Fourth wave of infections in Europe. Mandatory vaccination.
German politicians are debating mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for citizens in light of rising infections and low inoculation rates. Members of Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc said Sunday that federal governments and should introduce mandatory vaccines soon, as well as other efforts to boost Germany’s low inoculation rate of just 68% have failed. “We have reached a […]
Lagarde cannot bring relief to the European market
Lagarde’s conclusions in his presentation on Thursday in the framework of the IMF failed to bring out optimism in the international market. The euro reacted slightly bullish on the euro after his speech however it will depend on the buyers next week. Lagarde’s political perspective does not match the logic of the market. Production data […]
Crude oil recovers its prices due to the global energy crisis.
This Tuesday the oil market registered pressures, after the fall in its prices. What is affecting prices are the pressures on demand and the energy crisis that is taking place in both Europe and China. In Europe, prices reached a new record for gas, energy and carbon prices. The concerns revolve around the beginning […]
High-impact week: German production and US GDP
German manufacturing production data as of 4:30 am ET. The euro will be affected this Monday by the production data from Germany, a drop in production is estimated with 65.1 points from 65.9. Euro has been under selling pressure since last August 17. The dollar did not cooperate in the rise of the cross thanks […]
US GDP, FOMC and consumer confidence
Powell argues that the US recovery continues to go on despite the Delta variant. He will probably acknowledge this Wednesday that the Committee would begin discussions on plans to gradually reduce stimuli. It will also signal that it will reach the standard of »further substantial progress« is still »far away«. “Real GDP in the United […]
Markets brace for ECB announcements.
This Thursday the European Central Bank will execute its declaration of monetary policy and will hold a press conference. High impact market opening is expected. Amid incipient concerns about new cases of COVID contagion by the new DELTA variant, and the effects that this could have on the markets, expectations are placed in the next […]
Lagarde Gets Ready To Give The Euro A Spin This Week
Officials at the European Central Bank are set to reveal their new monetary strategy this Thursday. These decisions are expected to really make a difference for the direction of the euro and for investors. Policymakers will modify their stance to reflect changes ranging from a slightly higher inflation target of 2% to an explicit assignment […]
The BoE announces its monetary policy: projections
This Thursday the Bank of England will announce the decision on the monetary policy that they will implement. The questions remain in themselves will continue with similar steps to the FED and what forecast they have for the changes. In previous announcements, the Bank of England (BoE) had announced that changes in monetary policy would […]
UK News: Interest Rate and Elections
This Thursday will be a day where two highly relevant events will take place in the United Kingdom. On the one hand, the economic event will be the announcement by the Bank of England of the decision on the interest rate and, on the other hand, the political event, in which parliamentary elections will be […]
Projections about employment in the euro zone
On Friday the European body in charge of statistics, Eurostat, will publish official data on the unemployment rate in the Euro Zone at 06:00 am (GMT-3). Some countries of the Euro Zone are in the process of de-confinement after weeks of general movement restrictions due to the current pandemic. The latest measurement of employment levels […]