According to analysts’ estimates, the amount allocated for this purpose will once again exceed 100 billion euros this year for the aggregate of the current STOXX Europe 600 Index components.
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“The markets will be volatile in 2022”
Stock markets have recently recovered part of the territory lost after the arrival of the Omicron variant.
“The market doesn’t like to be reminded that COVID-19 is still with us”
After a few weeks during which the market seemed calm and steady, its volatility has returned, and the reason for this is one that has now become familiar: the pandemic.
Carry opportunities (or not) in an environment of rising prices and tapering
In the current scenario of rising inflation, what are fixed income managers doing? Several of them explained at a breakfast meeting organized by FundsPeople and sponsored by SPDR ETF of State Street Global Advisor (SSGA).
“The new Covid restrictions are having a significant psychological effect on investors”
More and more countries are enacting new restrictions due to the increase in Covid cases. Some experts are already predicting an impact on the economy that will obviously be passed on to the markets.
Central banks walk a tightrope amid need to curb inflation, boost the economy
The markets have been closely monitoring the development of inflation and the central banks’ response to it for months, an issue that raised its head once again this Monday with the announcement of Jerome Powell's re-election as chair of the US Federal Reserve.
Monetary policy in the time of a pandemic: the new challenge for the emerging economies
An old friend of economists —who had been lurking around for some time— has become the main protagonist of the post-pandemic economic recovery: inflation. In recent months, the global economy has been characterized by upward pressure on prices that is more or less widespread, placing inflation above the target of central banks in many cases.
“If we compare the Ibex with the rest of the European markets, it still has a lot of upside potential”
The IBEX 35 has not shown a clear direction in recent months and has been closing for some weeks in very narrow bands around 9,000 points, but by lifting our gaze a bit and observing the rest of the European trading floors, it can be estimated that it has a long way to go.
Europe grows more than the US in the shadow of the dollar
Eurostat data reveal GDP growth of 2.2% in the Eurozone in the third quarter. Good news for the economic bloc, though not for all countries that comprise it. While France and Italy lead the growth, Spain and Germany are downgrading their forecasts.