Tag Archives: ECB
Eye-Opener: Ever lower oil prices, falling inflation, a flood of bond issuance
here is no end in sight to the fall in oil prices. The front contract of Brent is trading at just above USD 46 this morning, meaning prices have already fallen almost by another 20% since the end of last year. Bond yields continued to fall, while US equities continued under pressure (S&P 500 down […]
Eye-Opener: Lack of wage pressures, plenty of QE talks, rallying Treasuries
US Treasuries saw a strong rally on Friday, as US wage pressures were nowhere to be seen,
FX: enough is enough?
Oil price fall, close to major falls historically, coming to end. Can we expect another great year for USD? Sniffing the bottoms…
Eye-Opener: Big equity rally, long yields rise, downside risks for payrolls
While you were asleep Brent oil traded above USD 51, holding on to gains after the price briefly dropped
EURUSD: Cloudy with a chance of QE
Dark clouds have continued to mount for the Euro Area, putting pressure on the EUR.
Eye-Opener: Fed on course, rates and oil rebound, EUR/USD still falling
While you were asleep Oil prices (Brent front contract) briefly fell below USD 50/bbl for
Euro area: Negative inflation here to stay for a while
Consumer prices fell by 0.2% y/y in December, while the core rate rose a tad to 0.8%.
Eye-Opener: Negative inflation, plunging yields, low risk appetite
While you were asleep Oil prices extended their losses to just above USD 50 (Brent front contract) and
Eye-Opener: Grexit talks, ISM back to reality, EUR/USD and rates still falling
Ahead of the elections in Greece on 25 January,