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By David Zahn, CFA, Head of European Fixed Income, Senior Vice President, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group® Many observers are predicting that European elections later this month will usher a wave of populist representatives into the European Parliament. David Zahn, Head of Euro...

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 ...

The Wall Street Journal states, Negotiators made headway on thorny issues in the U.S.-China trade dispute, including access to key markets and how to roll back punitive tariffs, though Chinese subsidies and other sticking points remain as both sides prepare for talks they hope will clinch a...

In today's episode of Market Week in Review, Research Analyst Brian Yadao and Senior Investment Strategist Paul Eitelman unpack so much economic data, it's a wonder we could fit it into a single video. China/U.S. trade détente? How close are we? On the topic of the China/U.S. tra...

By David Zahn, CFA, FRM, Head of European Fixed Income, Senior Vice President, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group When investing in sovereign debt, there is a level of trust involved - faith a government will return an investor's principal plus interest without fail. But Franklin Temple...

Elga explains the reasons we see a European economic recovery in the second half of the year - including an easing of financial conditions, Chinese stimulus and solid domestic demand. Europe is still holding back global growth, having been a key support in prior years. Yet much of the euro...

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...

Europe's economy looks to be on the cusp of recovery - a potential support for the region's lagging risk assets. Yet, there is a key risk to our base case: trade tensions between the U.S. and Europe may heat up again. We would expect the direct economic fallout to be manageable, but it could h...

By Seema Shah, Global Investment Strategist, Principal Global Investors Surprise, surprise. European data is underwhelming. The German Ifo index is close to four-year lows, the European composite PMI remains sluggish, and industrial production is trailing. All this against a backdrop of re...