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U.S. stock markets are all down YTD. Gold is also down YTD after the latest downturn. Inflation concerns, recession fears, and most importantly, global equity markets have wiped out $11 trillion in assets over the last 5 weeks. Not an…
The ECB published its interest rate decision today and unsurprisingly left interest rates at 0.00%. The decision could not offer any surprise, as analysts had already anticipated the rest of the current monetary policy. The deposit facility rate remains at…
The European Central Bank (ECB) decided at its meeting today to maintain its key interest rate amid concerns about the impact of the crisis in Ukraine. The ECB signaled an end to bond purchases in the third quarter, earlier than…
More Downward Pressure Expected The stock markets, especially in Europe, suffered substantial losses last week. For example, the EuroStoxx 50 lost almost 5% on Friday alone and almost 10% on a weekly basis. The FTSE 100 fell 6.71% last week…
Inflation in the eurozone continues to rise sharply in January. The consumer price index CPI rose by 5.1% year-on-year in January. Month-on-month, the CPI rose by 0.3%. This is putting pressure on the European Central Bank to change its policy…
Luis de Guindos Vice President of the ECB signals high inflation for 2022, contradicting the ECB’s previous statements that inflation will be only transitory. On Monday, he said in an interview with radio station COPE: “Our inflation is more persistent…
COVID 19 is again dominating the headlines of the various mainstream media now in the form of the new Omicron strain that is spreading rapidly. The virus has now been found in 90 countries, setting the stage for new travel…
Cryptocurrencies are very popular among people who want to escape the centralization of finance and enjoy a bit of freedom without a middleman. Making a transfer of currency without a third party in the middle can very well be seen…
