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Euro rates and German Bund yields are on a downward path, justified by recession risks and declining inflation fears. Liquidity conditions could remain poor over the summer but will improve by year-end. 10Y Bund yields will converge to 1% by mid-2023. Narrowing swap spreads mean 1...

The rise in bond spreads in most eurozone countries could be a problem. Nevertheless, the long period of extremely low interest rates and the very gradual rollover of public debt give governments some leeway, even if spreads rise further. That said, any reduction in economic growt...

Global economic growth accelerated in June thanks primarily to rebounding business activity in mainland China after lockdowns related to the Omicron wave were eased. Demand growth, as measured by inflows of new orders, meanwhile slowed globally to reach a near two-year low and hint at...

Global cost pressures eased in June albeit remaining elevated. Rates of increase of business costs decelerated in the US, eurozone, and UK, with the latter once again seeing a notably firmer rate of increase. A key driver of the slower rate of manufacturing input cost increase in ...

As European spot prices for gas break new records, it is becoming clear that natural gas will be one of the major battlefields of the geoeconomic war between Russia and the West. Despite a popular perception that gas exports are a major source of funding for Putin’s war chest, ...

At the G7 meeting last week, the group agreed on banning Russian gold imports, while working on a mechanism to cap the price of Russian crude oil. Essentially, the G7 is trying to create a “buyer’s cartel” to set a cap on the price of Russian crude oil. After U.S....

While the June PMI surveys indicate ongoing growth of business activity at the end of the second quarter, a sharp deterioration in the rate of growth raises the risk of the region slipping into economic decline in the third quarter. The level of sentiment across manufacturing and serv...

Earnings expectations have remained resilient across U.S., Europe, and Canada as we enter the second half of the year with most global benchmarks down 15-20%. At a high level, earnings dispersion is classified as ‘low’ with over half of the index having a value less than...

Europe has an inflation problem. The ECB is working on an anti-fragmentation tool to manage southern European spreads, thereby liberating itself to pursue its price-stability mandate unencumbered. All risky assets remain vulnerable to recession and generalized negative sentiment -...

The JPMorgan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global, nudged lower in June, down from 52.3 in May to 52.2, its lowest since August 2020. The global manufacturing PMI survey's Output Index, which acts as a reliable advance indicator of actual worldwide outp...