EEA News and Press, The European Equity Fund Inc. From 09/08/21

To date, 2021 has been as almost good as it gets for equity investors. Any slowdown in growth has yet to feed into consensus earnings forecasts which have continued to increase over the summer. Investors have few high-yielding alternatives for as long as real and nominal bond yiel...

Green issuance remains a hot topic after the summer. This is not only as Germany launches a new 10Y today, but also as the EU prepares its entrance to the market to become a significant player. Supply also looms for USTs today, meaning they could remain in the driving seat a littl...

Despite the lowball jobs total on Friday, plenty of good news is buried in the small print, like massive revisions to the previous two months. In addition, Hurricane Ida may have suppressed reporting of August payroll data. There are some more clues in the ADP reported last Wednesday,...

The recovery of the European economies in the first eight months of this year from the pandemic-induced recession has been impressive. The rapid uptake of new work led to a marked increase in euro-area employment at one of the fastest rates in two decades. Economic growth in Europ...

USD finished last week on a soft note but steadied at the start of the week, edging higher against nearly all major currencies. The Australian and New Zealand dollars were the weakest, off about 0.3%. The JP Morgan Emerging Market Currency Index snapped a six-day rally, its longest in...

Ahead of the key European Central Bank policy meeting on September 9, we offer our views on what will likely change, what may not, and what it could mean for the Bund yield. Since suffering a double-dip recession last winter, Eurozone GDP growth has exceeded expectations. Bund yie...

The first full week of September is jam-packed. The highlights include the ECB meeting and China's inflation. The Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of Canada also meet. The key issue is that the ECB boosted its bond-buying under the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program. The un...

The August nonfarm payroll report showed the delta variant hit to the economy is just beginning. Next week is all about Fed speak. ECB meetings are about to get far more interesting. It is a quiet week for economic data, with Wednesday’s JOLTS job openings reading for July,...

August job gains miss the mark in U.S. Unpacking recent economic data releases from Europe and China. Latest developments on the proposed U.S. spending bill. For further details see: U.S. Job Growth Slows. Could This Impact The Fed's Tapering Plans?

Global manufacturing remained beset by unprecedented supply issues in July, which constrained output and drove prices higher. The analysis of survey responses suggests that the number of companies reporting lower production due to staff or materials shortages is running at around five...