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King Dollar Risks Becoming Greenback the Bully

When does a strong dollar become too strong? “Right now” would be the cry of most emerging-market currencies, not to mention policymakers in...

18.04.2024 5

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Marcus Ashworth

The 2% Inflation Target Regime Should Now Be Retired

With the end of great inflation scare in sight, it's time the central bank hive mind contemplated what it might learn from the failure of its economic...

17.04.2024 10

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ECB Delay Now Means More, Bigger, Faster Rate Cuts Ahead

Sometimes the promise of jam tomorrow isn’t enough. European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will likely indicate after Thursday's...

11.04.2024 10

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UK Government Won't Stop Penalizing Second Homeowners

This is getting personal. Michael Gove, the UK's housing minister, seems determined to make life miserable for those who own more than one dwelling,...

10.04.2024 10

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Bond Market Risks Dislocation as Borrowing Needs Surge

Governments are meeting more of their fundraising needs by raising debt not just through regular auctions, but also increasingly via the syndicated...

08.04.2024 9

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ECB Should Put Rate Cuts on This Month’s Agenda

Inflation in the euro zone may not be decelerating as rapidly as it did last year, but that shouldn’t deter the European Central Bank from following...

03.04.2024 4

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Euro Decline to Parity With the Dollar Beckons

Despite the euro zone having lower official interest rates and a notably softer economy than the US, the euro has held up remarkably well against the...

28.03.2024 10

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Gold’s Record-Setting Pace Is Exuberantly Rational

Gold has definitively broken out of the range it's been stuck in since the start of this decade, reaching a record $2,195 per troy ounce this month....

14.03.2024 100

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Rate-Cut Bets See June as the Kindest Month

Slowly but surely the interest-rate jigsaw puzzle is falling into place. Get ready for the much anticipated shift lower in the global monetary policy...

12.03.2024 5

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Bond Vigilantes Curb Hunt's Tax-Cutting Enthusiasm

In an ideal political world, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt would use Wednesday's annual budget to sway voters into keeping his embattled...

05.03.2024 3

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Sterling Assets Offer Lucrative Places to Hide

Whisper it but the UK’s attractiveness as an investment destination is, to use British understatement, not half bad. As the turmoil of the gilt...

29.02.2024 6

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The One Policymaker Who’s Making Sense Right Now

Swati Dhingra, an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, is in a unique position as the only major central bank...

21.02.2024 3

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Stagnating UK Economy Is Crying Out For Rate Cuts

The UK has become stagnation nation with gross domestic product per head falling for seven consecutive quarters. It puts the government in an even...

16.02.2024 4

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This German Lender Is Too Small to Survive, Too Big to Fail

As commercial real estate values crumble in the US and parts of Europe, so far there's no evidence of systemic risk spreading through the financial...

09.02.2024 10

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Turkey Is Becoming Investible Again

Whisper it quietly, but Turkey is on the verge of becoming investible again for foreign investors. After years of political interference in its...

05.02.2024 3

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BOE Needs to Talk About Talking About Interest-Rate Cuts

The Bank of England wants to appear the least likely major central bank to cut interest rates after missing its inflation target by a wider mark than...

30.01.2024 4

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Euro’s Status Languishes as Dollar Still King After 25 Years

The euro celebrates 25 years of virtual existence this month, with its digital creation in 1999 followed by the introduction of physical notes and...

24.01.2024 3

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ECB Needs To Confront Rate Reality Sooner, Not Later

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank has made a collective push to get the message across that interest-rate cuts won’t happen in the...

22.01.2024 5

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Marcus Ashworth

Labour’s Mortgage Meddling Won’t Salve UK Housing Woes

Before heading to this week's World Economic Forum in Davos, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves was interviewed by the Times. The...

17.01.2024 2

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Europe’s Bond Tsunami Finds Willing Buyers

Europe's bond market has had a record start Bloomberg Terminal to the year, with the first two weeks racking up €195 billion ($213 billion) of...

15.01.2024 6

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UK Housing Market Gloom Is Overdone — Again

UK house prices were widely expected to fall heavily last year, courtesy of a two-year, 14-step interest-rate hiking cycle from the Bank of England....

09.01.2024 5

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Amundi’s Bearish Call on Sterling Misses the Point

“We expect the pound to fall apart” is the bold prediction for sterling’s fate from Federico Cesarini, head of developed-market currencies...

03.01.2024 4

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Albert Edwards, Permabear, Sees More Trouble Ahead

Albert Edwards, Societe Generale SA's chief global strategist, hasn't been the top-ranked Extel survey macro analyst for the past 20 years because...

27.12.2023 10

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Bank Of England Dawdles at the Back of the Rate-Cut Pack

Two years ago, the Bank of England was the first major central bank to pull the interest-rate trigger. In the next cycle, it’s set to be more of a...

12.12.2023 5

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European Bond Yields Have Fallen Too Far, Too Fast

Euro-area bond yields have tumbled in recent weeks, amid galloping expectations that the European Central Bank will make a seismic about-turn and...

11.12.2023 3

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Gold's Fickleness Makes It Bitcoin for Boomers

Blink and you missed it, but on Sunday night and into the early hours of Monday gold reached a record of more than $2,135 a troy ounce — and...

07.12.2023 2

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Disinflation Will Hasten Rate Cuts From the ECB

European inflation is falling faster than the European Central Bank had expected, slowing to a 2.4% annual pace in November after peaking at 10.6% in...

30.11.2023 6

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A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall on Hedge Funds

Now that inflation is finally decelerating, regulators are increasingly turning their focus to financial stability. They’re pushing for greater...

29.11.2023 4

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The World Faces a Tsunami of Government Debt

Sovereign bond sales are set to increase further next year as budget deficits swell across the developed world. Unfortunately, that coincides with...

21.11.2023 2

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How to Make the UK Bond Market More User Friendly

Bonds issued by UK companies are beyond the reach of all but the wealthiest individuals — yet retail investors can purchase shares in the same...

16.11.2023 2

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European Stocks Are Still Cheap for a Reason

Probably the most underrated skill in finance is knowing when to sell. Most of the focus is on what and when to buy, but crystallizing gains before...

03.11.2023 2

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Europe Has Yet to Solve Half the Stagflation Puzzle

Recession looms for the euro area, with the latest batch of data showing momentum has evaporated. The economy contracted by 0.1% in the third quarter,...

01.11.2023 5

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Death, Taxes and Pension Levies - a UK Mystery

British pensions have turned into a high stakes game of blackjack. You can take a quarter of your accumulated pot as a tax-free cash sum, but a subtle...

30.10.2023 3

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Italian Bonds Are at the Mercy of the ECB

It’s been a stressful time for for Italy’s 10-year bond, with its yield rising tenfold in the past two years and brushing 5% this month. While...

26.10.2023 2

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Marcus Ashworth

Labour Should Beware the Tyranny of Dodgy UK Data

Has the UK Labour Party made its first economic mistake before even gaining power? Its sustained polling lead over the incumbent Conservatives makes...

24.10.2023 1

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Scottish `Kilts' Will Struggle to Entice Bond Buyers

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf announced at his Scottish National Party's annual conference in Aberdeen this week that the devolved nation...

20.10.2023 3

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EU’s Bond Benchmark Ambitions Suffer Terminal Growing Pains

The pandemic brought out the best in the European Union. The €807 billion ($850 billion) NextGeneration program was lauded as a Hamiltonian moment,...

18.10.2023 2

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Marcus Ashworth

BOE Waves the White Flag in Inflation Battle

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21.09.2023 3

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BOE Won't Be Knocked Off Course by Slowing Inflation

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20.09.2023 6

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BOE’s Acute Inflation Pain Augurs Another Interest Rate Hike

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19.09.2023 10

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Lagarde’s ECB Hasn't Read the Stagflation Memo

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14.09.2023 2

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ECB Poised for the Rate Pause That Refreshes

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11.09.2023 1

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