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The euro area government deficit decreased in 2024 to -3.1% of GDP. Italy and Greece posted primary surpluses even though their interest costs remain high. The fiscal adjustment that still needs to be provided by the countries whose deficits increased in 2024 (France, Austria, Belgium, Finland) will

Vertiv Holdings Co., is an American multinational provider of critical infrastructure & services for data centers, communication networks & commercial & industrial environments. It comes under Industrials sector & trades as “VRT” ticket for NYSE. As expected in the previous article,

Shell’s been running long-range scenario analysis for over six decades, but their latest energy outlook cuts through the ESG fog and hits with brutal clarity: no matter which path you pick — net-zero utopia, energy fragmentation, or full-blown tariff gridlock — one thing’s constant: global energy de

On the radar Czechia will release producer prices at 9 AM CET. Slovakia and Serbia will publish February’s current account data today. In the afternoon, Poland will release core inflation in March. Economic developments The beginning of the year was rather weak for the industry sector across CEE. In

China’s headline Q1 GDP growth of 5.4% YoY might look like a win on the surface, but let’s not pretend this caught anyone off guard. Much of this was front-loaded — fueled by a burst of preemptive activity ahead of U.S. tariff escalations and an inventory binge stateside as importers scrambled to ge

It’s early, but you can feel the tape exhaling. Bonds are finally showing a bit of reflexivity, and FX markets look like they’re settling into a pre-Easter lull. EURUSD is still trading with that classic buy-the-dip muscle memory — but let’s be honest, the real buzz in FX circles right now is whethe

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The US dollar is nearly in free fall. The primary reason is the sell-off in US bonds, which has not spared even short-term securities that typically serve as a safe haven. The anti-dollar sentiment is fuelled by the weak inflation data released over the past few days. Consumer prices for March decre

The red line was the sovereign bond markets. It was the flash selloff in US Treasuries over the past few days that finally made Donald Trump take a step back from his tariff strategy. Equities rebound by big chunks, treasury yields are down, the US dollar and oil recover but I wouldn’t pop the champ

The exact economic impact of US tariffs remains to be seen. The level of the tariffs on imports to the US announced by Donald Trump and already implemented came as a surprise to the financial markets, as did their global scope. The result was an abrupt initial revaluation in almost all asset classes