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Investment thesis: International news is still mostly bad. The latest EU PMI data shows a service sector crash. Data from Japan also shows weakness, as do the latest South Korean releases. On the plus side, China was modestly higher this week but it's still too early to think about taking a ...

The eurozone problem As we all know by now the eurozone problem is that there's the one currency and therefore the one monetary policy. However, there isn't the corresponding one fiscal policy. This limits both the European Central bank and the national governments as to the economic policie...

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By Antonis Giannakopoulos With fear of the coronavirus continuing to wreak havoc on every country in the West, almost all governments have taken radical measures for containment of the virus: mandatory quarantines for many, the closing of businesses, and the prohibition of many economic an...

Over the past few weeks, European countries have stepped up virus containment measures aggressively, with most of the region now in lockdown. Gauging the exact economic impact of these measures is hard, but it is almost a certainty by now that Europe will experience a very deep recession, with...

By Fabrizio Ferrari When Mario Draghi's tenure was approaching its end, I argued for a sterner governor for the European Central Bank (ECB); hence, I was not even slightly enthusiastic when Draghi's successor turned out to be Christine Lagarde - a patent dove, as can be inferred from her...

Investment thesis: all markets are still far too volatile. Make no new investments. Cash is king right now. There has been a wave of intense central-bank activities over the last week in response to the coronavirus outbreak - too many to list. Here are some of the larger and more important...

By David Zahn, CFA, FRM, Head of European Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income This week, both the European Central Bank and Bank of England took further measures to help contain the financial fallout from the coronavirus and alleviate pressure on strained public finances. David ...

We previously urged investors to remain largely in cash, as the investment landscape is a minefield with nobody having a map of the terrain. Cash is king at the moment, as investors will have to ponder what things can go badly wrong. We think there are numerous things that can go wrong: ...

By Antoine Bouvet , Senior Rates Strategist & Benjamin Schroeder , Senior Rates Strategist The European Central Bank has finally heard the bond market’s cry for help and upped its Asset Purchase Programme ((APP)) 'envelope' by another €750 billion. We provide...