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By Alasdair Macleod Despite the ECB's subsidy of the Eurozone's banking system , it remains in a sleepwalking state similar to the non-financial, non-crony-capitalist zombified economy. Gone are the heady days of investment banking. There is now a legacy of derivatives and regulators' fin...

Original Post By Stuart Burns Observers outside the U.K. have probably viewed the Brexit process with a generally sanguine approach, assuming that the mother of all parliaments would come - in that most British of traditions - to some kind of pragmatic solution to the wide disparit...

Theresa May, Prime Minister of Britain, had asked for a new Brexit deadline of June 30. This was denied by the European Union. What was granted, however, was an extension to May 22, the day before the EU elections commence, if the Prime Minister can persuade lawmakers in Parliament to accept h...

Originally published March 21, 2019 We are but 9 days away from the Brexit deadline. Britain has asked for an extension and the President of France denied it yesterday. I do not like calling "Wolf" but we may be headed for a crisis. What we know for sure, today, is that there is a massive ...

It is very easy for Americans to view Brexit from a British perspective. Our (approximately) common language makes British media very accessible. The events in the British parliament are dramatic and can be watched on YouTube. Our President (and his family ) are getting involved in the proc...

By David Zahn, CFA, FRM, Head of European Fixed Income, Senior Vice President, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group After a nail-biting few hours, European Union leaders have agreed to the UK government's request to delay Brexit, albeit the extension is less than Theresa May had requeste...

The chances of a "no-deal" Brexit have lessened, but the timeline to resolution has lengthened. Posted by Arnab Das, Global Market Strategist, EMEA, and Michael Siviter, Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager on March 20, 2019, in Market & Economic The latest installment o...

Background on the European Central Bank The European Central Bank ((ECB)) administers monetary policy for the eurozone, which consists of 19 European Union member states. During 2011, the previous ECB President Jean-Claude Triche raised interest rates twice - from 1% to 1.25% in April, and a...

Overview: Last minute statements meant to clarify what many MPs find to be the most odious part of the Withdrawal Bill; the backstop for the Irish border has goosed global equity markets even though it does not seem as if the Withdrawal Bill has changed one iota. And after the big rally in U...