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Money Matters 8th January 2019
THE US’ ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IS NOT AS BAD AS MARKETS DEEM Although the holiday season usually implies boredom, this was definitely not the case last
Money Matters 18th December 2018
IS A RECESSION REALLY IN SIGHT? Markets have been bracing for a recession in the US, and as a result investors have been increasingly selling
Money Matters 11th December 2018
“IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!” Sovereign yields sank to alarmingly low levels on both sides of the Atlantic by the end of the week. In addition,
Money Matters 4th December 2018
TRUCE BETWEEN TRUMP AND XI Although the year-end is quickly approaching, politics and policymakers are keeping financial markets and investors on their toes. US President Trump and
Money Matters 27th November 2018
NO RELIEF FOR CRUDE OIL PRICES BEFORE THE OPEC MEETING As noted in last week’s Money Matters, oil prices came under pressure due to various
Money Matters 20th November 2018
OIL’S ROLLERCOASTER RIDE MAY NOT BE OVER JUST YET Crude oil prices have come under pressure in recent weeks. Since the beginning of 2016, oil prices
Money Matters 13th November 2018
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISPUTES MAY NOT DISAPPEAR Positive risk sentiment returned to financial markets after President Trump and the Republican Party lost control of the House
Money Matters 6th November 2018
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TWEET IMPROVED GLOBAL MARKET SENTIMENT Politics has trumped economics, again. However, rather than bullying investors into retreating from risk assets, as is normally the
Money Matters 30th October 2018
WILL EQUITY MARKETS SCARE THE FED AWAY FROM TIGHTENING? That, of course, ‘depends.’ The reaction function of the Fed’s monetary policy depends primarily on two
Money Matters 23rd October 2018
POLITICS MAY CONTINUE TO TRUMP ECONOMICS THIS WEEK Due to the light economic diary in the US and the lack of protectionist rhetoric by the
Money Matters 16th October 2018
CHINESE GDP DATA MAY KEEP MARKETS ON THEIR TOES Eurozone member states, Japan and the UK publish inflation statistics this week. The broad spectrum of inflation
Money Matters 9th October 2018
POLITICAL TENSIONS & DEBATES DRIVE MARKETS As there are no major policy events scheduled for the coming week in developed economies, financial markets are going
Money Matters 2nd October 2018
FEDERAL RESERVE REMAINS CAUTIOUS AS EXTERNAL RISKS MOUNT The FOMC delivered a 25bp hike lifting the range of the Fed funds rate to 2.00-2.25%. The
Money Matters 25th September 2018
ENOUGH WITH THE TRADE TALKS Although new tariffs levied on Chinese products by the US come into force this week (24th September), it was announced that
Money Matters 18th September 2018
CAN A GOLDILOCKS MARKET RETURN? Risk aversion in global markets faded by the end of last week, due to several coinciding factors: Trade tensions eased, as
Money Matters 11th September 2018
NINETY-NINE PROBLEMS, BUT A RATE HIKE AIN’T ONE Turmoil in the EM universe will probably continue this week, as none of the countries that triggered
Money Matters 4th September 2018
DRAGHI’S TRICHET MOMENT IS IMMINENT ECB President Mario Draghi and his fellow members on the European Central Bank’s Governing Council have been doing everything right
Money Matters 29th August 2018
POWELL’S CAUTIOUS REMARKS SPURRED STOCK MARKET Although markets still believe that two additional 25bp hikes by the Fed are a done deal in the second
