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Markets are feverish before the elections (and the Fed)

31/10/2024

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Financial markets have been moving erratically over the past week and will probably have to wait for the outcome of the US elections and the Fed's monetary policy meeting next week to find a medium-term catalyst. In the meantime, investors are focusing on geop ...

Shutdown averted, bad news for markets?

09/10/2023

As usual, the United States periodically re-enacts the psychodrama of the shutdown, if not the debt ceiling. This time, Congress narrowly av ....

BAIL OUT OR NOT BAIL OUT?

22/03/2023

"This is a commercial solution, not a Bail Out", what a strange formulation used by the Swiss finance minister to qualify the acquisition of ....

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

02/03/2023

The most heralded recession in history is struggling to show up. The activity indicators published for February in Europe and the United Sta ....

The United Kingdom creates panic for the markets

04/10/2022

“Given the high inflationary pressures in many countries, including the UK, we do not recommend large, untargeted fiscal programs at this st ....

You are missing a single (inflation) number, and all run for the door!

20/09/2022

What caused a trend reversal and the worst daily decline in US markets since March 2020? Has an inflation figure “only” 20 bps above consens ....

The ECB changes its tone

14/09/2022

Central banks and inflation: we take the same ones and start over. For many months, and apart from the upheavals linked to the war in Ukrain ....

The end of summer break cold shower

09/09/2022

If the succession of macroeconomic numbers in the United States tends to confirm that the inflationary peak is finally behind us (inflationa ....

Jerome Powell blows out the euphoric summer candles

30/08/2022

No surprises in Jackson Hole! As expected, central bankers have confirmed the need to continue the ongoing monetary tightening despite the c ....

A wakeup call before Jackson Hole

24/08/2022

The economic indicators published the previous week reminded us: Europe is not out of the woods with inflation. In the United Kingdom, the r ....