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By David Zahn, CFA, Head of European Fixed Income, Senior Vice President, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group Against the odds, Boris Johnson's UK government appears to have agreed to a deal in principle with the European Union ((EU)), which could see the United Kingdom leave the EU on ...

Overview: Fading hopes that a Brexit agreement can be struck is seeing sterling trade broadly lower, while China's demand that US tariffs be rescinded in exchange for a commitment to buy $40-50 bln of US agricultural goods over two years makes the handshake agreement less secure. At the same...

Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough has a warning for any investors thinking of allocating their money to Europe (or the euro): " Stay the hell away ." The reason(s) why are the same as they've been since we first recommended getting out of European equities in December of 2017 - the dat...

By Roberto Silvestri Since the formation of a new government led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Westminster, the likelihood of a no-deal exit of the United Kingdom from the EU on October 31 seems to have risen exponentially. Hence, the EU is accelerating its preparation for this scenar...

The acknowledgement by the current ECB President Mario Draghi and incumbent Christine Lagarde that fiscal policy is required to drive the eurozone forward is a “game-changer,” JDI Research founder Juliette Declerq told Real Vision. Relying on extreme monetary policy alone...

September 30, 2019 - As long as the German economy was doing well, as it was during the recovery from the 2008 global financial crisis, there existed a coherent rationale for German fiscal austerity. The national commitment to budget discipline was enshrined in the 2009 "debt brake," which l...

By Blu Putnam October may well see the opening of a new front in the U.S.-initiated trade wars, with Europe being the target this time. Indeed, in preparation for launching tariffs aimed at Europe, the new mantra in official Washington seems to be that on many trade issues Europe is worse ...

(Source: investorvillage , editing by the Author) The latest NIRP increase by the ECB, combined with the signalling of aggressive intentions and capabilities to do more, was not the shock and awe expected. The dissonance and resistance within the ECB stole the limelight, and framed mone...

While we read a great deal about the huge trade deficit America runs with China it is important to understand we are not the only one. Other countries also have this problem. Europe as a whole runs a solid trade deficit with China. In some ways, this is balanced by the EU having a surplus with...

By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist Weekly Market Compass: If governments aren't willing to enact fiscal stimulus, central banks may need to consider more hands-on ways to promote spending Last week, the European Central Bank ((ECB)) decided to take a significant ste...