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The euro area's manufacturing sector remained deep in decline at the start of the second quarter. Although the headline PMI rose for the first time in nine months, up from 47.5 to 47.9, the April reading was the second-lowest seen over the past six years, signalling a deterioration of overall ...

Posted by Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist on Apr 29, 2019, in Market & Economic Weekly Market Compass: Polarization is expected to increase, prompting new alliances and coalitions It is spring and elections are in the air - along with expectations for incr...

After the October through December downfall, the world is looking brighter with all of the major American equity indexes up significantly. In the last three months the DJIA is up 7.99% while the S&P 500 has risen 11.36% and the NASDAQ is up 15.91%. For the last year, the DJIA is up 9.18% w...

By Ali Rajani The European Council has granted the UK Prime minister, Theresa May, a six-month extension to formulate and get a Withdrawal Agreement approved by the UK Parliament. Although this extension is a temporary relief for businesses and investors in the UK, the next few months ca...

By Patrick Barbe, Head of European Fixed Income Today’s CIO Weekly Perspectives comes from guest contributor Patrick Barbe . The eurozone has for some time faced a lot of economic, regulatory and political uncertainties and challenges. The European Central Bank has done muc...

Photo Source: REUTERS/Bobby Yip. A photographer takes a picture of an intraday chart of the benchmark Hang Seng Index at a brokerage in Hong Kong. In this issue of Lipper’s U.S. Mutual Funds & Exchange-Traded Products Snapshot we feature a summary of total net assets ((TNA)), ...

Germany's ZEW survey became the latest to pick up a pick up in sentiment. This particular appraisal had been one of the first early on last year to suggest a beginning slide toward downturn. In its latest reading for forward expectations, the index registered +3.1 this week. It was both the hi...

Overview: The veracity of Chinese data will be questioned by economists, but today's upbeat reports round out a picture that began with stronger exports and a surge in lending. Chinese officials, we argue, had a "Draghi moment" and decided to do "whatever it takes" to strengthen the economy ...

You would think that Britain could reach a decision. You would think that the European Union could reach a decision. Obviously, both incorrect assumptions. It reminds me of Greece and then Italy just keep kicking the can along. The end-date was March 29 and then extended until April 12. Now ...

Recently, a change in the measurement of one subcomponent in Europe's key inflation gauge prompted a significant recalculation in the entire index. Investors in euro area inflation-related assets now find themselves in a more uncertain environment. We believe an active, flexible portfolio appr...