EU and the US are mixed at the beginning of 2023. The EU Futures are performing well, the US Futures are weak. In France, EU harmonized inflation unexpectedly slowed down, in December the increase was 6.7% year on year, from +7.1% in November, the consensus was +7.3%. Consumer prices in Germany also fell more than expected. Based on the data released so far,...
Future EU and the US recover after China said it would abandon its quarantine requirements for incoming visitors, further easing border controls to curb COVID-19, which have lasted for three years. China will stop requiring incoming travelers to comply with quarantine starting Jan. 8, the National Health Commission said on Monday. It will also reduce the severity...
EU and US futures are recovering after the slide that followed the decision of the central bank of Japan. Surprisingly, the central bank of Japan has revised the tolerance threshold of the ten-year bond yield to 0%-0.5%. Some monetary policy adjustments have been talked about in recent days. Still, most economists expected that the most important announcements...
EU and U.S. futures are stable, awaiting today's data on U.S. inflation, which will be decisive for the next movements of the indices. The threat of a recession is getting closer, creating a climate of pessimism in the markets, driven by the many alarms raised by investment banks. Today’s inflation numbers will be the most important macro data of December. A...
EU and US futures remain stable, guided by the serene climate of the Chinese markets, where the launch of new support measures in China and other measures concerning the management of the pandemic could be announced shortly. This week the macro agenda revolves around Dec. 8 and 9 with the speech of the president of the ECB and with the US annual PPI, very...