Showing posts with label ECB. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ECB. Show all posts
Saturday, October 3, 2020

3/10/20: Eurocoin Leading Growth Indicator 3Q 2020

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  Eurocoin, a leading growth indicator for the euro area published by CEPR and Banca d'Italia posted another negative (recessionary) rea...
Thursday, September 17, 2020

17/9/20: Eurocoin Leading Growth Indicator 3Q 2020

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  Eurocoin, CEPR & Banca d'Italia leading growth indicator for Euro Area economy is pointing to renewed weaknesses in the Eurozone e...
Saturday, July 4, 2020

4/7/20: ifo Institute Eurozone Growth Outlook

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Germany's ifo Institute issued a new growth outlook for Eurozone economy: "Overall, the eurozone economy is likely to see a sh...
Friday, July 3, 2020

3/7/20: ECB Jumping the Proverbial Shark?

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ECB's money-printing press has been running overtime these weeks. So let's put the Euro area central banks' monetary policy sh...
Friday, June 12, 2020

12/6/20: Summary of the Eurosystem Response Measures to COVID19

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Great and tight summary of the Eurosystem monetary policies deployed in response to COVID19 pandemic:  https://blocnotesdeleco.banque-fran...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

19/5/20: German Hawks vs ECB Doves?

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My article for The Currency  on the German Constitutional Court ruling regarding ECB's PSPP program:  https://www.thecurrency.news/art...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

10/12/19: Irish Banks: Part 2

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Continuing with the coverage of the Irish banks, in the second article for The Currency , available here:  https://www.thecurrency.news/ar...

10/12/19: Irish Banks: Part 1

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Returning back to the blog after a break, some updates on recent published work. In the first article on Irish banking for The Currency,...
Sunday, September 29, 2019

29/9/19: Divided ECB

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Divided they stand... Source:  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-29/lagarde-inherits-ecb-tinged-by-bitterness-of-draghi-...
Saturday, August 10, 2019

10/8/19: Irish Debt Sustainability Miracle(s): ECB and MNCs

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As a part of yesterday's discussion about the successes of Irish economic policies since the end of the Eurozone crisis, I posted on T...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

16/7/19: Corporate Yields are Heading South in the Euro Land

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Some of the euro area's junk-rated corporate debt is now trading at negative yields, and over 15% of near-junk debt is also charging t...
Sunday, June 30, 2019

29/6/19: Why Moody’s is wrong to keep Cyprus on junk status

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Euromoney on Cypriot economy: "Why Moody’s is wrong to keep Cyprus on junk status"  https://www.euromoney.com/article/b1g125jl1w...
Monday, June 24, 2019

24/6/19: Markets Expect the Next QE Soon...

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Adding to the previous post on the negative yielding debt, here is a recent post from @TracyAlloway showing Goldman Sachs' chart on im...

24/6/19: Negative Yielding Debt: Monetary Contagion Spreads

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Negative yielding Government debt (the case where investors pay  the sovereign lenders for the privilege of lending them funds) has hit al...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

12/6/19: All's Well in the Euro Paradise

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All is well in the Euro [economy] Paradise... Via @FT, Germany's latest 10 year bunds auction got off a great start as "the ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

14/5/19: Monetary Policy at the edge of QE

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My new column for the Cayman Financial Review  on the current twists in global Monetary Policies is now available on line:  https://www.ca...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

17/1/19: Eurocoin December 2018 Reading Indicates a Structural Problem in the Euro Area Economy

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December 2018 reading for Eurocoin, a lead growth indicator for euro area posted a second consecutive monthly decline, falling from 0.47 i...
Friday, January 11, 2019

10/1/19: QE or QT? Look at the markets for signals

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With U.S. Fed entering the stage where the markets expectations for a pause in monetary tightening is running against the Fed statements o...
Friday, December 28, 2018

27/12/18: Mr. Draghi's Santa: Ending QE, Frankfurt Style

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It's Christmas time, and - Merry / Happy Christmas to all reading the blog - Mr. Draghi is intent on delivering a handful of new prese...
Sunday, September 9, 2018

9/9/18: The end of the clam before the storm

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My article on the shifting landscape for monetary policies: U.S. and Euro area for Sunday Business Post   https://www.businesspost.ie/busi...