February 3, 2022
Ahead of the Curve | Thursday, 3rd February 2022
The Fed gets hawkish – Implications for banksLast week’s FOMC meeting showcased an increasingly hawkish Fed, underpinned during the press...
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The Fed gets hawkish – Implications for banksLast week’s FOMC meeting showcased an increasingly hawkish Fed, underpinned during the press...
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Italy – Uncertainty postponedIn Italy, Sergio Mattarella has been re-elected as President, after one week of political negotiations which failed...
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China – Little easing is better than nothing.Concerns on the economy slowdown finally triggered easing by the Chinese authorities. High...
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Inflation: What investors need to know The US just printed a 7% y-o-y increase in inflation. Europe is hardly lagging...
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US rates – Hawks are in the air.The environment for US rates keeps turning more hawkish. On Wednesday, the December...
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2022 Outlook – European Banks in the sweet spot among persistent inflationary pressures.Global interest rates, particularly in the front-end, have...
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Omicron – More cases, less lockdowns.Over holidays, Covid cases exploded globally. The United States now records more than 1 million...
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Omicron – Christmas relief.Evidence on the Omicron data turned better into year-end. Several studies found reliable evidence that the Oomicron...
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Few questions have been as polarizing, in Europe, as that of whether and how the overly complex EU fiscal framework...
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Central banks – Hawkish tilt.This week, major central banks recognized inflationary risks and turned their tone more hawkish. In the...
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Central banks week – Tentative hawkishThis week, a flurry of central banks will give some hawkish signs, and the divergence...
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Omicron variant causes short-term market wobblesWhile the Financial sector was predictably weak following the Omicron discovery, and uncertainty remains surrounding...
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