CoreMacro

The Eurozone’s inflation will continue to slow over the coming months. While this trend will help Bund prices, will it boost the appeal of European equities?

What will the next manufacturing cycle look like in Europe and how will risk assets perform? Lessons from the recent past.

Europe’s weak patch is not about the ECB’s policy tightening, at least not yet. 2024 is another story, and the ECB’s policy will prompt a Eurozone’s recession around the summer.

Yields remain the force dominating the evolution of markets. A peak in yields would help European assets rebound, but the war in the Middle East could push higher energy prices, with negative consequences for Europe.

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European auto stocks are cheap, but even if European carmakers can rise to the challenge created by Chinese EVs, shareholders will suffer.

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Introducing our Special Series to assess where Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain stand today. Stay tuned for more.

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After a busy month of global central bank meetings, and rising global bond yields, it is a good time to update our suite of Global Central Bank Monitors to assess the likely next moves from policymakers. The signal from the Monitors in all countries (outside of Japan) is consistent with the “on hold but higher for longer” messaging from major central banks like the Fed and the ECB. Only our Bank of Japan Monitor stands out as clearly signaling the need for tighter monetary policy.

European stocks and the euro continue to weaken; soon, they will test the bottom of their recent trading range. Which sectors can protect investors against this downdraft?

The ECB is done lifting interest rate for the cycle and its next move will be a cut next year. Yet, European rates will climb even higher in the second half of the decade.

The euro has weakened sharply since mid-July as US growth continues to outperform that of the Eurozone. Is a new bear market afoot for the common currency?