GSEU News and Press, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Europe Equity From 02/17/24

2024-02-17 02:10:00 ET Summary Our annual global real GDP forecast for 2024 has been revised up from 2.3% to 2.5%. Global PMI data continues to point to a gradual improvement in economic conditions. Core inflation rates have continued to fall but the outlook is more unce...

2024-02-14 07:30:00 ET Summary The dollar was driven higher, and it is stabilizing today, though the euro and sterling extended their losses, most of the other G10 currencies did not. After the yen's six-week slide did not elicit a response from Japanese officials, yesterday's dro...

2024-02-14 05:37:35 ET Summary The EU economy experienced near-zero economic growth in 2023, and more of the same seems to be on the way this year. Metrics that make up GDP, such as industrial production and retail sales, and their underlying factors suggest that the degrowth mode...

2024-02-13 00:40:00 ET Summary Bull markets naturally climb a “wall of worry,” and the latest worries center around escalating wars, the presidential race, and delays in Fed rate cuts. Shipping disruptions in the Red Sea are not adversely impacting the U.S., but they...

2024-02-12 13:10:00 ET Summary We like emerging markets as upbeat risk appetite carries on. We also see big structural shifts creating granular opportunities within countries. U.S. stocks hit another all-time high last week thanks to earnings beats, even as U.S.10-year yields tick...

2024-02-10 08:35:00 ET Summary The markets are still correcting from the overshoot on rates and the dollar that took place in late 2023. A soft US CPI and weak retail sales report next Tuesday and Wednesday could help cap US rates and signal the end of the dollar's New Year rally....

2024-02-10 05:11:50 ET Summary China's consumer prices fell last month at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis, piling pressure on the government to step-up support for a stumbling economic rebound that's roiling markets. Total New Loans of a record $684 billion were...

2024-02-09 21:51:00 ET Summary Markets are already discounting considerable central bank interest rate cuts in 2024. Are these expectations realistic, given the relatively soft landings for the G7 economies? Is the next easing cycle likely to be qualitatively and quantitativel...

2024-02-09 07:50:00 ET Summary The foreign exchange market is becalmed today, with most of the major pairs trading in narrow ranges. It is not just that the dollar is strong, but the Japanese yen is also weak. With the mainland markets closed now until February 19, the lurch l...

2024-02-08 17:30:00 ET Summary The eurozone escaped a technical recession, and a number of indicators suggest the economy is now bottoming out. The ECB is expected to cut rates from June onwards, but more cautiously than the market is currently anticipating. Headline inflation...