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The ECB's got a problem here When everything fell apart in 2008 and 2009, the central banks of the world decided to use monetary policy to sort varied economies out. OK, that worked. The European Central Bank was slow to the game, and that held the eurozone economy back. But, now, the ECB'...

For anyone thinking the global economy is turning around, it's not the kind of thing you want to hear. Germany has been Ground Zero for this globally synchronized downturn. That's where it began, meaning first showed up, all the way back at the start of 2018. Ever since, the German economy has...

By Owain Johnson The European repo markets navigated the traditionally challenging end-of-year funding cycle in an atmosphere of relative calm. But repo market participants are unsure whether that calm will persist throughout 2020. A potential change of direction from new leadership at t...

In the past cycle, many practitioners have questioned the ability of the ECB to raise inflation. Figure 1 (left frame) shows that the market-implied measure of inflation expectations, the 5Y5Y inflation swap, has constantly been declining in the past cycle and is currently sitting at 1.3%, far...

The U.S. last night killed one of Iran's top generals in an airstrike in Baghdad, and Iran has vowed "severe retaliation." Oil is higher by 3.7%. More news on: iShares MSCI Germany ETF, iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF, iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF, Global news and forex, Stocks on the m...

By Judy Dempsey Boris Johnson's sweeping election victory brings clarity for Britain but not for Europe as it enters a decade of major geostrategic shifts. "Get Brexit done" was the slogan that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative party pitched during a short electio...

While sentiment has been at best mixed about the direction of the US economy the past few months, the European economy cannot even manage that much. Its most vocal proponent couldn't come up with much good to say about it - while he was on his way out the door . At his final press confere...

In the final weeks of the decade, equities around the globe have broken out to at least 52-week highs if not record highs as is the case for the S&P 500, and now the Eurozone Stoxx 600. As shown in the first chart below, the Eurozone Stoxx 600 - priced in local currency (euros) - has f...

European monetary policy The one grand policy variable that we've got for the eurozone - thus the bulk of Europe - is monetary policy. Fiscal policy is still with the nation-states and thus just doesn't apply at that supranational level. This is an offshoot of the simple existence of the e...

ATLANTA , Dec. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Invesco (NYSE: IVZ), one of the world's leading global investment managers, today announced changes to its US exchange-traded fund (ETF) and mutual fund product lines. The fund rationalization is intended to integrate the fund ranges o...