GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Thursday 11 June 2020) GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS June 11 2020 Global Markets The FOMC stayed put on interest rates at this week’s two-day monetary…
Daily Overview of Global Markets & the SEE Region (Monday, 8 July, 2019) HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS:  Overall, the US’ June employment report which was released on…
Daily Overview of Global Markets & the SEE Region (Wednesday, 27 March, 2019) HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS:Â Â All eyes today are on the UK House of Commons…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS:Â Fears over a full-blown global trade war and renewed political jitters in Italy kept German Bunds well supported in European trade on Friday.…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS:Â Prompting a renewed bout of risk aversion, US President Donald Trump questioned a potential trade deal with China saying explicitly that he is…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GREECE: According to the EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Pierre Moscovici, four steps must be taken until the Jun 21 Eurogroup: 1) the 88 prior…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: The majority of Asian equity markets closed lower on Wednesday, albeit still not far from recent multi-year highs, as optimism on global growth prospects…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: According to today’s newswires, preliminary talks in Germany between the CDU/CSU and SPD for the formation of a grand coalition concluded successfully. Easing…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GREECE:Â According to press reports, in spite of the significant number of prior actions that are still pending, a staff level agreement for the 3rd…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GREECE:Â According to press reports, the preparatory work of the technical staff of the institutions (EC/ESM/ECB/IMF) has so far revealed that only 2o prior actions…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: The BoE surprised markets with two MPC members joining MPC Kristin Forbes, the most hawkish member so far, and voting all three…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: The FOMC raised the Federal Funds rate by 25bps to a 1.00-1.25%, as expected, and provided some details on how it plans…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Global equity markets were firmer in early trade on Friday supported by solid May manufacturing PMI readings from both sides of the…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Major European bourses were firmer in early trade while the USD was under pressure and US Treasury yields were a tad lower…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Wall Street firmed a tad overnight capitalizing on a stronger-than-expected Markit services PMI index for May. Another focus for the market yesterday…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Taking their cue from Wall Street’s positive tone in the prior session, the majority of European bourses were firmer in early trade…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: The USD was modesty weaker in European trade on Thursday on profit taking ahead of a flurry of US data later in the day including…
Global Economic & Market Outlook – Focus Notes (Thursday, December 15, 2016) 2nd Programme Review – State of Play, Dynamics between the Parties Involved The December 5 Eurogroup did not…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GREECE: No staff level agreement was reached in yesterday’s Eurogroup, further negotiations will commence in the following days on the mechanism and measures that will…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Press reports suggested that Democrat Hillary Clinton emerged as the winner in yesterday’s first televised debate looking more presidential than her rival Republican…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Wall Street advanced on Tuesday following the US new home sales surge, which reinforced the view that the US economy is strong enough to withstand…
Global Economic & Market Outlook (May 10, 2016)Â Greece: May 9 Eurogroup, a step closer to a final agreement Euro area finance ministers acknowledged in their extraordinary meeting yesterday (May…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Oil prices remained under pressure on Thursday weighed down by lingering oversupply jitters and persisting worries over the growth prospects of China. Against this background,…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: The majority of global equity markets kicked off the week on a weaker note pressured by increased market uncertainty following Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris.…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: European bourses were significantly lower in early trade on Monday, following the Greek government’s announcement for imposition of capital controls in the wake of…