 11:01

What will fuel the rally of the euro?

The euro has rallied quite significantly against the US dollar over the past two months. Some might argue that it has been cooking on gas, both metaphorically and...

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18/10/2022, 11:03

Recessionary risks are coming to the fore

Stagflation continues to haunt developed countries. The inflationary part of the story has been around for some time, and now the recessionary risks are coming to the...

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09/09/2022, 11:05

Higher ECB rates won't save the euro

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced a 75 basis point rate hike, taking its benchmark rate to 0.75%. However, such rate hike won’t save the euro.

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01/08/2022, 11:09

More vulnerability for euro

The euro might actually prove more vulnerable against currencies that have not already rallied against the single currency – like the yen.

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11/07/2022, 11:05

Another existential threat for the euro

If the ECB fails to prevent destabilising fragmentation risk in the bond market with its soon-to-be revealed plan it could hamper the euro’s chances of recovery.

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02/06/2022, 13:40

The inflation conundrum for ECB

The ECB seems to be facing the conundrum as inflation continues to soar. It can tighten policy much faster than generally anticipated to show that it is determined to...

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20/05/2022, 11:34

A dangerous wage- price spiral

Most central banks want workers to keep wage demands down so that their economies do not enter a dangerous wage/price spiral. But there are already plenty of signs that...

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19/05/2022, 11:39

A boost for euro

The euro received a welcome boost over the past days after Dutch ECB member Knot became the first to hint that the ECB could lift rates 50-bps rather than 25-bps when...

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04/05/2022, 11:16

What to expect from ECB’s new mechanism?

There has been a good deal of speculation recently that the ECB is at least thinking about creating some sort of new stabilisation mechanism that could be used should...

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21/02/2022, 11:05

A balancing act is tough for central banks

A large number of central banks have lifted policy rates already and many more are waiting in the wings to kick off their own rate-hike cycles. However, a balancing act...

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